2010 Resolutions, Plans

[Runum]

11 days left in 2009. 2010 could be your best year yet. What would be your resolutions for the new year?

Mine:
Increase my passive income 200%
Get back on a regular workout schedule
Get rid of more clutter
Automate more small stuff in my life
Spend more time enjoying life
Read two books a month

Yours?

 

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[kwerner]

Get my first RE deal.
Get at least 3 more by the end of 2010.
Net at least $60,000 from those 4 deals (combined).

 

[Gymjunkie]

Get fitnessradar.com off the ground and grow it into 10 000 visits a month.
Become fully supported by my web projects and quit job
Start personal blog and brand my name, real name, and express myself freely to people who are interested
Get a girlfriend (not casual dating)
Visit USA (New York and Chicago must visits)
Gain lots of experience in internet businesses

 

[hatterasguy]

I want to have $100k in the bank after my real estate wheeling and dealing.

I like even numbers, once I have $100k I'll start working on $1m. I'd really like my company to have $1m in assets before I'm 30. Than I can technicaly say I'm a millionaire.

 

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[PaulRobert]

1.) Make my first "Purchase Agreement" with a well known corporation.

2.) Create my own passive income. (Amount still pending)

3.) Become a better person, spiritually and physically.

 

[TC2]

Here are mine.

• Learn tons from the B&P in Feb 2010
• Sign first partner contract with distributer
• Get 5+ new customers each month and hopefully in each state
• 50x current traffic and 10x Google AdSense income
• Lose weight to 150lb (4 pounds to go) and keep up with it
• Buy two investment houses, move to Scottsdale and rent the current one out
• Revive my two online stores and finish new web site
• Enjoy life and take more photos with the new Canon 7D.

 

[JayKim]

Start working out more often.

Learn more as a jeweler and be a better employee.

Finally get starting on something online instead of thinking about it.

Reach my first goal of 1k a month online.

 

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[x9vjzs098u123rnl]

1. Increase my income 100%
2. Read 2 nonfiction business/wealth/money/investing books per month
3. Use the WiiFit regularly
4. Buy some stuff on my Wishlist
5. Expand my online business

 

[bflbob]

One goal for Finance -- Get one of my websites to provide $1,000/month in revenue.

One goal for Fitness -- Get my weight to below 200 pounds and be there at the end of 2010.

One Social Goal -- Perfect my cross dressing skills in time for the B&P.

 

[mkzhang]

Keep learning, keep adapting.

 

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[Runum]

One goal for Finance -- Get one of my websites to provide $1,000/month in revenue.

One goal for Fitness -- Get my weight to below 200 pounds and be there at the end of 2010.

One Social Goal -- Perfect my cross dressing skills in time for the B&P.

Not sure if I want to witness the last goal Bob. What will we be calling you, Bobette?

 

[Brootal]

bflbob-

Why not start a blog about crossdressing that produces 1k a month and kill two birds with one stone. "earn while you learn"? JK!!

 

[TC2]

One Social Goal -- Perfect my cross dressing skills in time for the B&P.

Many of my customers are CDs. Let me know if you need high heels with size 11+. I may have something sexy for you though.

 

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[wildambitions]

bflbob-

Why not start a blog about crossdressing that produces 1k a month and kill two birds with one stone. "earn while you learn"? JK!!

OOOHHHH! THAT is B&P thinking, you better get your tickets!!!

1. Continue to thank God everyday for what I have been blessed with.
2. Do at least one thing daily to get me closer to my goals.
3. Learn at least one new thing each and every day.

Health:
Eat better and drink more water.
Engage in 1 physical activity daily - could be anything.

Family:
Spend 2 days a week doing only family things (this year had been one).

Business:
Continue to increase number of streams of income.
Develop my affiliate marketing skills to be able to reduce the amount of time I need to do self employment work for income.

Financial:
Increase monthly income to at least $5000/month
Shelter my income for tax purposes

And just for fun. Win the Lottery.

 

[bflbob]

And just for fun. Win the Lottery.

Without buying a ticket ;-)

 

[EastWind]

2010 Goals:

Enjoy more of Family, Lovers and Friends.

Start an online business in a niche market by April (project SC)

Start another online business by stealing a big market share from another niche industry by October (project CLK)

Exercise regulary, Lose 35lbs, and reduce bodyfat by around 7%

Cut my credit card debt in half.

Pay off at least 33% of my student loans

Complete my Theory of Intelligence and start laying the groundworks for the development of my AGI (Artificial General Intelligence)

 

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[mosaic]

spend at least four months abroad/ visit at least two new countries
start a non profit
create an import business
have three new streams of passive income
increase net worth 250k
diversify my reading
make others happy
witness team canada win hockey gold in vancouver

 

[StreetsofSilver]

Looking back on my goals from last year - I accomplished 10/14

2010 Goals

Purchase 4 SF homes to lease option (as optioner)

Buy my 1st out of state rental property

Double my RE sales to $2 million

Refi my multi-unit

Travel overseas

 

[Bilgefisher]

Stop

Great enthusiasm everyone, but I am going to stop you all right there. Your goals are not definite and exact with timetables. I'm going to eat better is not a goal. I'm going to lose weight is not a goal. I will lose 15 pounds by March 15th is a goal. I strongly recommend you all go back and fix your goals. Do you want to be a true action taker? Then make your goals count this year. Don't make them empty and hollow.

-I will mail out 50 probate leads per month starting Jan 1st.
-I will sell 6 houses this year netting 15k average per house.
-I will sell my first probate house by Feb 28th.
-I will rent out my current home and a buy a 3 bedroom 2 back 1500+ sq foot ranch home with a 2 car garage in a neighborhood 2 miles to the south of me by June of this year.
-I will officially be off the market June 5th this year.

 

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[Runum]

Stop

Great enthusiasm everyone, but I am going to stop you all right there. Your goals are not definite and exact with timetables. I'm going to eat better is not a goal. I'm going to lose weight is not a goal. I will lose 15 pounds by March 15th is a goal. I strongly recommend you all go back and fix your goals. Do you want to be a true action taker? Then make your goals count this year. Don't make them empty and hollow.

-I will mail out 50 probate leads per month starting Jan 1st.
-I will sell 6 houses this year netting 15k average per house.
-I will sell my first probate house by Feb 28th.
-I will rent out my current home and a buy a 3 bedroom 2 back 1500+ sq foot ranch home with a 2 car garage in a neighborhood 2 miles to the south of me by June of this year.
-I will officially be off the market June 5th this year.

Good point Bilge. I really meant for this to be a little more light-hearted, maybe just getting the wheels turning to make these a solid goal. You are right on though, goals have to be more specific and have a deadline to have them function for you. I'll take the input any way it comes. Thanks Bilge.:cheers:

 

[EastWind]

Stop

Great enthusiasm everyone, but I am going to stop you all right there. Your goals are not definite and exact with timetables. I'm going to eat better is not a goal. I'm going to lose weight is not a goal. I will lose 15 pounds by March 15th is a goal. I strongly recommend you all go back and fix your goals. Do you want to be a true action taker? Then make your goals count this year. Don't make them empty and hollow.

-I will mail out 50 probate leads per month starting Jan 1st.
-I will sell 6 houses this year netting 15k average per house.
-I will sell my first probate house by Feb 28th.
-I will rent out my current home and a buy a 3 bedroom 2 back 1500+ sq foot ranch home with a 2 car garage in a neighborhood 2 miles to the south of me by June of this year.
-I will officially be off the market June 5th this year.

mine are.

 

[Rasmus]

My goal(s) is pretty simple:
Get smarter! And not just smarter - but a LOT smarter.

I am 19 years old and still havent made anything at all. I gotta stop comparing myself with these young computer genius's who make several millions before they reach 18.
- I simply have to tell myself to sit back, read, learn and get smarter.

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

My goal(s) is pretty simple:
Get smarter! And not just smarter - but a LOT smarter.

But what is the goal within that goal?

Try making them specific otherwise the vagueness doesn't impel action.

Transform "Get smarter" into "I will read and finish 1 book every week for one year" and/or "I will take one online class per month"

Now you can take a specific action and monitor the goal. "Get smarter" can't really be monitored.

 

[Rem]

Losing weight is a goal. But the question should be what's your plan to reach your goal?

My goal is to lose weight (15 lbs) therefore my plan is:

a) In 2010 I am going to make it a habit not to eat anything after 7pm
b) I will eat breakfast every morning
c) I will eat 4 smaller meals per day instead of 3 big ones.
- Breakfast at 7am
- Brunch at 10:30am
- Lunch at 1:15pm
- Dinner at 5:30pm
d) I will stop drinking soda daily and will only have 1 per week.
e) I will walk for 1 hour each evening 6 nights per week at 3.5 - 4.0 mph

If I follow my plan I will reach my goal in 90 days. :smx9:

 

[Bilgefisher]

Losing weight is a goal. But the question should be what's your plan to reach your goal?

My goal is to lose weight (15 lbs) therefore my plan is:

a) In 2010 I am going to make it a habit not to eat anything after 7pm
b) I will eat breakfast every morning
c) I will eat 4 smaller meals per day instead of 3 big ones.
- Breakfast at 7am
- Brunch at 10:30am
- Lunch at 1:15pm
- Dinner at 5:30pm
d) I will stop drinking soda daily and will only have 1 per week.
e) I will walk for 1 hour each evening 6 nights per week at 3.5 - 4.0 mph

If I follow my plan I will reach my goal in 90 days. :smx9:

++ Now thats the way to write goals. Well done. Now see yourself 15 lbs lighter on March 31st. Picture, picture yourself healthier keep that in mind everyday until you reach your goal.

Keep em coming folks. Have a desire, set your precise goals and take massive action towards those goals.

 

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[Bilgefisher]

What, only a handful of folks have plans for the upcoming year???

 

[wildambitions]

What, only a handful of folks have plans for the upcoming year???

Must be more of that 90/10 rule (or less)

 

[Oracle]

For me in 2010, I need to:
1) Finish a book I am writing (By the end of January).
2) Use my juicer and blender every day, all year,(so I can lose 20lbs.)
3) Maintain my GPA throughout the year ( I have a 4.0).

 

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[Runum]

bump:cheers:

 

[randallg99]

speed to Bilge for helping identify that goals need to be measured using true metrics.

perfect example already mentioned: "Lose weight" does not use metrics but "Lose 15 lbs by April 15th" does and is a very measurable goal. You can break down your attainable goal by the month, week or day and this alone makes goal setting a much more realistic accomplishment.

but more importantly to this the spirit of this forum, ranking the goals by dollars is THE most important metric versus how many RE units you want to own.

One of my goals this year is to get an extra 150k income from purchasing and selling real estate.

Whether it takes 1 unit or 20 units to accomplish this goal isn't necessarily the most important point because my ultimate achievable, measurable and attainable goal is to get an additional 150k. I enjoy doing real estate deals so I would be more apt to do more than 1 deal.

Applying metrics and time to my plan, this action calls for 6 units of 25k profit each.

Broken down in a year's time, this amounts to 6 buys within the first quarter of the year and then 6 sales before years' end.

Part of the "goal" and "plan" also accounts for a back up situation if all should not pan out. If the properties do not sell before April (when fed stimulus tax credit expires) then renting them out becomes the main option and will just be added to my existing portfolio of 20 units.

Anyway, I have a lot more goals besides this one and after I gather all of my thoughts I'll probably post them. I achieved quite a few in 2009 and I hope to achieve just as many in 2010.

At the end of the day, my most important goal is to really enjoy whatever quality time I can get with my family.