I love achieving something. Breaking a BHAG down into tiny bites. The wheels came off my life this week because of some seriously sweet distractions, some opportunities that were unexpected, and because I moved into my kicking new office. And frankly, because I let complacency back in and rested on my imaginary Laurels. F#@% that. I got behind because I was doing more writing than usual, and that is something that simply takes time. Enough. 2nd Quarter is here, and it’s time to kick ass. I’ll pay no mind to those that resist me by ignoring me.
Anyway, this will be a six part series in how to make goals with Google Docs, it’s all I’m going to run this week. This is the prelude, running Sunday.
How To Set Achievable Goals
Think bigger. I’m not saing decide to be an astronaut, but everyone has a sense of what they COULD accomplish if they did whatever they could in a big way. We know that we could lose X pounds, sell X widgets, whatever. And a lot of people decide to let the clutterpeople in their lives set goals for them. When I was at First Ohio Home Finance, the owners out and out laughed at my goals. Don’t let others set them. My goals are huge–as youl’ll see at the bottom of the post.
Make it hyperspecific. My goal: lose 25#, or do 300 sales of F#@% Therapy …is spefic. It’s got steps. “Be an astronaut,” is not a specific goal. It’s also not, “Get inlinks” for F#@% therapy. it’s SELL F#@% therapy. i may need inlinks to do it…but I don’t care if I don’t get ‘em. That’s why my website at http://rightrightnow.com is awful.
I’m going to set and hit some goals, and I’m going to make it seriously public. There’s a lot that I intend to do, but the core stuff: Ftherapy , Right Right Now, Guerrilla.me are my primary projects. Those things need to perform at consistent levels, Right Right Now is the company I run freelance business through. Note: it has–at best–a bad website. Finishing the website is something that i’m indifferent towards. I can get by without it….because I’m 80% Twitter and WOM.
Break it down: I don’t believe in annual goals. I believe in–at most–quartelry goals broken down monthly…then weekly You can get away from an annual goal fast. After the quarterly goals get broken down, you look at weekly and daily behaviors that lead to goals. You’ll see my sidebar get relaunched with the goals I’ve got this week.
Start with quarterly, break it to monthly, then weekly, then daily, and figure out what you have to do. Ignore everything else, and just focus on the stuff that gets you to the next deal.
Here are qnd quarter’s goals. I’ll break the rest down for you in a bit, how to measure and track ‘em. For now, I’ll leave you with this.
2Q09 Goals and Predictions:
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End Goals:
Ftherapy: 1200 total sales (I get 17$/per) ($20,400)
400 may
500 June
Right Right Now: (My Freelance Projects)
Keep the work quick and small, no big projects.
Average ticket is 1800 right now: 25 gigs needed. (I should reduce average ticket also)
Launch Freelance Sales How to: (Name TBD)
10 clients in May
+10 in June
Refile 06, 05 taxes.
Cut total debt down by 20%.
Pay all ‘08 tax liability & get current on ‘09 with q1 and q2 accurate estimates filed.
Family: 1 date a week with my wife
1 day a week with Just The Kids so the Wife Can Stay Semi Sane (tracked, checked off)
1 time hanging with Jack/week.
1 time hanging with just ruby/week.
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Your goals look impressive!
You may also check out http://www.GoalsOnTrack.com, a very nicely built web app designed for tracking goals and todo lists, and has time tracking. It’s clear, focused, easy to navigate, worth a try.