Million Dollar Portfolio

There’s been a lot of talk at work lately about goal setting. Not just business but personal and it got me thinking. How often do we set goals?

If you are serious about making money online, especially with blogging you have to set goals. I don’t mean setting a goal of making a million dollars. Sure, that’s a great goal to set, but try starting a little smaller. I’ll give you an example. I’ve been going to Weight Watcher meetings for almost two years and it’s not always easy. In fact, losing weight is probably the hardest thing I’ve done in the past 10 years. It was much easier when I was younger because of several factors. Before, I was single, I had an easy job that didn’t take up my whole day and didn’t have the overhead I do now. 10 years later things are much different. I’m married, I have a baby boy, add on to that bills and credit card debt, a car payment, rent, etc. When exactly am I supposed to work out and lose all this weight?

That’s where goal setting comes in. At the beginning of the year I told my wife I wanted to aim for a pound a week. So far, I’ve managed to average about a half a pound a week. That’s not bad and it’s healthy because I’m not losing too quickly. Even half a pound a week would come out to 25 lbs by the end of the year. That’s pretty cool.

Other goals I set at the beginning of the year included boosting my RSS subscriber numbers. By the end of the year I’d like to see 500 subscribers, so if I break that down monthly it’s roughly 40 new subscribers a month…I have yet to hit that but I’m working on it. As far as making money goes, I’d like to see this blog make $100 a month before I set a new goal. Once I hit that $100 month I can revisit my goals and set new ones.

So, are you setting goals for yourself? Once you hit those goals do you set new ones? Success isn’t a destination and you probably aren’t going to really know when you become successful because once you do you will realize that it’s the journey that’s important and not the destination. By setting smaller goals for yourself you can enjoy little successes and that keeps you motivated toward your big goal, whatever that may be.

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