Today I was inspired to answer this question. One of my mentors posted it on his blog http://tinyurl.com/6h37ga and I took the time out of my day to give it some good hard thought and I wrote it down. I’ll give you my answer later, but what’s most important is that you ask yourself the same question. Once you’ve done that and taken the time to really think about it and write out your answer on paper it can be a game changer for the course of your life like you would never believe! So why don’t you make yourself a promise and quit talking about what you DON’T want and write down what you DO want. You’ll be amazed. I further challenge you to make it public and post it in the comments section. Revealing your goals to others instills a sense of accountability. Also, to keep with the theme of this post we’ll talk about some other related questions over the next few days that should help you map out your goals for 2009. So get busy. I look forward to hearing about what you’d like your 2009 to look like.
Here’s what I wrote:
The first and foremost thing that I’d like to co-create is a “network of learning” how to become holistically healthy, fit and green. Much of what I’ve gained from my mentors in the past few months is that it’s essential to demonstrate transparency, reveal what you’re about, help others and the rest will fall into place. This network via my blog and social networking groups will become the hub for several businesses that will eventually allow me to wean myself off of the dependency of “one on one” training. These businesses will include Boot Camps, information products (affiliate and my own) and coaching programs. The success of these businesses will also allow me to whittle down that D word (debt…I don’t even like to say it.) and help me save $ and develop a comfortable income that would sustain moving to my favorite place in the world Steamboat Colorado. One of the other key ingredients to my success will be ramping up my giving practices. Someone recently reminded me that you get what you give and if you’re not happy with what you have you must need to ramp the giving up a bit.