By the 2019 Summit, I will accomplish [blank]...

[MJ DeMarco]

Everyone who attended the 2018 Summit, wanted to go, and is looking to go next year, I challenge you...

By the 2019 Summit, you will...

WHAT?

Challenge yourself to 1 numerical goal...

• I will have my first sale.
• I will have my first $10K/profit month.
  
• I will have created my first profit with my first self-invented product.
  
• I will have revenue of $X dollars.
• I will have imported 10 different products to review.
• I will have franchised my first location.
• I will have invented ONE product from scratch
  
• I will have lost 100 lbs...
• I will have done X, Y, or Z...
• I will have learned X, Y, or Z...
• I will have 10 bonafide failures (occurrences baby!)

This exercise is FOR EVERYONE and ANYONE... not just those who attended the Summit.

What will you look back on and say, "Wow, things certainly changed!"

And will you be in a position to speak about the great year you just accomplished?

Don't let the momentum wane... I'm here pretty much everyday, sometimes for just a few minutes, but sometimes hours.

Put your GOAL in a numerical, measurable form!

So by next year in early February 2019, what will you be saying?

 

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[MJ DeMarco]

[THREAD HIJACK]

100 lbs lost by 2019 Summit (February)

we've all got some weight to lose.

I use to weigh in at about 310. I'm down to 235 now just from intermittent fasting and trying to cut back on soda in exchange for water.

Guys just a word here...

All of these goals are dependent on one thing: What you eat. That is 90% of the process, the other 10% is exercise, getting your heart rate up, gym, etc.

Last year we didn't have a Summit because I was having health issues.

I won't go into those, but this year the Summit happened because my health improved.

Why did it improve?

Did I start taking a pharma pill? Did I have a surgery? Did I hit the gym 5 days a week?

Nope, all I did was attack the BIGGEST PROCESS responsible for health and body ... I changed what I put in my mouth.

While I'm still not out of the woods, you don't change 10 years of chronic issues with a few months of dietary changes.

At the end of the day, what you put in your mouth will change everything because it is something that happens 10X a day. And this needs to be permanent, a lifestyle, not something that happens a few weeks and then returns to a baseline normal of junk food.

The yo-yo weight gain/loss is the difference between a lifestyle and a diet.

Lifestyles are permanent.
Diets are temporary.

Hence, the yo-yo.

The new lifestyle should have a combo of:

• Reduce sugars and empty garbage carbs.
• Reduce highly processed crap (stuff on the interior of the grocery store)
• More veggies and fruits.
• Less meat and diary.
• Read labels
• Move toward eating whole foods, stuff closer to their natural state.

Wishing you all the best of success.

I consider dietary changes the most difficult thing to change because they involve bio-chemistry with addictive components ... for example, they've proven that sugar and cheese has a similar dopamine response to drugs.

Not only are you fighting your habits, you will be fighting your body's bio-chemical response to the absence of addictive substances ... substances that are purposely put there by the food companies so you will eat more and more...

And that's another thread.

[/END HIJACK]

 

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[million$$$smile]

I'll be honest, I HATE to say what I'm going to do (because of the accountability) but I really need to do this as I am getting too comfortable where I'm at.

Goals by Summit 2019:

• Find location & open 2nd B&M store
• $1 Million in Amazon Sales
• 10 new dealers and 6 new products for our Manufacturing biz

 

[JasonR]

I have read ALL of your posts. I will review this thread again next summit.

@LightHouse get in here - I want to see your goals.

For me:
My business is brand new and haven't launched yet, no sales save for a few pre-orders. We'll start selling when we have inventory in one month.

That being said:
4 Products in the marketplace (each product launch for me is minimum $50k)
International distribution (at least one area/country outside the USA)
Six Figures revenue on track to hit Seven Figures in 2019
Laser Focus: this is my 5-10 year+ business
Hire at least one employee
Figure out Distribution (do I need to keep my Warehouse? 3PL?)

Personal Goals:
Visit 5 new countries
Pick a home base for 6 months for laser focus
Visit my family more often (Dad is very sick)
Put on 10-15 lbs
Consistently exercise for one whole year
Go to Two new business meet ups
Find a way to contribute meaningfully to society (buying meals on Christmas for the less fortunate, perhaps build a school in a foreign country one day etc.)

 

[Vigilante]

I'm not big into resolutions, preferring precision action against stated "goal" objectives. It's a fine line for me inbetween shiny new New Year's resolutions and milestones towards a goal. However, I have enjoyed reading your targets and hope that each of you creates either a progress thread or have some sort of system in place to ensure your goals get paired with action.

What I like about this thread is I see most if not all posting specific, measurable and life changing action objectives. There is almost no "new lambo" goals in this thread, which alone makes it different than almost the entire rest of the internet. You guys and gals, especially those that were able to attend the meetup and hear from people who have climbed mountains (@Get Right , @biophase, @million$$$smile and many many others) have caught on to the fact that they took massive action to achieve their massive results. Think of everything that @SteveO has done to get to where he is at. It was a sustained campaign, wading through shit (literally at times) and a grind with the long range objective in sight.

On my own personal business and objectives, I can tell you that while I remain committed to finishing the transition of the business I sold and with continued interest in furthering the objectives (and ultimately the stock price) of the business that I sold, I also have my eyes on the future. Selling that company was awesome and resulted in FU money, but not legacy money.

Next project for me is legacy money. I have built the legal structure of a new company (incorporation, branding, etc...). I have identified a market sector that meets ALL of the commandments of a fast lane business
Control
Entry
Need
Time and
Scale

And I am moving next week into ordering the first samples for what should be a late summer or early Fall launch. I will keep my inner circle appraised of the details as this company starts to build in stealth, and will likely share it on the Inside later this year. The business will be more complex, and will use Amazon as a channel but it is absolutely not going to be an Amazon business - the single biggest takeaway from my last venture. Amazon businesses violate the commandment of Control.

There's no question as to IF I will get this done, and that it will be successful. I will build it, and I will succeed. I will take the best of my scars with me into this new venture, and when the timing is good I will share the framework for those who come behind us.

Here's to all of you and your moving beyond your dreams and into your plans. I am about to enter the Desert of Desertion in the new business, but I welcome that phase as I now know what it will take to come out the other side with a vibrant, value filled offering to enhance people's lives.

See you all at the top of the mountain. - Dave

 

[Lex DeVille]

I will earn my first ecommerce sale.
I will hit $10,000 in ecommerce sales.
I will earn my first membership customer through the ecom brand.
I will quit freelancing for good.

 

[eliquid]

So glad a few others brought up weight loss.

I use to weigh in at about 310. I'm down to 235 now just from intermittent fasting and trying to cut back on soda in exchange for water.


My goals:

• Get sub 200 lbs
  • Process - No processed food of any kind if possible AND smaller portions
    
    
• Get more limber. I'm getting older and I can tell the muscles are not what they use to be
  • Process - Stretch for 15 min a day as part of morning ritual.
    
    
• $500k side money in Crypto. Tall order I think, but why not me?
  • Process - Scalping at least 1x daily for small gains, reinvest the money
    
    
• Finish lead magnets for SERPWoo
  • Process - Write 500 words daily
    
    
• Write first non-fiction book and list on Amazon
  • Process - Write 1000 words daily
    
    
• Get my product on Amazon I tried to create last year
  • Process - Spend 30 minutes daily on this

It might be good for everyone that has listed their goals, to edit their thread and list the process too.

I find if you don't, you are more than likely not able to hit the goal you listed.

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[amp0193]

Good idea MJ, here's mine for now:

• 1 Mil in investment capital raised by Summer
• 2 Mil in sales
• 20,000 Instagram followers
• 10 - 100k+ follower instagrammers repping brand.
  
• 10 big media features (TV or major online/print publication)
• 5 minor-celebrity endorsements
• 1 BIG celebrity endorsement
• 3 big cross-brand promotional giveaways
• A dozen accessories developed and online
• 4 major skus up and running
• 1 - number of backup factories to on-board. (Thanks @Arun Siva)

We'll see what happens!

 

[Fox]

- Go to Summit next year
I half chickened out this year and it was half bad timing. I owe a lot of people on this forum big time and I should have made the effort to be there.

- Get over my massive fear of public speaking and talk there
It is really bad! Anymore than a few people and I get massively nervous. Even speaking in front of my Spanish class (15 people) my hands would start shaking. Ridiculous since I knew all these people so well! So this one for me would be huge. I don't even like typing it cause its pretty embarrassing lol.

- Get 10,000 YouTube subs
I want to help a lot of people quit their jobs and have the skills and confidence to create their own online businesses. This isn't about some quick hype tactics but in building a great system to teach business and sales skills that provide huge value. I don't think anyone needs to get in huge debt or spend years learning about business before they take action. I think the sub count is a better metric than course sales since I first want to focus on getting the word out there and helping whoever I can.

 

[GPM]

2018 is the year to blow things wide open. These are my goals for the 2019 summit.

• Continue to work on my health. Wealth is nothing without health. I owe it to my family, and to myself to be in optimal condition. 175lbs and 13% BF
• Have two customers on contracted continual orders for Product X. I will take the gathered data and create world-class Case Studies which can then be brought in to meetings with other companies. The goal is for worldwide distribution, with the end goal of cornering the market and changing "business as usual" for billion dollar industries. That last part will run into 2020 and beyond
• Have one customer for Product Y. This could either be us supplying this customer, or creating our own warehousing and supplying the industry. Not sure which way this will take, but sales will be made
• Have two customers for Product Z. These will be contracted as well, with continual orders and servicing as needed
• Identify a minimum of two more products which can be brought to the industry, with the ability to execute on them in 2019
• Become fluent in Spanish. As many of you learned during the meetup, my wife is Mexican and English is her second language. This is something that I have not been putting nearly enough effort in to, and it is not fair to her in the slightest. I also want to speak Spanish with my (soon to be!) children in our house
• Escape Canadian winters. 2017 is to be the last winter that I am ever in the shit weather because I had no options. The remainder of this winter season will be done in warm weather, and the winters for the foreseeable future will be spent in nicer climates as well. Canada is for visiting and business during the cold weather, not for being stuck with no options

 

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[GuestUser4aMPs1]

1: Gold Thread.
2: Speak @ Summit 2019.

In pursuing these things, will create something worth talking about.

 

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[DrkSide]

4 goals with #1 being the most important.

1. Lose 104lbs - Saw a picture of myself at the summit and clearly points out I have neglected my health for other things.
2. Double SKU count for product business - without losing quality
3. Double Cashflow from rentals
4. Help someone with their goals

Getting an accountability group setup so I have to be accountable for my actions.

 

[becks22]

I will have my 62 court researchers required for my B2B service. Talked to a few of you at the Summit about this project. You'll know what this means. I have 45 left.

 

[Niptuck MD]

My goal include finding and obtaining 5 more contracts in Turkey, Brazil, Mexico, India and Nigeria. Ironically these are the up and coming most industrialised nations that are on the upswing despite their questionable governments....

Also, my goal is to increase awareness ten fold, for quality and safety in industrial developments as well as manufacturing worldwide as many unwanted deaths and injuries occurs for no reason....

 

[Ravens_Shadow]

My goals to reach by the next summit:

• $100k in software sales
• Add an additional software product to our offerings
• Get MRR up to $5k/m
• Leave the job behind

 

[BD64]

1. My business will hit $100,000 in total revenue
2. I will have $5,000+ MRR from my business
3. I will have successfully house hacked my first multi-family property (hard to put numbers on this yet, need to do some more market research)
Edit:
4. Also take @LightHouse up on his challenge and create a gold/notable thread.

 

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[Dunkafelics]

I will be earning $5,000 per month in gross income through my side-business and other ventures by the 2019 Fastlane Summit. This will provide me with the option of leaving my full-time job if I choose to.

The only way I see this achievement happening is by providing so much value into the lives of others. Also by playing full out on the FLF and being open to all responses, good and bad.

 

[Water]

I will have total revenue of $100,000 dollars by February 2019.

 

[GPM]

Sorry to thread jack further, but this goes along with MJ's post.

I am not overweight, but in my mind I have a huge issue with what I eat. I have never drank sugary beverages, and I generally limit my beer to two per night when I have some, so I don't drink calories (which is the easiest way to do it!)

However, my biggest issue is fast food burgers, fries, fried chicken, fast food burritos, children's sugar cereal, ice cream... that sort of thing. This is a technique that I use for 100% of my almost-made-bad-choice:

I ask myself "if it were tomorrow and I looked back on today, would I be happy that I ...?"

• Would I be happy that I purchased ice cream, eggos, sugar cereal, processed anything? No. I would be happier if I had a shopping cart full of fruits and vegetables, and raw meat products. Don't even go down the middle isles where all the packaged shit is
• Would I be happy if I had skipped gym day, or going for a big walk or biking? No, I would be pissed at myself for being lazy
• Would I be happy if I ignored the work I needed to do and watched cat videos instead? Nope, I would be pissed that another day went by with no action

Keep that "I don't want to look back and be mad at myself" mindset, I nearly erased the harmful bad habits that I have been forming. Sure I still do stupid things, and I still eat bad every now and then. But the difference is that when I make those choices they are 100% conscious and have been thought through. I don't grab or do that dumb shit out of habit anymore, and that makes a huge world of difference.

 

[Raoul Duke]

Things that I need to get serious with

100 lbs lost by 2019 Summit (February)
10k monthly through Copywriting (UpWork + Website)
Validate, Due Diligence, Research & Development - If successful: Find ways to get funded/Open
Attend Fastlane Summit 2019
@LightHouse - Create a Notable & Gold thread

Larger goal would be actually to speak at the summit in 2019.

Gotta go! This is going to be EASY!

 

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[Envision]

Love this idea, i really want to make this difficult and be held to the fire with it.

This year:

• 100k/mo in online sales.
• 10 units of real estate.
• Deadlift 600 pounds.
• Relearn French and speak it fluently.

 

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[Philip Marlowe]

@DrkSide , @Raoul Duke , and @Chitown - we've all got some weight to lose. I'm down 20 (from a brutally honest Doctor's appointment just before the meet-up) but need to drop another 80.

Imagine carrying a backpack with 80 lbs in it. All the time. And then imagine putting it down and never picking-it back up. I always thought I was fit - a "big guy".

Let's do this.

 

[Scot]

I’ll join in.

Goals by February 2019

• Distribution in one major store chain (200+ store threshold)
• 3 total product skus

I’m focused on movement, not money right now, so I’ll hold off on dollar sign declarations for the 2020 Summit post

 

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[1step]

2018 is going to be a great year!

My company has been growing pretty fast over the past few years. This will be an important year for us in order to reach the next level I need to make some changes. I need to add more people and create better processes for lots of what we do.

My goals before the 2019 summit are:
1. 2.5m revenue from ecom
Process
- add 10 skus
- increase control in manufacturing process
- implement content creation processes' and ambassador program

2. Lose 15lbs of fat while increasing muscle
Process
- cut sweet tea (replace with la croix)
- minimize fast food
- minimize processed foods
- exercise 3 days a week

 

[TheSilverSpoon]

Business wise:
- Get my SaaS business netting $5k / mo, divorced from my time.

Personal:
- Ditch the poor relationship I'm in - Done
- Surround myself with better people.
- Experience more. Travel somewhere new at least once a quarter.

 

[happybhoy]

£2k per week recurring revenue.

Got goals in between but thats where I'm aiming.

 

[Castillo]

My goal is to create an e-commerce store that will bring in 100k revenue by January 2019. If we wanted to 10x this let's go for a million

I would also add to that, profit == or above my current wage.

 

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[PedroG]

3,000 paid users by the next summit.

 

[Ninjakid]

By February 2019, I will have my first $10K/profit month.
Hold me to this please.

 

[p0stscript]

• I will have my first sale.
• I will have created my first profit with my first self-invented product.
• I will have invented ONE product from scratch
  
• I will have lost 12 lbs.