GOALS!

[Castillo]

I've decided to start writing down goals since I've never done so and a lot of people say that it helps a bunch.

I've started with

Short Term (1 Year)
-Make $50,000 in side income
-Help 50 people in any way
-Drop 30 pounds
-Quit my job
-Read a book a week (50ish books)

Long Term (5+ Years)
-Try multiple startups. At least 10 in 5 years.
-Make $300,000
-Be completely debt free
-Buy a car that isn't a complete piece of shit 96' Civic
-Have $10,000/month MRR
-RETIRE BY THE AGE OF 30!

What kind of goals do you guys set whether it's daily/weekly/monthly/longer?

 

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[Jon L]

these are great goals. Now...turn each one into a process. What do you need to do each day to achieve each goal? (for example, track your calories on My Fitness Pal and eat xxxx calories/day to lose 30 lbs by 6 months from now. Allow 2 cheat meals/week.)

 

[LT27]

Hey, I am a big believer in goal setting. Big goals get big results, no goals get no results, or someone else's results.

I, like you, have a 5 year plan. Also, I have a 6 month plan. One great strategy is to write out your perfect day. Then "back time" everything into actionable steps that will realistically get your there.

Good luck!

 

[Castillo]

Hey, I am a big believer in goal setting. Big goals get big results, no goals get no results, or someone else's results.

I, like you, have a 5 year plan. Also, I have a 6 month plan. One great strategy is to write out your perfect day. Then "back time" everything into actionable steps that will realistically get your there.

Good luck!

What exactly do you mean write out my perfect day?

these are great goals. Now...turn each one into a process. What do you need to do each day to achieve each goal? (for example, track your calories on My Fitness Pal and eat xxxx calories/day to lose 30 lbs by 6 months from now. Allow 2 cheat meals/week.)

Great idea. I was trying to figure out how I could set this into a daily way and that's perfect.

 

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[LT27]

What exactly do you mean write out my perfect day?



Great idea. I was trying to figure out how I could set this into a daily way and that's perfect.

Your "perfect day" is to write out in detail exactly that.....What would you do when you wake up? Where will you live, what do you do in the morning? Do you drive your kid to school? If so, where? What is the weather like? Do you have the freedom to do whatever you like after you drop your kid off at school? Basically, you are painting the picture for your mind. The more clear your goal is in your mind's eye the the better.

That is what I mean by your perfect day. This helps you answer the questions....how do I get to that point. Then back time the actionable steps to that point. The actual course of travel may vary, certainly, but because you have a clear destination, you'll easily see detours that need to be made.

 

[LT27]

My very first post said, "This (my journey) will be interesting." I think I guaranteed it actually. Here is a little more information about my situation.
I am happy with my job. I work full time and believe in what I do. Making more money outside my salary is my goal. This idea was born in 2013. I became a Certified Home Inspector via an online course and passed the exam in 2014. Since then, I have followed through with a training plan by doing practice inspections for friends and family and then several paid inspections.

I chose this trade because it could potentially be done anywhere should my family and I move. Reading MJ's book has stimulated many ideas on different routes to take to achieve said goal. I'm thinking of building a simple business in this field by training another inspector (subcontractor), and eventually doing Home Inspections with, not 1 but 2 inspectors. To be clear, most home inspections are done with one inspector. My plan, resulting from my observations of how an inspection could be done better, and also s

 

[LT27]

My very first post said something like, "This (my journey) will be interesting."
I think I guaranteed it actually. Here is a little more information about my situation....

I am happy with my current job. I work full time and believe in what I do. Making more money outside my salary is my goal. This idea was born in 2013. I became a Certified Home Inspector via an online course through a reputable company and passed the exam in 2014. Since then, I have followed through with a training plan by doing practice inspections for friends and family and then several paid inspections.

I chose a trade because it could potentially be done anywhere should my family and I move. Reading MJ's book has stimulated many ideas on different routes to take to achieve said goal. I'm thinking of building a simple business in this field by training another inspector (subcontractor), and eventually doing Home Inspections with, not 1 but 2 inspectors. To be clear, most home inspections are done with one inspector. My plan, resulting from my personal experience of how an inspection could be done better, and more importantly, as a way to differentiate from every other inspector that I've researched, is to have two inspectors perform a home inspection.

To me, this meets a practical need. Doing an home inspection is an athletic event; (climbing ladders, navigating crawl spaces, etc..) Simply having someone to hold the ladder, flashlight, the gadget that collects the data, etc... can be worth paying your help for.

The psychological benefit to the customer (always the potential buyer or seller), is a huge decrease in the chance of an accident, a huge decrease in the chance of missing an important deficiency in the home's major systems or components (which is, by definition, the whole purpose of a home inspection). Right now, I'm thinking I would increase the price of my home inspection by around 30%. Ballpark for a typical home inspection is $300-$350. So, at 30% I'd be charging $390 - $455.

Long range goal (3-5 years) (this has been in the brainstorm phase).....Have 6-8 Certified and/or Licensed Inspectors doing at least 3-5 inspections/week for my company. This amounts to $3510 - $3000 day of gross income/week.

Another factor I forgot to mention is the projected need for the trades to be fulfilled due to baby boomer retirement within the next 5 years.

I'm just looking for some validation on this idea, not necessarily someone to de-construct every detail I may have missed. Many details I have already thought through have been omitted out of consideration for the reader.

Thanks everyone for any positive input and/or advice.

 

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