Only 11 months left, so I’ll just need to work harder

Sometimes after wasting X amount of time, it seems like the time left in front of us is no longer as good, or doesn’t contain the same amount of potential as it once did, but it still does.

I heard an interesting “parable” that has some deeper meaning between the lines :

Do you know when the best time to start doing X was (building your business, working out, learning a new language)?

10 years ago.

Do you know when the 2nd best time to do X is? Today.

We all know that “if I only would have started doing that 5 years ago, I’d have XYZ today”, but I didn’t… poor me.

Guess what! There’s nothing you can do about it, so start as soon as you can: NOW!

So, in the spirit of getting my goals out there to at least have something to hold myself accountable to at the end of 2012, here we go.

Personal :

- Become debt free (except student loans) & completely automate finances (à la IWTYTBR)

- Get fit – 1) Be able to run 6 miles at 10min/mile or better & 2) add 5lbs muscle and drop body fat to <15%

- Read 1 book/month

Business :

- Launch the first full-blown search engine marketing conference in Cincinnati w/ 100+ paid attendees

- Guest blog on 1 major SEO/Marketing blog per month

- Systemize, review and optimize each part of the business within 2 months

As much as I would like to be an overnight success; long and sustained effort in the right direction will get me where I want to be. Now it’s up to patience and determination.

Here’s to the best year of your and my life.