Here is my first draft of my 2012 goals. I’ve had these in my head for a couple of months. But they don’t count until they make it down on (virtual) paper.

1. Log 10 hours of PPL flight time (Scheduled to start 8/18)
2. Gain 20 new monthly retainer clients
3. Get 5 paid speaking engagements (On track)
4. Get 5 speaking engagements outside of OKC
5. Grow the Focus Inner Circle membership site to 100 members (invoiced, non-active income)
6. Get the family income to $10K a month gross (active, invoice-based income)
7. Get the passive income to $2000/month (passive = online, 24/7, non-invoiced income)
8. Get bodyfat down to 25% (Stretch goal of 20%) (Read Workout Section)
9. Gain 5 new monthly business coaching clients
10. Get blood pressure back down to 110/70 (On track. Dropping)
11. Save $2000 for cruise in November 2012
12. Save $5000 in emergency funds
13. Read at least one new book every month (Link to my bookshelf
14. Get my working hours down to 20 a week
15. Hire a VA full-time (hired one part time)
16. Hire an outside (1099) salesperson full-time
17. Attend 2 major business conferences (Infusioncon 2012 + one other) (Completed: Attended Infusioncon and the NSA 2012 conference. Also attended several small ones. )

Most of these should be lined up with my long-term goals.

Let me know what you think in the comments below

Remember: Action is the great thing that escapes most people

Interested in how others are tracking goals? Check out my friends below:

@stephaniebice – Click here to see her goals

@anyarizm – Click here to see her goals

@rbbruce – Click here to see his goals

These are not New Year’s Resolutions.

If you have seen my master goals list then you know I do have an aim in life. I do have direction that guides me every day. I do believe deep down in my heart in the power of setting achievement milestones (aka goals) for oneself. You don’t get from New York to L.A. in one big giant step. You get there by putting one foot in front of the other, and counting your successes for each mile of progress you make.

Recently a good friend of mine challenged me to layout my milestones for 2011. Let’s call him RB Bruce. RB and I met for lunch and decided to each make a blog post about what we were going to accomplish in 2011. A friendly wager of sorts (at least that is what I think we said. I can’t remember because I was in food heaven with the bacon cheeseburger). I am not sure what the winner gets, or what to do if we tie. That may even be up to you – the reader of this blog post.

What I do know is that this list will keep me in check for 2011. RB will keep me in check. And you, the StopDoingNothing reader will keep me in check.

Here goes:

Health: Lower my cholesterol measurement from 180 back down to 133. I give blood on a regular basis. The cool part about that is they check to see if I’m still alive. After that they check to see how healthy I am. I’ve been keep track of the critical numbers since 11/2007. The lowest measurement of my cholesterol level was on 3/25/2008 at 133. In 8/2010 it was 152. In 12/2010 it was 180. That is ridiculous. I am scared of having health related issues as I get older – especially any related to obesity or poor body maintenance. I used to be obsessed about what I ate and drank. I need to get there again.

Business: Grow my profit % and profit $ for 9 out of 12 months. 2009 was horrible for business. 2010 was better. 2011 is start off with a bang. I am planning a lot more bangs with the start of an AM/FM/Web radio show and a new client about every week. If I can keep that momentum this goal will not be difficult.

Pleasure: Log 20 hours of flying time this year. Right now I am out of currency. And I am very disappointed in myself. I love to fly. Let me repeat that. I LOVE TO FLY. My pilot’s license is something I am very proud of. I trained for it. I studied hard for it and I earned it. Right now it is a wasted piece of paper gathering dust in my wallet. I am going to fix that.

Financial: Save $5000 in emergency funds. Self-explanatory.

Business: Save  money to attend the Affiliate Summit West 2012 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. This is where the more brilliant minds of online marketing converge every year. As a stretch goal I’d also like to attend Blogworld.

Health: Reduce bodyfat down to my personal best of 19% (measured 4/24/2008). As of 12/2010 this was at 35%. Forget that noise.

Business: Hire an assistant. This will allow me to grow my business by focusing on shaking hands and kissing babies (but not babies hands – that’s just gross). The assistant will help me maintain a clean work mind and a focused business growth calendar. (That sounds pretty cool – I just made it up). An assistant will also help me organized. I am not the best person to organize my desk. I need to find somebody smarter than me to help me in this area.

Business: Start Focus University. I’ve recently learned that I have a lot of knowledge, but not a lot of time to share it with people that want it. I’ve been planning a new business venture (more like an extension of Focus Consulting) called Focus University. It will be a completely online paid membership education area. It will contain private videos, private forums, and private coaching opportunities with me.

Personal: Pay down debt. I am personally leaving this goal non-quantifiable for now. I will come back and update it later. But I’ve already started making small dent in this goal.

Update:

Personal: Commit to Remember the Milk. One of the things that RB teases me about is the time I lose/waste finding systems to help me manage my time. I am a walking irony. He is right – damnit. In January of this year I met a brilliant gentleman named Jake Fisher at the radio station where I have my show. He is 100% committed to the Remember the Milk system. Mainly for it’s speed and simplicity. After talking to him I decided to commit also. Is it the best system for me? That is what I am hoping to find out. I have a feeling that it will be great as long as I commit to it. My personal pledge is to give it the 12 month college try. I’ll reevaluate in January of 2012 whether it is working out. Check it out.

More to come. Ack – I just checked RB’s goal list. He has a big year ahead of him. I’d better try and keep up.

I am a huge TED fan – I enjoy just about every speaker that hits the stage  – even the ones I wholeheartedly disagree with. Here is one for your viewing pleasure that you should ignore the advice in: Not telling people your goals.

Don’t ever do this. Shout your goals on the rooftop to the world and beyond. Write them on your bathroom mirror. Tell someone to check on you all of the time to see where you are. Publish them on your blog. Keep people updated about them. I still believe that sharing what you want to do with other climbers like you helps keep everybody accountable.