Thread: YOUR 2012 - In ONE Sentence

What is your 2012 mission statement?

• Please give us ONE SENTENCE, with no back story or explanation. Why? Focused, concise, and clear. We should be able to read your mission statement and understand where you are heading with no further explanation. Consider this your "elevator sentence" for 2012.
• Give your summary sentence some thought. Give us your best shot.
• No using the word "fastlane." We assume this is what you are working towards, or you wouldn't be here. For this thread, lets ban the word "fastlane" or every post would be "launching my fastlane XYZ..."
• Your mission sentence should be tangible and obtainable. "Opening my bakery in San Antonio on March 1st" is concrete. "Hopefully launching some sort of eCommerce or Social networking web site if I can learn how to program" is not. Give us one sentence that crystallizes where you are heading.
• Followup comments should be positive ONLY. Do not shit on someone else's dream, no matter your opinion. If you have nothing nice to say (for this thread only, but maybe for life in general) keep your thoughts to yourself.
• Speed is encouraged to be awarded for any mission sentence that you feel meets the above criteria. Let's help propel people into 2012.
• Hopefully we will get 100% participation from anyone who reads this thread. We are interested in your future... that is part of the reason why we are here! Please join the discussion and anticipate some encouragement as you navigate towards your dreams.

Good luck! - Dave

In 2012, I will expand my company's brand to 40 models, and secure physical retail store distribution in all 50 of the United States.

I will launch my website by January 15th and will change the way homeowners and contractors meet.

In 2012, I will complete the production of my first product and get it into as many retail stores as possible in hopes to be picked up by a big chain retailer such as Home Depot or Lowe's while also planning the development of product #2.

Good Luck Everyone!

In 2012, I will learn PHP, MYSQL, C++, Java in college, outsource for the very first time and continue doing it on a regular basis, hit $20K/month, actually $50K/month would only make my happy, get into DotA's competitive scene, be in TOP 16 of SMM (a worldwide DotA competition), be more outgoing -- get to know 200 new people IRL, meh 200 sounds little maybe 400, join the student council and interest groups, go for business networking sessions, join a business club around my area, perform popping on stage, learn hiphop and some krumping. Get 6 pack abs, broader arms. Continue reading 2-3 books/month. Damn I have so many goals......

Is this allowed..?

Okay, sorry.

In 2012, I will transform my family's "home business", hitting at least 500 orders/month, (it's at about 10/month now lol..), then I will kickstart my own business by leveraging the customer base, hitting $50K/month by the end of the year.

I'll be debt free and launch my website in the 3rd quarter.

In 2012, I will learn from all the mistakes done in 2011 and I will build an interesting, balanced, healthy life.

In 2012, I will increase my passive income to more than half of my total income.

In 2012, I will make at least 100 mistakes in my first business venture and learn not to repeat them when I move on to bigger and better things.

By June 2012 I will see a minimum of $10,000 profit from offline flipping in order to secure inventory for an e-commerce venture.

In 2012 I will have my website up and running and it will be profitable within three months of being up.

In 2012. I will turn my income totally passive, and 5 figures/mo. as the very minimum.

My thinking:

While this may not seem like super-ambitious goal, it is, because:

- Year has only so much days, and they quickly slip by, especially when you put in the effort to build something solid.

- This is a HUGE, critical step, that will allow me to truly focus on building and expanding businesses, as I will have enough:

1) Time
2) Money
3) Vision what a business really is (as opposed to a job, no matter how well it's paid, or how fancy it's called)
4) Drive to go for much much more

In 2012, I will launch my touch screen lunch/snack order kiosks in 50 offices, and over the year work my way up to 2000 orders a day and 10 staff. Then I will double it

I will also continue to write 1 page every day on everytihng I do and how I go about doing it, so that when I am succcessful, I will have a book to sell telling everyone how I was successful.