Posted by Amir Lehrer on December 17, 2007
When I wrote my goals and made the conscious decision to follow and achieve them, without consciously knowing it, I took upon myself a ton of work. One of my goals was to build this blog. It seems pretty simple on the surface but if I really want to build a successful blog, I am going to have to make it something that people will want to read on a regular basis. Also, I have to define what a successful blog is. Is it having 100 visits per day? Maybe it is having 1000 unique hits per day. Does it depend on how many people subscribe to my rss fees? Maybe it has to do with how much income I can produce through this blog. In that case, I have to figure out how I would make my money. Should I use Google Adsense? Should I use other ad providers? Or should I sell my own ad space? Maybe I should rely on tips. I can also become an affiliate for all kinds of different companies and make commissions on sales and signups through my site. As you can see, everyone must define their own version of success and each definition can be very different.
When Making Goals, the Goals Must be Defined.
I am trying to take this goal very seriously even though it is a lot more complex than I originally imagined. I need to learn enough about blogging and the blogisphere to gage my progress and success. I also need to learn what makes a good blog and then put as much of it into play as possible. I have to figure out what layout is best, how to track my blog and how to advertise it.
As I try to go through every step, I find myself forcing my way to research more and more blogs and learn everything I can. Along the way, I end up learning what I was looking for but at the same time, I am learning so much more and discovering so many more opportunities. For example, today while reading Lazy Man and Money, I learned about Prosper.com where I was able to sign up for a free account to start lending money to different people and earn interest, just like a bank.
Most of all, I find myself busier than ever but more in control of my time and much more accomplished. If only I made goals for myself years ago, I could be so much farther ahead in life. Well, that’s my luck changing for the better.
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Posted by Amir Lehrer on December 13, 2007
Yesterday I wrote about how I realized that in order to get anything done, I needed to make clear goals for myself. A few of the goals on my list had to do with this blog. I wanted to fix up the blog, add Google Adsense, add some articles, etc. Those were just in my first list of short term goals. In a year, I am hoping to have at least 60 articles on this blog. In reality I would like to have at least 100 but I made sure not to put too many things on my list since it might get a little unreasonable. I can do millions of things but I can’t do all of them at the same time. I need to leave some time to accomplish all my other goals while leaving a large amount of time to slack off. Slacking off is not one of my goals, I just know myself and just because I have goals now and I’m a little more organized, I cant expect myself to change overnight. I know it’s going to be a slow process but as I wrote yesterday, I have 20 years to complete my goals. I am sure some will change and some will expand but at least I have the step by step instructions on how I am going to get there.
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