What Are Your Big Plans For 2018?

[MJ DeMarco]

What Are Your Big Plans For 2018?

To treat my health as seriously as I do my business. I want to party like it's 1999.

 

[Scot]

Here’s my goals for 2018.

• Launch first product mid February, probably day I get back from The Summit.
• Have total of 3 products launched by end of 2018
• Have distribution with at least one major grocery chain (200+ stores)
• Have two 1,000 case + purchase orders

This year is going to be the year I break through. By the end of 2018, my brand will be a household name in my niche.

 

[biophase]

My 2018 looks pretty full.
1) Teach/Coach my ecommerce coaching class.
2) Sell one of my companies
3) Launch monthly subscription box with my current brand
4) Launch new brand on Amazon related to my current brand
5) Launch new company in the health space
6) Launch new company in the grade school space

 

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[TheJackal]

It's that time again. Finalizing plans for 2018.

In the spirit of sharing (and to get my a$$ in gear), here are my current plans for the new year:

FICTION: Fiction writing is my main income source. I will continue to produce 4-6 novels in 2018, along with attempting to get a traditional deal for a new series. Book 1 of the new series is finished.

NON-FICTION: After completing @MTF's thread about self-publishing, it's time to jump back into the nonfiction world. I'll start with shorter works and take the lessons learned from @MTF to produce no fewer than 10 nonfiction works in 2018.

That's it for me. What are your plans for 2018?

 

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[Vigilante]

1. Read through the Bible

2. Get my health in order

3. Working on sketching out my most ambitious business launch ever. Corporation is built already and will serve as a loss for first few quarters of 2018. Keep good books from day 1

4. Take my public company stock price to new heights with a specific, secret target price

5. Build one enjoyable profitable side passive income stream

6. Fall 2018 buy a $10k claimer horse from Tampa Bay Downs and run at least breakeven

 

[OMDA]

Get real, recurring side income.

Overcome my self-limiting mindset.

No alcohol for at least a year.

 

[Kak]

Its always just a date on the calendar for me... I am looking forward to being able to get some real work done when people get back in the swing of things. Im not looking forward to the crowded gym at the country club.

 

[LeoistheSun]

1. Move to Arizona or Reno
2. Apply what I have learned in 2017
2.5. Apply more of TMF & Unscripted
3. Make 52k+ in 2018

 

[B. Cole]

First step is to survive this bullcrap cold snap for the next week. Then, if 2018 occurs and we are not encased in permafrost waiting to be discovered in 23,000 years:

January - Stay on manufacturer's butt about getting my drawings and prototype complete. Attend trade show in late January, I have a possible mentor near the trade show that I'm reaching out to. Build relationships in the industry and find out where my open innovation channels are.

February - Current product completely hashed out, finished prototypes in hand and completing marketing media/sell sheets/demonstration video. Pitch to potential licensees, and try to smartly market my product if necessary, depending on licensee reception. Hopefully be done with the product as far as development goes, start developing the next product. Second product solves the same problem, but is more of a built-in solution that happens at construction instead of a retro-fit for existing.

March - Continue developing second product, follow same path as first product if the process works. Adjust as necessary, get prototype, marketing media/sell sheets, etc. Pitch second product to potential licensees.

April - Thaw the frick out. Continue developing and promoting.

May - The season for both of my products will now be in full swing for the US, I wish I was earlier. Probably a good time to achieve peak interest from most consumers, but definitely too late to have manufactured products in stores for this season. I'll try and navigate this accordingly. Learn > apply, learn > apply.

June - Turn a year older. I'll be halfway to 74. Yay. Continue promoting the hell out of my products and working on more.


Planning is gold, but plans are useless. Events in the first few months will dictate the rest. I would like to compress all of this with the second product in a much quicker timeframe if possible. Hopefully somewhere in all of this, be negotiating licensing.

Continue to lose weight in all of this. Lost 42 pounds this year, I'm still a fat bastard. Trying to be a chubby bastard instead.

 

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[Daniel...D]

We are waiting for the child with my wife

 

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[jon2089]

quit all tobacco for good, already 2 months without
quit all junk food and sugary drinks
go to gym 3 or more times a week, already have for nearly 2 months
provide more value to people at least $100k

 

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[Xavier X]

1. In January, finally launch the new business I expect to be a life changing fastlane venture. Been tinkering, iterating and dragging it for almost two years. The logistics are complex, with a number of moving parts.
On the bright side, it's the kind of business that starts generating revenue from day 1 (if done right).

2. Spend at least three weeks each in 12 new countries.
I've touched down in 5 countries over the last five months. I've only spent 2 weeks at home in the US during that time.

3. Improve intimate relationships.
Sometimes we get so caught up in our hustle, we forget to slow down, hold someone's hands and look into their eyes.
The last thing anyone wants is to think back to the prime years of their life and see nothing but a computer screen.

 

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[Ravens_Shadow]

Continue to build my software business.
Net of $20,000 a month by the end of 2018.

Add the rest of our planned features to our first software product and get #2 out the door as well.
Create more tutorials for our customers and maybe create a paid course by the end of Q4.

 

[Kimmy XD]

I don't have a strict guideline for 2018.

1. Create the 2018 Planner by 11/2018 and then sell.
2. Add more products to Etsy.
3. Grow my website (more great quality articles, more followers, more members, etc.)
4. Write my first book and publish on Amazon.

 

[Andy Black]

I treat every Monday as a New Years Day.

For 2018 I'll introduce Quarterly as well as Weekly goals.

Q1 priority will be serving my current DFY clients better, and acquiring more DFY clients.

Serving the DIY market is moved out to Q2 (at least!).


My big goal? Be happy.

 

[Eric Ferner]

Trading:
- another profitable year (no monetary goal since no one can predict what the market is willing to give)
- find a way to achieve a similar performance with "wikifolio" as with my own account (a derivative traded in germany reflecting the performance of a portfolio I manage)
- find a viable setup for a bearish environment (in case needed)

website:
- add good content regularly to my recently launched website
- add trading videos to my youtube channel more regularly

e commerce:
- launch my first product
- add a second one by the end of the year

slow lane job:
- generate enough income from the endeavors above to buy back 1 day/week of my precious time


May all of you have a great and successful year 2018.

 

[Deleted52409]

1. Either get a sales job or start a side hustle that will teach me sales.

2. Pick one business idea AND STICK WITH IT!!!!! This is going to be extremely difficult for me.

3. TAKE ACTION!!! I live with my parents and have over $10k to experiment with. I have no excuse for why I haven't started yet. I MUST overcome my fear of spending money in 2018.

 

[Andy Black]

1. Read through the Bible

2. Get my health in order

3. Working on sketching out my most ambitious business launch ever

4. Take my company stock price to new heights with a specific, secret target price

5. Build one enjoyable profitable side passive income stream

6. Fall 2018 buy a $10k claimer horse from Tampa Bay Downs and run at least breakeven

Health... you and @MJ DeMarco mention it, I forgot to mention it.

Higher priority than business plans are to:

1) Sleep more.

2) Exercise more.

3) Be in the moment more.

4) Consistently take the kids to sports activities more.

 

[daru]

Get back to the good habits I had most of 2017 but lost here at the end (Q4).

• Intermittent fasting (16/8)
• Olympic Weightlifting training
• Reading books consistently
• Cold showers and meditation

Business wise 2017 was a failure but a learning experience. For 2018 I will:

• Get software consulting gigs to pay the damn bills
• Finish at least two big construction projects: home office on garage and the room for my daughter
• Build a SaaS as a side hustle
  
• Regularly get inte Deep Work as defined by Cal Newport

 

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[Raoul Duke]

1. Health

2. 2018 Fastlane Summit

3. 100k Upwork (Copy)

4. Look for a new area to live

5. Post less on FLF - Only contribute of VALUE

6. World Domination Plan

 

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[Xeon]

1) Launch my eCommerce business by end Feb 2018 (finally)
2) Earn my first US$500 before end Apr 2018
3) Put on another 8 KG more mass and increase my strength in the gym by 50% of current stats
4) Get more confident in public speaking

Hopefully on this same day next year, I would be earning the same amt of $$$ in my eCom business as my already-low-paying day job.

 

[gazzagb22]

Start my own e-company. Already registered business and a skeleton website ready to go.
Read/re-read/listen to Unscripted /MFL for motivation.
Develop and tweak MY process, becoming more disciplined and proactive.
Learn from my mistakes and the wisdom of others.
Start to earn some passive income from my ventures by the end of the year to verify the process or if not forthcoming, adjust and tweak the process and the business until it does.
Keep on improving my fitness and tone up so that I remain strong and healthy for the effort needed to improve the lifestyle for myself and my family.
Keep focused on the goal, to develop a business that enables me to live unscripted !
To get to a stage where I can say F*ck You more often than not!

 

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[Xeon]

Here’s my goals for 2018.

• Launch first product mid February, probably day I get back from The Summit.
• Have total of 3 products launched by end of 2018
• Have distribution with at least one major grocery chain (200+ stores)
• Have two 1,000 case + purchase orders

This year is going to be the year I break through. By the end of 2018, my brand will be a household name in my niche.

Start my own e-company. Already registered business and a skeleton website ready to go.
Read/re-read/listen to Unscripted /MFL for motivation.
Develop and tweak MY process, becoming more disciplined and proactive.
Learn from my mistakes and the wisdom of others.
Start to earn some passive income from my ventures by the end of the year to verify the process or if not forthcoming, adjust and tweak the process and the business until it does.
Keep on improving my fitness and tone up so that I remain strong and healthy for the effort needed to improve the lifestyle for myself and my family.
Keep focused on the goal, to develop a business that enables me to live unscripted !
To get to a stage where I can say F*ck You more often than not!

Feels so good to read all these, at least I know there's other real humans elsewhere in the world doing similar stuff!
To a better and richer life ahead!

The FastLane Forum is School!

 

[B. Cole]

slow lane job:
- generate enough income from the endeavors above to buy back 1 day/week of my precious time.

This is golden in itself. I’ve been fortunate to work 4 days @ 10 hours in my slowlane job for the past 6 years, and at another job about a decade before. I highly recommend everyone try to negotiate this with your employer, you’d be surprised the employers that are receptive to it if they want to keep you. It’s 20 percent less traveling, gas etc., way more efficient for both parties because you don’t have to stop/start 5 times a week at work, only four. Win/win for both if it can be made to work.

 

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[WJK]

I'm in a consolidation phase of my life. I'm trying to pare everything down to dull roar.
In 2018 I gonna:
1. Sell off some stuff I have laying around that we're not using (ie. a fishing boat, a 2N antique tractor, maybe the 2 D-8 bulldozers, and a bunch of smaller stuff)
2. Better organize our building materials -- I just bought another Conex where we can put some of these materials. We'll 86 a bunch of stuff that we don't use or need anymore.
3. Finish up my last 3 mobile home rehabs -- and get them rented. I've rehabbed one after another, year after year, to build up the rental business income.
4. Get some more spaces ready to build out some more RV spots for summertime business.
5. Do more organizing at home. I need to have less stuff and more space for what I decide to keep.
6. Drum roll, please... I'm going to make myself a lot more comfortable in my life and space! That requires me to say no a lot more often. It's going to take me making better boundaries.

 

[Tiger TT]

My goals for 2018 are:

1. To publish my 2nd eBook.
2. I'll update my first eBook.
3. New design for my website.
4. I'll travel to a country that I love for 3 weeks.
5. I also want to attend lots of social events in 2018.

 

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[ruzara5]

It's that time again. Finalizing plans for 2018.

In the spirit of sharing (and to get my a$$ in gear), here are my current plans for the new year:

FICTION: Fiction writing is my main income source. I will continue to produce 4-6 novels in 2018, along with attempting to get a traditional deal for a new series. Book 1 of the new series is finished.

NON-FICTION: After completing @MTF's thread about self-publishing, it's time to jump back into the nonfiction world. I'll start with shorter works and take the lessons learned from @MTF to produce no fewer than 10 nonfiction works in 2018.

That's it for me. What are your plans for 2018?

1. Improve process and events.
2. Increase income by 70k at 4th quarter.
3. Trip to southwest. Arziona, New Mexico.

 

[Thetaker24]

To treat my health as seriously as I do my business. I want to party like it's 1999.

Not that because i will feel old

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goals 2018:
Get a new Job, because i dont like where i work now
Get my sixpack back
Working on my skills to startup my business
Read more books 1-3 books a month
AND Spend more time what i "love" to do

 

[fortu1992]

- work hard
- improve my english
- travel
wish you all a happy 2018!


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[Kjbinatl]

2017 was a rough year. I won't say it was bad, but transformational in certain ways:

1. Dad passed away (suffering for a while)
2. Friend committed suicide (okay, this was just plain terrible)
3. I'm career IT, and the company's IT leadership is leaving me scratching my head and with limited career opportunity
4. Started reading MJ's books (Unscripted in progress), and it's all sounding VERY FAMILIAR. The lessons from my Dad, the sneaking suspicion that my peers have no idea what they are doing, and that the career-and-die life is bs

So, 2018.
It turns out I did okay saving in 401k's, IRA's, etc. Not enough to retire on when I'm too old to enjoy it, but enough to have a serious positive impact on my life now. I'm going to divest it and pay off the house. It occurred to me that the amortization of the interest payments to the bank put them first. If we move, we end up on a saw-tooth wave of payments to the next mortgage that... you guessed it ... pays the bank first.

With no debt bills left to pay this gives me more room to tolerate a lower salary with less obligations, smaller commute, etc. I'm buying back my 1+ hour commute to work and using it for the list below:

1. Starting my second company - I ran a software company for 11 years back in 2001. I loved it, loved the accounting, loved the strategy, loved writing custom software that solved people's problems. This time I'm exchanging the focus from love to value, and using my experience to create a new company renting goods to others.
2. Starting a clothing design brand. It's very targeted and directly attributable to reading MJ's book. Solve a problem you find annoying. Yeah, I have one of those, and I work for a marketing company at the moment. I understand the basics of brands, and this is precise enough to try out.
3. Joint venture on a web site selling a process I developed about 20 years ago as a business service for others. The market seems narrow to me but the need is real. This one might take time to see the return on so...
4. I'm creating an online course to teach the process I mentioned in #3. I figure if anyone signs up for a cheap online lesson, then stumbles across the web service that does the work for them they are more likely to pay for it. (Using sunk cost fallacy to drive demand and getting paid a little for it ).

I'm capable of putting the sweat work in to launch an average of one concept per quarter through 2018, then feed them in 2019 and beyond. Underneath the hood they are all connected in ways that allow me to reuse work on one for value on another.

My Goal is to be free from employment by 2020, a summer home, and a bright future for our autistic son (I have a KILLER plan here too).