One Red Hot Country Mama!

Well, it is that time of year again! Based on the “Yale Study” I write goals regularly. And, after more than a year of doing so I find it helpful. Also, the more public the goals, the more they are likely go get achieved – if not – I can keep on trying or modify them to be a bit more realistic.

I started to write them based on the “Yale Study”… remember the one, where:

In 1953, researchers surveyed Yale’s graduating seniors to determine how many of them had specific, written goals for their future. The answer: 3%. Twenty years later, researchers polled the surviving members of the Class of 1953 — and found that the 3% with goals had accumulated more personal financial wealth than the other 97% of the class combined!

Well, that study has recently been debunked by Fast Company – if you don’t feel like reading the article, it says that the Yale “study” never existed, yet it was cited by many self-help gurus such as Tony Robbins and Zig Ziggler.

But that does not stop me. Setting goals is something that has helped me crystalize what I am doing and where I am heading. It also has an effect of reflecting on what you have learned in the past year, and not making the same mistakes again and again. I split them up into heart, body, mind and economic, just so the focus isn’t too narrow. LT is for more long-term goals.

Stefanie’s Goals

Heart

• Keep things going well with M.
• Choose who I do business with more wisely.

Body

• Work out four times a week (an absolute minimum of two).
• Develop flexibility.

Mind

• Strengthen strategic and communications skills.
• Build my business in the direction of the most interesting projects and people.
• Take Chinese lessons and improve Japanese.
• Write a book (1-2 years).

Economic

• Double my revenues.
• Look into partnership options.
• Develop my own product.
• Pay off credit cards monthly.
• Get health insurance.

Spiritual

• Meditate daily.
• Don’t sweat the small stuff.
• Volunteer my time for a more charitable cause.