Here are my top 50 goals for 2009 in no particular order of importance whatsoever. This year is going to be big! Really BIG! I can feel it! Join me on my journey as I try to achieve, and hopefully over-achieve, on the goals I have set for myself below. If we share some common goals, add them to the comments section below and we can all keep each other motivated towards our dreams!
Before success comes in any man’s life, he’s sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of men do. – Napoleon Hill
“You always reap what you sow, there is no shortcut”
- Visit Melbourne
- Loan money to third-world entrepreneurs through Kiva.org
- Invest in Indexing Funds and contribute consistent $/month (inspiration courtesy Steve Sammartino)
- Invest greater than 20% of my monthly income across a number of investing platforms
- Learn & follow a more detailed budgeting & recording system
- Learn a martial art for discipline
- Learn more about wines and appreciating them
- Get back involved with public speaking engagements
- Participate in more business networking events (particularly startup focused)
- Maintain regular blog posts at mikeboyd.com.au
- Dispose of bad sleeping habits – earlier to bed, earlier to rise (before 7am)
- Be happy – Stay positive
- Maintain my herb & veggie gardens and potted plants
- Outsource basic tasks
- Get involved with a new project or startup with new people
- Schedule “me” time
- Re-build reading habits and read every night consistently before bed – own less books that I haven’t yet read
- Interact with and learn from new people
- Reduce alcohol, Coke & coffee consumption
- Beat the shit out of depression!
- Research building an iPhone application for growth or profit or both
- Visit Borneo, Malaysia, the Indonesian Islands and Bali – Climb Mt Kinabulu (Borneo’s highest peak)
- Research how publishing works in Australia and mind-map the ideas for my first book
- Focus on building consistent multiple income streams (minimum 3 by years end)
- Reinvent my inadequate paper filing system
- Cook more often and learn new dishes – learn to cook a decent curry
- Feed my growing passion of photography – Digital SLR?
- Try meditation, yoga, pilates
- Try out a personal trainer at the gym
- Drink more water
- Walk the dog daily
- Build something with timber
- Get outside my comfort zone more often
- Double both my blog & Twitter followship
- Be the best uncle to my new little nephew Levi
- Spontaneously visit my brother & sister-in-law in Gladstone on at least two weekends this year
- Repair and re-launch my climate change, emissions trading and sustainability news aggregation website
- Play golf once a week and kick ass
- Become qualified in something new, maintain continuous education
- Go scuba diving again (Borneo?)
- Get a team together for indoor soccer and play a 10 week competition
- Seriously evaluate my time management weaknesses & find a new approach that works for me
- Get things done before they’re due & avoid late nights finishing assignments, projects and work commitments
- Take a positive & healthy approach to my university studies – attendance, commitment, ambition & involvement
- Group together old superannuation deposits into one account
- Get involved in a not-for-profit entrepreneurial organization
- Maintain a better photo library and upload photos more often
- Read the Financial Review regularly
- Be an upbeat, positive and fun person to be around
- Reward myself for achieving my goals
Do we share any common goals? Leave them in the comments below and let’s keep each other motivated!
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Good luck, not that you need it!
Great job Mike! ill be in on the wine appreciating one for sure.
No Coolybar though??
Hi Mike,
Again, inspiring list!
These are some of your goals we share, some I am already doing, some I plan to adopt. Made a few changes to some.
-Visit Melbourne
-Loan money to third-world entrepreneurs through Kiva.org and donate more.
-Learn & follow a more detailed budgeting & recording system
-Participate in more business networking events (particularly startup focused)
-Get involved with a new project
-Schedule “me” time
-Re-build reading habits and read every night consistently before bed – own less books that I haven’t yet read
-Interact with and learn from new people
-Reduce alcohol, Coke (I can only assume you are referring to the carbonated beverage) & coffee consumption
-Maintain regular blog posts at marklobo.com.au (would bea bit weird if i were to update mikeboyd,com.au)
-Dispose of bad sleeping habits – earlier to bed, earlier to rise (this is where the reading fits in for me)
-Focus on building consistent multiple income streams
-BE HAPPY (most important one) – Stay positive
-Outsource basic or (time consuming) tasks
-Cook more often and learn new dishes
-Seriously evaluate my time management weaknesses & find a new approach that works for me
-Get things done before they’re due & avoid late nights finishing, projects and work commitments
-upload photos more often
-reward myself for achieving goals
Other goals include running twice a week, not skipping meals and eating at regular hours, being grateful, redesigning and implementing a shopping cart system on my website and getting more work interstate, get work that will allow me to work as I travel, getting published in an international magazine, meet and learn from inspirational people, keep my current projects rolling, learn new songs on guitar, visit my mum in Japan, procrastinate less, get a good accountant and fully understand the taxation system etc., get rid of things I don’t need, win a national photo competition. I have a big list too, but those are the main ones!
Hope you manage all 50! All the best for 2009!
thats one huge list.
after this weeks game i’ll be more then happy to help you with the game of golf a week goal, i think goal 7 conflicts with 19 lol. this is one huge list tho mike, good idea i may have to do one. best of luck
I can help with 45. We should have started 41 a while ago. Im more than happy to help with 26! Im going to start putting together my own recepie book (although they may not all be my recepies, they will be my favourites). Ive been super keen to do a photography course for a while. If you are interested in doing it together (maybe Danny as well?) it could help with 27. Havent had a chance to look into it though.
47 – look at either snapfish.com.au or smilebox.com if you want something thats physical. Saves you doing all the work
12, 17, 20, 1, 7, 26, 49 are all ones i think apply to me as well. Although im already working a couple of them. Sorting myself out is also a big one and maybe taking some direction. Having a serious relationship would also be sick. Thats about all i got atm. But yeah if there\’s any i can help out with let me know.
Impressive. Just the title overwhelmed me. My good wishes to you on your quest. I am sure if you read that list everyday you will achieve it.
How are these goals going??
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Testing testing Mike!
So how are these goals progressing for you seeing as we're nearly at the end of the year??
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How this goal's are going? In the little thing about this kinda great.
I admire your initiative to loan money to third world entrepreneurs. Its rare to know of someone who is willing to extend a hand to people who are very much in need of funds for their startup nowadays. As a representative of a Quest Home Loans, a lending company, I really appreciate your thoughtfulness. Kudos mate.
Thanks mate, I think Kiva.org is such a fantastic concept and we can have such a huge impact on the lives of those who are often less fortunate than us.
It helps the recipient and it makes me feel good. Win win!