af Eric Blue 12 år siden
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http://eric-blue.com/blog/2007/03/use_mind_maps_to_achieve_your_goals.html
Theme
The overall theme for this year is gaining a clear focus and
direction, and maintaing a healthy balance of all major areas of my
life.
Areas of Focus
By the end of the year I will be in excellent physical health, have a
bright financial future, and will be incredibly well versed.
Format and Guidelines
- Review goals at a high-level daily
- Review in detail once every month and readjust areas accordingly
- Setup action items and hard dates in time management software
- No more than 5 goals per area
- Focus is on short-term goals, but long-term goals are listed to
keep perspective
- Goals in each area are prioritized
1 = Most Important: Critical!
2 = Desired
3 = Nice to Have
- 3 Top goals for the year are chosen. These take precedence over
all others.
- S.M.A.R.T. guidelines are followed
*Who: Who is involved?
*What: What do I want to accomplish?
*Where: Identify a location.
*When: Establish a time frame.
*Which: Identify requirements and constraints.
*Why: Specific reasons, purpose or benefits of
accomplishing the goal.
Travel to Africa
Travel to Fiji
Travel to India
Take up Astronomy as a hobby
Hobbies now become Career and Contribution
Music
Start actively playing guitar again
Travel to South America
Trip to Europe
Research SideWays Wine Tour
Same locations as in the SideWays movie
We've always wanted to go on a wine tasting trip. Santa Barbara is world-renowned for wine so this will be a great opportunity to have fun and create lasting memories.
Santa Barbara, CA
October 2007
Travel to Santa Barbara
My friends I have been talking about taking a trip together for years. Now is the time to do it. We've always wanted to travel to the Bahamas so this will be a great opportunity to have fun and have create awesome memories.
Aruba
August 2007
Travel to Aruba
Friends
Save money for the trip each week
Request time off for work
Las Vegas is one of our favorite destinations. Going together will allow us to share a great experience and also spend time with family so we can have a fun, memorable experience.
Mandalay Bay
June
Travel to Vegas
Practice at least 2 hours per week
Music has always been a passion of mine, and it's important to
devote time to creative and relaxing activities.
Play sax
Start raising a family
Coordinate time to visit with family
Request off work
Family is very important, and it's great to be able to keep in touch as often as possible. Family reunions are a great way to share memories, keep in contact, and let others know how important they are.
Summer
Make time to travel back home to visit family
Family
Do common activities together
Dates
Restaurants
Movies
Board games
Watch favorite show's together
Spend time on each other's activities
Go out on dates more often
Significant other
Brian Tracy
Anthony Robbins
Learning is my greatest passion. The more I can learn, the better. As I become more efficient in learning, I've better able to consolidate information and become a better teacher. Reading and learning helps open my perspective, and allows me to grow as an individual. I've grown significantly over the last couple yearsand want to keep that trend going.
Home and in Car
Feb 2007
Compete 3 personal development courses
Cut down on how much TV I watch
Complete 12 audio courses
Read twice as many books in a year
Read at least 40 pages per day
Learning is my greatest passion. The more I can learn, the better. As I become more efficient in learning, I've better able to consolidate information and become a better teacher. Reading and learning helps open my perspective, and allows me to grow as an individual. I've grown significantly over the last couple yearsand want to keep that trend going.
Dramatically increase my emphasis on reading, learning, and growing
Realize and achieve my life potential. Teach and inspire others and leave a positive legacy.
Mediate for at least half an hour each day
Learning more about meditation is going to dramatically accelerate
my spiritual, emotional, and mental growth. According to Ken Wilber,
dedicated mediation for 1hr per day for 4 years will helpdramatically accelerate growth.
Practice different techniques
Learn formal meditation techniques
Begin taking classes immediately
Yoga will help me in a number of areas. The most import areas is in
developing my spirtiual practice and helping to enhance meditation
techniques. The second area is physical fitness. Continual yoga practice
is going to help me become physically fit and incredibly flexible.
Mon and Sat classes
Attend Yoga classes
Buy second home
Save money for continued education (masters degree)
Own a large, beautiful home in an exclusive neighborhood
Subscribe to finance blogs
Study Warren Buffet
Find creative ways to increase revenue and reduce debt
Reduce expenses
Cancel unneeded services
Reduce eating out
Increase revenue
I need to proactively educate myself in areas of finance. The primary
goal is to have a specific, actionable gameplan for reducing debt,
increasing revenue, and maximizing earning potential.
Immerse myself in education about finance and investing
Create a stricter budget
Pack lunches
Limit eating out
Balance checkbook once a month
Get all financial info in Quicken
We need to maximize the money we have coming in, reduce debt as
much as possible, and save as much money as possible in order to
help satisfy our future goals. This is the foundation for making this
happen.
By the end of Jan 2007
Become more conscious of our spending and earning potential
Significant Other
Begin volunteering for a few hours a month on the weekends
My ultimate goal is to become a contributer/helper/teacher and impact as many people as possible.
Shelter
Volunteer and help others
Obtain executive level position
Increase annual salary by 50%
Read
Book 5
Book 4
Book 3
Book 2
Book 1
It's essential for me to sharpen my skills and read books that will help me improvecritical areas of my career.
Home
Keep my tech skills sharp and improve my knowledge
Study Peter Drucker
Subscribe to top blogs
Learn best management/leadership practices
Enhancing my leadership skills is going to help me in many areas. Overall, my main goal is to help people and leave a lasting impact.
In the workplace
Now
Lead others through example and positive interactions
Positive role models I can model
Participate in a triathalon
Black-belt in martial arts
Run a marathon
Post progress to my blog
Track all food intake and workouts in CrossTrainer
Follow exact routine as I did in 2001
Getting back in peak physical shape will be a tremendous
accomplishment. Not only will I feel great due to being in great physical
health, but I'll also have a defined physique. Having my external image
match my internal image is critical. I'm a health enthusiast who is
passionate about staying in shape.
Gold's Gym
Train from Sep to Dec
September 2007
Max bench press = 250lbs
Reduce body fat percentage to at least 11%
me
Restrict calories to fixed amount and eat healthy!
Workout 5 days per week
Rest on Thu and Sun
2 days strength
3 days cardio
Once I reach my ideal weight, I will have significantly increased my self
confidence. My physical appearance will be vastly improved And, more
importantly, my strength, endurance, and overall health will increase
exponentially. This will give me the energy and drive to pursue my other
goals with passion!
Gym
Finish
3/31/2007
Start
1/7/2007
Emphasis on Cardio and toning up
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