Archive for the ‘Goals / Vision’ Category
What Golf Can Teach Us About Our Online Businesses
“The most important shot in golf is the next one.” – Ben Hogan
Last Friday, a friend and I hit the links. The day began as a conscious decision to peel myself away from the computer to enjoy a beautiful day outdoors, one of our first sub-100 degree days in months. As we hacked our way around the course (and I do mean hacked), I couldn’t help but notice the similarities between a successful golf game and online business success. Just as these 3 attributes are paramount for anybody looking to improve their golf game, the same attributes will also help anyone looking to build their online businesses:
Goal Setting for Dummies Part Two – Honing in on the Target
“The most important thing about having goals is having ONE!” -Albert Geoffrey
Assuming you read my last post (Goal Setting for Dummies Part One – a Top Gun Analogy), you know I have struggled with a vicious cycle of setting tons of goals, following through with some but not ALL of them, and then getting down on myself for failing (again) to live up to the personal “rules” and high standards I set for myself…but then I would find myself jumping right back in to the same old habit of doing it to myself all over again. I knew this pattern SUCKED and I needed to change it but I had a difficult time finding and sticking with something that worked. But then I came across an old post from Leo at Zen Habits that inspired me to review and restructure the way I set goals for myself… Read the rest of this entry »
Goal Setting for Dummies Part One – Top Gun Analogy
“I’ll take you right into the Danger Zone.” -Kenny Loggins from the Top Gun soundtrack
We all know the importance of setting goals and establishing priorities. Most successful people will tell you that you have to know where you want to go if you ever want to get there and you have to have a plan to succeed. But, if you are anything like me, you have struggled following through with all of your goals.
Do you set goals which empower and motivate you in the short-term only to lose focus and determination and fail to see them through to completion? Do you set up specific action plans to achieve those goals only to wake up in the morning to a vague sense of anxiety about how productive you need to be and how much shit you need to get done each day to reach those goals? Do you ever feel as though you are spread too thin, that you are pulled in too many directions, that there isn’t enough time in the day to get everything done? And, finally, do you ever stress yourself out to the point of inaction…and then feel guilty or upset that you weren’t as productive as you should have been that day?
Yes? Good! No offense, but it’s comforting to know I am not alone in this. It’s a vicious cycle – setting tons of goals, following through with some but not ALL of them, and then getting down on myself for failing (again) to live up to the personal “rules” and high standards I set for myself…but then I jump right back in there and do it to myself all over again. And it SUCKS! Read the rest of this entry »
How in the Hell do You Start a Successful Online Business?!
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” -Rabindranath Tagore
If you are reading this, chances are you are either already running your own online business and are looking to take it to the next level or you haven’t yet started a business but are very much interested in doing so. Either way, we all struggle from time to time trying to figure out exactly how to get the ball rolling. So what’s the absolute FIRST step you need to take to start a successful online business?
Just jump off the cliff and get started… Read the rest of this entry »
Rich Schefren Called Me Out but I Stepped Up to the Challenge
“If you don’t know where you are going, how do you expect to get there?” -Basil S. Walsh
Last night, Rich Schefren called me out. He straight up embarrassed me in front of one hundred other students. I tried shrugging off what he said. I tried pretending he had no idea what he was talking about or who he was talking to. But the pit in my stomach told me that what he was telling me was true – success in this industry will continue to elude me and I am doomed to fail…
