Setting Up a Goal
Through InfluenceGuru.com I have spoken in the past about how to influence others you must first influence yourself. If you read enough self help, positive attitude and goal setting books you will come across the theme of setting goals and specifically setting one specific chief goal. I believe one the best ways to influence yourself immediately is to decide on one main goal which if you reached would move you forward towards your other goals and fulfillment more than anything else. This has worked for me in many cases, here is an example:I used to work for a boss who was always upset, paranoid and mad. He lived a mad life and working under him made me nervous and on edge. I decided while working for him that I should work for myself so I would never be trapped under such a tyrant ever again. While making this decision I realized there were several ways in which I could start a new business so I narrowed these down to two ideas, starting an online business and performing consulting and pursued both in any way I could. I sent out cold emails, contacted past consultants that I knew, applied for positions, wrote daily on niche industry blogs that I started myself and found ways to make at least enough income to pay my bills in case I wanted to quit my job. I wanted to run a business more than anything else so all of this work paid off, within 6 months of starting this process I was making $1,800/month from my part time side activities and I could see the light of making a full time living off of this same work for myself if I quit my job. It so happened that at this same time my boss discovered one of the websites I was building and asked me to delete it or quit my job, I happily quit and never looked back. I don't believe that I would have been able to achieve this goal of working for myself if I had only half-heatedly pursued the goal, been going after 5-6 other goals such as writing a book, running a marathon, or volunteering 20 hours/week for a homeless shelter. There are many great things you can do with your time, but what one thing should you be looking to tackle right now that will change your life in 6-9 months?
What if you:
- Started your own business
- Doubled your sales
- Grew a top 3 most respected niche industry website for your business?
- Wrote a book
- Gave 20 speaches around the country to industry associations and clubs?
- Surveyed all of your customers for new product ideas and launched an outsourced product which took only 3 hours of your time a month to maintain?
