Warriors - STATE it and DATE it ... Today !!!

[dean_holland]

Hey warriors

So I know that many people set goals, well if you're not then you should be !

Im talking not only business goals but personal goals ... BUT

Here's the thing I believe many people miss and I believe it to be of HUGE importance. When you set goals you MUST also set a date to accomplish that goal.

Without a date to complete or achieve the goal then it is merely an idea that you have. I just today have reflected on my year so far, my growth and where I now want to be.

So i'll get this started, STATE your goals and DATE them ( by the way, you must work towards your goals and BELIEVE you can achieve them )

Well my goal in October of last year in 2008 my goal was to make $1 online and to build a successful blog and start an email list. All of which I have achieve but now I REALLY want to step it up....

1 ) Online business income of $10,000 per month ( recurring income )

2 ) To clear my loans and credit cards debts completely

3 ) To build an email list of 10,000 with a strong relationship

4 ) To employ at least 1 full time VA

Those four goals I will achieve by March 1st 2010 .. This gives me around 6 months to do it.

( bear in mind I am no where close to these goal, they are HUGE for me.. to put it clearly my recurring income is currently at around $800 pm )

And one final goal, more personal this one .... I just asked my mum what she wants in March 2010, the answer she gave believing I wasnt being serious was for something costing around $13,000.

5 ) Give my mum $13,000 on March 1st 2010

So there we have mine guys, my goals laid out for all to see and be held accountable to. But not just goals .. DATES to be achieved by !

Very important

Lets hear yours then my friend, I'm looking forward to reading !!

Dean

P.S - If you don't believe you can do it, then you wont !

[TravisVOX]

So true... and if possible, schedule it sooner rather than later. The human mind will make a task a monumental challenge the farther away it is, regardless of how it simple it may seem, because it dwells on it, thinks about e tc.

[peetred]

Okay, I'll bite!

My first goal was to stick with my affiliate marketing plan for 3 months, and make my first sale online.

It's been almost 2 months, i've stuck with it and made my first sale (and some adsense with it ).

My current goals have more to do with productivity.. But your post inspired me to make a financial earnings goal.

My goal is to be making $100 a day by Christmas. I pick Christmas b/c it's a memorable date. I pick $100 a day because I feel it's easily attainable.

Let's do it!

[johnbro]

Couldn't agree with you more... Dean.

We need to work with short term goals leading to the long tern goal. We need to set a desired target and increase it a little bit more so that even if we don't reach that we'll reach high enough.

One thing I find is, if we keep the target/goal a secret to ourselves, it is less effective. Sharing with others near and dear, gives us all the more drive to put in more than our best to prove ourselves.

Well, you have already done that by sharing with us here.

All the best.

[Al Vaughan]

Hey Dean

Now I am looking forward to 1st March 2010.

Your Mum

Ps. way to go man everything you state is true now start visualising.....
Al

[bgmacaw]

Here's an article I wrote on goal setting back in 2007: 5 Steps To More Effective Goal Setting.

My way of doing goals is to use a series of easily reachable goals to build an ongoing psychology of success. For most people, it's very easy to get discouraged with long term goals, although they are important. Having short term goals that lead toward a long term result helps prevent discouragement and encourage one to stick to the task.

[ItsDubC]

I'm new to IM so the thing preventing me from setting a goal such as, "Make $100 per day by Jan 1st, 2010," is that I'm unsure as to whether the methods I use can realistically allow me to accomplish that within the given timeframe even if I dedicate say 2hrs per day. I'd have enough confidence to set a realistic goal if there were a list of IM techniques somewhere that shows approximately how much one could possibly make after 6 months of 1hr/day dedication or something like that.

That being said, if I worked diligently toward a goal of making $100 by Jan 1st 2010 but didn't meet that goal, I'd probably still be making a lot more per day by then than if I hadn't set that goal in the first place due to the effort put in.

[dean_holland]

Originally Posted by ItsDubC

I'm new to IM so the thing preventing me from setting a goal such as, "Make $100 per day by Jan 1st, 2010," is that I'm unsure as to whether the methods I use can realistically allow me to accomplish that within the given timeframe even if I dedicate say 2hrs per day. I'd have enough confidence to set a realistic goal if there were a list of IM techniques somewhere that shows approximately how much one could possibly make after 6 months of 1hr/day dedication or something like that.

That being said, if I worked diligently toward a goal of making $100 by Jan 1st 2010 but didn't meet that goal, I'd probably still be making a lot more per day by then than if I hadn't set that goal in the first place due to the effort put in.

Don't you see that with that mindset you will not make the $100 a day you want ??

You are really limiting yourself by saying you cant set that goal ....

Set the goal .... Give yourself a good timeframe to work to ... MAKE IT HAPPEN !

Seriously the difference it can make setting a goal compared to not is HUGE... I know it can seem hard at first but just learn and work to a proven business system.

It doesnt have to be a monetary goal, you could say ... I will have an email list of 500 by January for example or whatever you choose.

You must have something to work towards, if you fall short of the goal ( Which you SHOULD NOT be even thinking ) then I guarantee you will have achieved a hell of a lot more than if you do not.

Bets of luck !!

Lets see those goals

Dean

[Tommy McLaughlin]

Deano Deano Deano,

Well as your journey continues ..... I am enjoying the ride ....

All the goals you have posted I know you will achieve the one goal I hope you get is for your Mum ;-)

My Goals for the the next six months : -

Create another two membership sites ...

Create another 3 eBooks to help build my list to 5 figures ...

To begin to make serious inroads on clearing my debt .....

To continue to build on existing and new online relationships to build my online business and presence .......

Not massive goals I know, but I am on the road to success ......

Oh, last goal to be able to tell my wife 'Told, you so! '(In a good way, ) and let her see what is truely possible with IM and take her away a nice holiday .......

Thanks for the post Dean , made me evaluate my own position ;-)

Speak Laters !!!

[Lisa Gergets]

I want to make $1500 by IM methods this month. So far: $121.

Edited: Make that $248. LOL Just sold a site.

[Jody_W]

Excellent idea! I always work harder for something that I've publicly committed to.

Here's mine: I'm going to earn $1000/mo. through IM by Jan. 1, 2010.

[Paul Lear]

Hey Dean, Nice post and some very good goals you have there.

My goals are as follows:

Build my list to 1,500 (currently my list stands at 6 ) - by April 2010

Write my first ebook/report and give it away for free - by October 2009 (in the process of doing this now)

Create my first paid product and affiliate program, and put it on ClickBank - by December 2009

Write at least 1 article a week and submit to article directories - for the next 3 months.

To be making $100 a day - by December 2009 (currently making $0 a day.)

Wish me luck.

Paul.

[Karen Connell]

1) I want to be Deans Mum.

2) By 1st October 2010 I will have begun to build a list.

3) By 1st October 2010 I will have finshed my ebook.

4) By March 31st 2010, I will have made enough money online to pay cash for a new car.

There, I've said (written) it and it WILL happen (well, maybe not the 1st one!)

[Phil Ainsworth]

Hey Dean,

Saw your Tweet linking here - cool stuff mate :-)

Good luck with your goals, hope to help you with them.

Here's mine:

Make my first £1 online :-), by 15/09/09

Build my Twitter following to 5000 (currently 1775) by 30/09/09 (must continue to build relationships with my following, quality NOT quantity!)

Post REGULARLY on my blog (3-4 times a week), at the mo I'm being too sporadic. Next post to be my "introduction video", also make screencapture video series on building twitter following quickly. (next 2 posts over weekend, ongoing commitment)

Continue to participate in giveaways (I've signed up to about 7 or 8 already :-) and move on to adswaps once list is big enough. (ongoing)

Build subscriber list to 10 people (by 13/09/09), 50 people (by 30/09/09), 250 (by 31/10/09), 500 (by 30/11/09) and 1000 (by 31/12/09)

Keep building contacts, JV partners and networking (ongoing)

keep putting into place EVERYTHING that Dean is teaching me in the SWM academy :-) (ongoing)

AND FINAL BUSINESS GOAL - BECOME A MILLIONAIRE BEFORE 35th BIRTHDAY (19/05/2013)

Peace and good luck to everyone on the forum :-)

Phil

[sbucciarel]

I've never really set goals. I just work on my products and projects, completing them and then embarking on new ones. I don't have monetary goals. I build and build and then build some more ... it works for me.

[FlashDriveDT]

My goal is to make 1500€/month through affiliate marketing by January 1 2010.

[CDarklock]

$250k by 2010.

It's a big one. It's a hard one. I still think I can do it.

[MarkWrites]

My goal is to increase my IM income enough so that on June 1st, 2010 I can tell my wife to quit her job and not bother looking for another one.

[Liam Hamer]

Great thread I tend to have daily goals, weekly goals, monthly goals and yearly goals. The daily ones will be something like - write 5 articles, build 10 backlinks, add some content to a site. My goals for this week were to write 15 articles, set up an autoresponder, build lots of backlinks and learn as much as I can from my new War Room membership. I reached them all My longer term goals are as follows:-

-Rank highly for numerous keyword phrases
-Build a substantial list
-Branch out into 1 or 2 more niches
-Be Making $1,000+ per month by the end of 09

I'm working every day to achieve these things, and by being here at the WF, I'm getting the best education possible. I know I can reach my targets, and I'm going to be elated when I do

[CarolStep]

Kevin Riley, one of my favorites (I won't call him a guru because he would shoot me), just issued a challenge on his blog for readers -- challenging them to post goals for September.

At the end of September there will be a "special accountability" session.

I have found these kind of special action plans to be very effective. These work much better for me that monetary goals. Making the plans public are great.

Don't know if it is ok to give you Kevin's blog so I won't.

Carol Smith

[dean_holland]

Hey

This is cool, some really great goals ... I particularly like the BIG ones

Just my personal preference that I like to aim big, I find you achieve a lot more than thinking small...

Of course I do not mean in the sense of when you are just starting out online....

I tell people and in fact my first ever blog post in October last year stated I wanted to make just $1 online. That is because 10 months ago I had never made a $1 !

As soon as I made $1 and proved to myself it could be done I said in 2009 I wanted to generate $50k online... Well im just a few thousand off that and confident of hitting my goal ...

So now those BIG goals that I have set myself for the next 6 months ...

Good luck all !! Aim high and work your ass off

Best of luck, keep em coming ! !

Dean

[bgmacaw]

Originally Posted by dean_holland

I particularly like the BIG ones

Just my personal preference that I like to aim big, I find you achieve a lot more than thinking small...

"Aim small, miss small."

Of course, I do enjoy playing poker with someone who aims big and positively thinks they'll get the straight or flush on the river.

[designfuschion]

Wow WF is so great.
so much great info,i never really know what to post! lol.
Can't wait to become a war room member.

My immediate goals: Earn $50 to cover war room fee,wso fee and outsourcing costs. through writing.
My short term goals:
*Be earning $1000weekly by end of sept.(through site flipping,and ghostwriting)
*Pay off my debts
*build and market sites with end goal,earning $50-100 day each site.
*establish my first membership site.
*Site flip some of those sites and make $2400 each flip.
*Make $7000 by sept 30,2009.
My long term goals:
*Be passively earning $150,000 by june 2010.
*Have a list of 5000 responsive subs by Jan 2010.in a non-im niche.
*Attain a smaller list in IM,for site flipping.
*Travel the world(a long held dream of mine,10yrs before i knew that you don't have to have a traditional job)
*Own at least several high ranking websites that earning over $100day,by march 2010.
*Own 3 real estate properties by 2011.(or more) Each property bringing in a passive income of $50 a week after expenses minimum.

Probably slightly a bit all over the place. I do know what i need to do for short term goals.
(4-8 successful wso's[depends how much i sell],4 site flips)

Hope i achieve it.

[LogoNerds]

Great thread

My Goal for 2009 was to upgrade into a larger home: Goal Successfully Achieved

Septembers Goal

Launch my new site

Six month goals

- Pull in a steady $1000 a day
- Complete a huge upgrade to my largest site
- Acheive top search rankings for a VERY competitive term

Goal by Christmas 2010

Teach thousands of others how to make a living online through my blog.

[Rob Anderson]

dean.
hi long time no speak.
i have achieved some of my biggest goals last week.
i finished my first e book report.
i think it is great (proud me)
i have started my list 75 members.
so as of three days ago i got new goals.
1. get traffic and sales.
2. get three affiliates once i have been cleared at clickbank
3. learn how to set up my membership site.

one involves daily work, and i can handle it.
two i will just have to try.
three will be the easiest as all i have to do is throw my script at the ftp thing ,,,,haha

so to you all...
and you dean..
GOOD LUCK. potpie girl said something to me the other day..
something like the magic will come if you remember that you are the magician.


rob