WELCOME to the final part of this series - and the real beginning of your path of adventure to your new career.

Some of you might have stopped reading by now because all of the focus and activity that you have been putting into parts one to six might have already resulted in the dream come true. And others of you might be feeling that while you have uncovered some great information and insights, your dream job is still a good way out of reach. If you are feeling that the road is going to be a long haul at this stage and are tempted to give up, ask yourself these two questions, and really reflect on the answers: Why is this important to me?

What will it give me?

These questions will unearth your deep motivation to live your life to your true potential.

Remember the images and feelings that you get when you ponder these questions.

They are an important part of finetuning your plan because they will act as your guiding light if you ever feel that you lose your way. And you can also remember the anecdote of the woman who at the age of 45 decided to enrol in medical school and train to be a doctor.

Feeling her mature years, she remarked to a wise friend that she wasn't sure if she was doing the right thing because after all, by the time she had finished training she would be in her fifties. And what age, remarked her good friend, will you be then if you don't do this? If you really want to do something, it is never too late, and never too soon to get started.

Your fine tuning involves gathering together a robust system for making it all happen. Firstly, you need a timeframe.

So taking all the information you have into account consider realistically how long it might take you to secure the role you want. It might be three months or a year or more. Get yourself a large piece of flip-chart paper and draw out a timeline, marking off key milestone times. Normally this will be three months, six months, a year, three years and five years.

Now practise that focused daydreaming you did in part two and project yourself right forward to five years time. What will you be doing, where will you be? Write it down on your timeline. Do the same for three years, a year, six months and three months.

Now that you have got your fiveyear outline goals mapped out you can start to add the action steps.

What do you need to do now to get to the point you want to be at in three months? Add the actions underneath.

You can add actions at each stage if they occur to you right now, but this timeline is a working document, so as you work through your tasks you will refine and develop your strategy.

Finally, write out a separate plan for managing and maximising your key resources of Time, Energy and People - which you identified in part four.

Writing it down helps you make it real and make it happen.

Getting your dream career does take massive, consistent effort on your part, but by planning to succeed in these sorts of ways you will ensure you gain in confidence as you pursue your bliss. Enjoy the journey!

And remember, that you can catch up on parts one to six of this series by emailing jeni@reachforstarfish.com