My Main Goal
The Meta Grail
To improve myself to the highest degree possible in order to serve myself and thus the world, while also living fully, loving fully, and letting go of those things outside of my control. To seek out the truth and embody its ways. To be the ultimate vessel for God's work, here in this universe. To be present up in a place of acceptance and peace - amongst the "chaos" and "pain". To to live a life in service to others through teaching, speaking, and listening.
Goals I Want to Achieve
Grow Close to God, Increase my Faith, Great Family, & Develop a 2nd-Nature Trait of Love Expression
As I ended the description in Goal 4, my spirit is calling me to learn more about itself. I am a masculine male who loves Jesus Christ, his ways, and serving God. I was born into a Roman Catholic family, slightly detached from religion for a while, and returned back once again. I see this as the best way for myself - and hopefully the world will see that one day soon too. The things that have gotten me through the toughest of life scenarios has been love. So, to know how to express it effectively, subjectively appropriately, and embody it fully, will be my top goal in all of this list.I want to live the life I want (by God's Will), with people that love me and I love them, where is best, whenever I want.
Evaluating Your Motives
Do I truly believe this goal is important? Absolutely. It's the assigned life goal of every single human whether we choose to fulfill it or not.I would feel the three and one more, if this act was not done, ashamed, guilty, anxious, and regretful. It would be a wrench in my gut and my heart. The thing I know of for certain is that this goal is for me and God only.Also, not having a big family, or a great family of my own nonetheless, would be a failing to pass on the ancestry line. In regard to my own family now, I want them all to love each other and being living a life on their terms. Problems will happen and arise, but love will get us through - God as the center of all of our lives.God has commissioned me to serve in a particular way. I just have to actualize that. They say that we all have a destiny in life. That is true, but the makers behind the making is plural. It's the individual and God. They are partnered in creating a co-destiny. Yes, at the end of the day it's God's world, yet God is so merciful in His ways. So, it's our choice as humans if we willingly use our free will or not to opt into a singular or plural of the world maker(s) of a destiny.In a meta-way, when I live out this goal and achieve it in my life, it will positively effect others. Yes, I am doing this goal for myself and for God, but it will ripple outwards greatly.And I must live it daily because every day requires my soul to be tapped into God and His source. The way I workout and read daily for my body and mind, I must do the same for my soul daily with prayer and living the way God needs me to.That will then allow me to be the best husband and father possible when the time comes for such a thing!The pursuit of this goal is enjoyable because I witness myself evolving, it is stimulating and moderates my mind and harmonizes it with the rest of me to be balanced, and satisfying for sure - especially when I'm tapped into Him.
Considering the Broad Personal and Social Impact of Goals
When I was growing up I made a chart. Within it contained my character traits and virtues. It was the top 24 that I wanted to improve upon. Some were bad and some were good in my performance of them in life at the time.Here is the thing though..... Every single day I would grade myself on how I did with living out each virtue. I got real disciplined with it. Yet, over time something beautiful and great happened. I became more self-aware and I improved upon those virtues tremendously.Discipline led the way, intuition took over from there.I bring all this up and write it in extensive detail because it was exactly this that led me to become a better human.From it came great service to others. From it came great relationships. From it came a better respect for myself.The more I go outside myself, for my family, my close friends, and God, the better off I am. I am, we humans, are meant to serve others in this life.Now, as I type while in the location of Austin, TX, I keep saying to others that I don't want them to recognize me in 6 to 12 months time. I want cherish my past self and build upon it, but also evolve and have others perceive me differently.I let go of others with this "Pivot" from the East Coast. I solidified relationships with this transition too. I want others to perceive me as they may with my continued development, but continue to attract my tribe and environment correct for me - through the direction of God of course.And when I do, I can ultimately serve everyone else better in helping them interpersonal or with their specific life endeavors - my wife, my children, my family, my relatives, my friends, my partners and co-workers, my brothers and sisters of Christ, and even strangersMy achievement of this goal would cure the ignorance or arrogance to certain non-conscious perceptions people have. Whether it be in politics, sports, business, family, friends, other relationships like a significant other, etc....
Considering the Detailed Strategies for Goal Attainment
I'm going to work on my goal every morning, afternoon, and night. I am making a commitment to myself to never go astray from this. It's a top priority in my life. With priorities being put in such a way, I will live by this quote by David Meltzer, “Importance, to me, creates the energy of urgency. You should prioritize those things of importance and give them urgency instead of allowing urgent things to become important.”Also, David Meltzer says, "Strive to be interested, not interesting [when around and with others]."What is life if I don't make time for God, for prayer, for connection to the Word. Nothing is important if that's not important and then later prioritized because of its importance.Every morning I will pray after meditation in my room, read the Word, and if time permits listen to a sermon or audio recording of some sort that is on Jesus. Every afternoon, I will make time for silence over a walk or prayer. Every evening, I will reflect, pray in my bed/room and give gratitude to God. Even though each hour is filled with God, these are the pragmatic things.Every week, I will attend a virtual mass or go to church here in Austin. I found one place, but I just have to make sure God permits and I also vibe with the community well.Great service will come from this.I will update my relationships realm of my Notion (or whatever system I am using as I read this back whenever) and always keep track of how I can best serve the one's closest to me.
Identifying Potential Obstacles and their Solutions
Sin Adversary interference and not being able to handle it wellLust throwing me off trackUrgent things coming into the important category and taking over my time for this micro goal that leads to this meta goalThe world rejects me for this thinking and way of life (I don't care)The world questions me for this thinking and way of life (more so a test, not an obstacle)The way I could interfere with this plan is if I follow the world instead of following God. If I prioritize worldly things before my faith and practices of it as a precedent to any action in conscious reality.To ensure this won't occur, I must set proper boundaries. I must not let distractions be disguised as opportunities and start following them. That requires self-awareness, which is what I have, but what will come, in a self-cycling loop, from prayer, meditating on Jesus and God, and spending time with/for God.Many will love me for me. Many will hate me for me (because of their own unknowings or fears and insecurities.... but that's another topic). I must communicate my values and principles effectively and imagine I am speaking with a 6-year old at all times. I have to articulate things simply and I must always seek understanding in conversation - since 6 year olds are sponges and trying to learn all the time because they know very little.If others still reject me for being me and acting this way, I must have the discernment to move on and make way for the important relationships. As things grow, I must become more tight with who joins along in the close, close circle. I'll still have a following and be acquainted with others, but that's different.If literally everyone hates me for my values, I'm still good. I have God. That's easier to say right now when it isn't a current reality though. But if I were to project myself into the future, this is what I want to read back in hindsight from myself and my solutions. That's why internalizing this stuff and believing it is so important.
Monitoring Progress towards Desired Goals
I want to achieve this goal by the time I die. Although, since this a framework of 5 years max, I will say that I want to become more adept in knowing and reciting the Word than every previous year. Each quarter, I will do an evaluation on soul, even though that is somewhat hard to measure. I will do that along with evaluation of the mind and body and other parts of my blueprint.The only things I will accept as evidence of my progress is if others feel great around me when with me and I am able to navigate uncertainty and unknowing better - whether it be amongst an ongoing, intentional change or not.I will let God handle the things he handles, I will pray like it all depends on him, yet I will work as though it all depends on me. Dave Ramsey said that once and it stuck with me since (as you can see haha). i.e. I will search for the woman that compliments me and I can build a life with, but I will let God handle the rest. Do what I can, give what I can, and let go of the rest. The woman I receive and tend to in the future is God's child before my anything.It's truly an internal thing. For me to be more vulnerable and open in speaking on Jesus and God. For me to feel joyful when doing so will be an indicator of satisfactory progress. When I am influenced by my evolution and I speak to others and they are influenced by my recitations, speeches, etc.... will I know I'm doing something right.The only measure for walking the tight rope of going too hard and being too easy will be my daily consistency. As I said multiple times before, if urgent things become important and this becomes a delayed action in my days, I will know I'm going too hard. When I become complacent on a consistent basis with this routine, I will know I'm being too easy and need to switch up my environment in the moment or decipher as to what the actual reason is through reflecting on my principles and blueprint.
Financial Freedom
Growing up, my family was moderate in financial health. I want to be the opposite, not in spite, but in inspiration and impact. We were never above middle-class, yet never below. It was until time ran its course, that my parents squandered their money due to a faulty foundation, certain trauma, and bad habits. That caused them to go bankrupt in 2018. They had to sell off a house of 20 years, more so a home, for way less than it was valued.None of this is to be assumed that my parents weren't amazing parents. They taught me and my brothers so many positive lessons and negative experiences at times (like bankruptcy), which gave us self-awareness and didn't entitle us. My parents never entitled us, rather they just wanted to make us happy and have a loving family. The only thing they didn't do an adequate job of was certain hard things at times. When it came time for deep, interpersonal work, they were not done at the time, which caused certain things to happen the way they happened.
Evaluating Your Motives
I truly believe this goal is vitally important to my life. It's not something that I'm attached to like glue on a stick. My intention and meaning for it is the most important thing - and the most important thing that matters.I wouldn't feel ashamed or anxious if I didn't achieve this. I would feel guilty for not giving a better life for those who will come after me or for the future family I might have. I experienced life when growing up with somewhat limited financial bandwidth due to my parents habits and actions of their financial mindset. It taught me plenty.... and although life was always amazing and our wealth was in our family dynamic, I know things could've been done easier, more efficient, and would have been more helpful with a large financial bandwidth.I know we all die with nothing. The ultimate stripping of everything.However, while on this Earth and doing what I said in 2 paragraphs above, I want to actualize this goal for myself personally and then to help others, not to please others.I am pursuing this goal because I experienced the opposite of financial freedom most of my life. So, I've been knowing I will create better as I mature in life. The current situation doesn't demand it since I left DB & Co and am at TruckBux in Austin, TX now. Everything will work out. It would be nice to have an extra $1k. I will make way to create that for myself even if a seed round for TruckBux never comes along in June.As for the pursuit, it is one of the most stimulating, enjoyable, fun, and satisfying things ever. It's teaching me so much and I'm growing tremendously as I strive to set myself up, and others up, well in this life through economic contribution. I.e I'm also grateful for my only debt of student loans. It shows me how to save well.This goal is deep from a live dream - knowing I'll be wealthy and the old stranger saying I'll be a millionaire in 2017. God gifting me with the talents to create abundance and my Dad knowing I'll be okay ;)
Considering the Broad Personal and Social Impact of Goals
A disciplined success of financial freedom would allow me to contribute greatly to society and in using my expertise within certain areas, I could lead charge in making positive change with the tools of my financials as a resource for such a thing. I could see myself as what I've always wanted to become. A contributor to the world at large - especially for the 3 major social issues I hold deeply in life that I want to fix (education, food, and climate change).Other parts of my life would be greatly effected by this. Helping my family TREMENDOUSLY (close and extended family), giving to my friends, giving to those charities I love, traveling more to expose myself to the world and deepen my perspective of this life, paying off my only debt of student loans so that is gone and I can give and create more freely.Others who see my success in this category may be happy for me, aligned with me, or rejecting me for being in a new tax bracket or category of life (in that being financial wealth). The last one is just due to their own mishaps, fears, and/or frustrations of their desires not being currently achieved
Considering the Detailed Strategies for Goal Attainment
Some notes for now:Diversify [doing],network [doing],read [doing],save [doing],pay yourself first [doing],emergency fund [doing],prioritize health [doing],health habits [doing],educate yourself [doing],own your own biz [I have one],buy used cars and invest in assets otherwise [noted for when I do].I have to and chose to do all of the above and double down on them heavily.Work on it daily for check-ins, weekly to setup alignment of tasks and activities with overall monthly budget that I made, and monthly to make sure I might the mark. Quarterly to then breakdown my finances for that quarter through a personal balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows.Using my budget through Notion and Intuit Mint will be crucial to staying in line with everything.Need to spend more time increasing income and doing weekly setup alignment of tasks and activities with overall monthly budget.The biggest thing is debt payoff, so I must have a nice payoff structure for that. Probably largest to smallest and highest in interest to lowest in interest.With all finances, I always say that things derive from mindset. Wealth = mindset. With that said, what I must do is get the priority straight in my head to stay within my budget and accomplish these subgoals in order to set up my future self comfortably. For example, if I want to spend "X" amount per month with going out, I must make sure I staple in my mind that I can only go out "X" times and spend a certain amount and communicate to those around me that this is my subgoal and that I'm sticking to it.
Identifying Potential Obstacles and their Solutions
Potential obstacles consist of TruckBux not getting funding and the company failing, which means I'll never get paid and never have the possibility of getting paid more, HubSpot <> DB & Co contract not getting cancelled for 2021, the economy collapsing, World War starting, my friends pressuring me into doing things that cause me to spend more than my budget allots for and I don't stay strong to stray away from such things, a family member of mine and their health deteriorating (so I have to move home and care for and focus solely on such a thing), DB & Co not having Net Rep as a client, and more......How might you interfere with your plans? The only way this would happen would be from the following that is shown above: "my friends pressuring me into doing things that cause me to spend more than I should and I don't stay strong to my subgoals". I have to be strict with this and stick to my basis at all times. Balancing fun within my container of financial capability at the momentHow can you ensure this won't happen? See above point too. Have faith in God and pray always (Meta-goal #1 :)). Be disciplined and tap in, in order to level up.Will the people you know help you, or interfere? How can you communicate with them, so that they will support you? Think of realistic and worst-case scenarios.... My family will always help me. Always. If they don't, my entire foundation is going to have to be reconstructed. I would have to rely on myself for all backup plans. In that case, I would get a second job or be pressured into making income a separate way to cover my basis to cover all expenses. I awe so much in this case and in writing out the ABSOLUTE WORST, WORST case scenario. I must communicate to them that this will never happen again and that I will pay any one back with interest that might loan me money or help me.Writing this emphasizes ever more the importance of savings. Save, save, save for the worst. Be prepared for any figurative floods that might come.
Monitoring Progress towards Desired Goals
Let's be specific... As for debt payoff, I want it to happen in 10 years or less. As for the plan for that, investments, savings, and more, see my Notion page for my entire plan and layout for the months ahead, it's plan, and my budget.What sorts of things will you accept as evidence that you are progressing towards your stated goal? If I accomplish what is set in the massive personal finance plan I have on a monthly basis, then I'll know that I'm accomplishing what is needed. PLAINLY... if I'm making more than I spend. That's it ;)How often are you going to monitor your own behavior? I'm going to monitor on a daily checkup basis (but not one that repels abundance by my constant attention to it, rather for monitoring for any unforeseen circumstances and scenarios that arise).... and I'm also going to review weekly on Sunday's, along with my other weekly planning tasks, and monthly to see if I met the month in goals and abided by the monthly budget. Lastly, I'll check quarterly, as I'm a business myself and as businesses do it, and in making breakdowns by using my balance sheets, income statements, and statement of cash flows.How will things in your life have to change, measurably, for you to feel satisfied in your progress? As I plainly said, I just have to spend less than I make. I have to have more input than output. I must be a strong soldier in not steering away from my discipline because of what others want to do because their values and weekly activities are different than mine. I must be able to communicate that super well too. I must bring in more money through my job and through my business and side gigs as well, while still prioritizing health and important tasks.How can you ensure that you are neither pushing yourself too hard, and ensuring failure, or being too easy on yourself, and risking boredom and cynicism? If urgent things come before important one's then I know I'm going off track. Vice versa for being on track in my own specific good way.
In the Best Physical and Mental Shape (each subsequent year that comes too)
To be sound mental and physically will help me be my best spiritually and always be on my A ++++ game. Sports helped me evolve this. The next step is whatever other challenges and endeavors I do going forward that will push my my mental and physical performance to new bounds (this will require discomfort).Experiencing discomfort and pain, sitting with chaos, observing silence, and mindfulness practices, will all give me the opportunity to take the next step in my growth journey.
Evaluating Your Motives
This goal is one that helps not only my body, but my mind and soul too. It's important for the trifecta (mind, body, and soul) to be locked in daily so I can perform at my highest everyday. As John Wooden says, "Perform at your best when your best is required. Your best is required each and every day."I truly believe this is one of my most important goals in life. Without an optimal mental and physical state, how can one be of greatest service to the world.I would feel anxious if I didn't abide by this goal. My body would be tight and tense, which would lead to an anxious mind. I would feel ashamed of myself because my mind would erode the way I perceive my body. I would feel guilty for not serving myself correctly... and by not doing so, and not being my best self, I would feel guilty for not serving God to the highest degree possible.I want to achieve this goal for myself. Everyone else is at bay at this moment in time. Although looking good feels good, and I would be remiss if I didn't say that, that's just a byproduct of improving one self. Even more so, and to emphasize, that is never something I seek either. I do this for me to function and be well in the world and me only. The effects are what they are.I love movement and physical/mental/spiritual improvement. It's been a sort of trade of mine since I first became a teenager. I not only feel better after working out, reading, or praying, but during it I can feel an elevation, as well. Although, painful and uncomfortable in certain respects at times (especially physically), it makes all the difference.
Considering the Broad Personal and Social Impact of Goals
I see myself in a high light - even if I had an ailment/illness. But having a developed body and mind in great cognition, would add to my ability of giving, serving, and performing at a high level.In short, what I want to say for the first point is that I am not attached to people's reactions or outward judgements of me ("positive or negative" - in terms of any judgements aligning with my value set). I am going to be in the best physical and mental shape year over year for myself. It allows me to be a better vessel and use this body and mind how it should while I'm alive. For example, I walk around naked and love myself and my body because I feel and look good. I am happier and free in my mind after a great physical output is accomplished.The biggest thing that would come from a great, continued development of mind and body would be showing myself discipline to my values. I would see a commitment being had and a sharpening of my sword so I can into turn be the best soul possible for God to work through me in this human plain. I fear not being apart of things sometimes because I'm too committed. But I am understanding why such a great commitment will help me and learning to do other activities in moderation and even loop them into how they can help my mind and body. Everything is a practice and learning lesson.On that note, in this humanly plain, and with being in the best physical and mental shape ever, many will admire that, many will attach to that, many will even get jealous of my good doing. I certainly at times, cover up how good I look not to seem to boastful or showy. I humble down or sometimes concave in myself because I don't want to make others feel bad for their lack of not looking or feeling good. That is a perspective shift I must make internally.. immediately. I'm doing others and myself a disservice by acting in such an odd manner.I would help others level up by leveling up myself. Teaching others how to mold mind and body... and in turn soul.
Considering the Detailed Strategies for Goal Attainment
This goal is one that requires rigorous discipline, yet it's approach is an adjustable and agile one. What do I mean by that?I mean that each year (since I said in my goal "each subsequent year that comes too"), I will have different physical fitness goals and will be learning new things for my learning timeline too. With that being the case, my nutrition, fitness, planning, reading, etc. that applies to my physical/mental wellness will change, as well.The point of having a sound mind and body is to be adaptable and agile in being able to do many different things. Even a bodybuilder who focuses on one niche must cut and bulk. So, whether one is like me with mountaineering, ultra-races, physical fitness with weightlifting, running OR one is has a specific focus, there will still always be change that is had.Furthermore, much of my time is spent in preparation in order to plan out how I will best tackle my challenges.For example, I want to climb Mt. Chimbo in Ecuador. That requires logistical planning, financial planning, and for this sake, physical training plans in order to equip my body and mind for readiness of such an endeavor when it comes time for achieving it in actuality. Such planning might include hiking mountains in the South West, going on long runs through the week and lifting less, focusing on breathing techniques, and more.So all in all, when I am not doing specific challenges, I will plan my workouts for the week during my Sunday ritual practice. I will then be set for the entire week and listen to my body to intuitively swap/change workouts accordingly, while still staying on path with my goal. I will workout where there is a gym and if no gym is present, I will keep the them going of adjustability. If all I can do is run, I will set a plan in place to do just that. That's the beauty of being at this stage in life now! It's different from sports training when I was younger.Daily I will output my best in alignment with my plans. Let's go.
Identifying Potential Obstacles and their Solutions
Potential obstacles to being in my best physical and mental shape would most certainly be the contraction of a physical/mental illness to the point of me not being able to perform at my highest performance level. In that case, I must work within the bounds that I'm able to control. If I'm only able to walk, I will be the best walker I can possibly be. If I can only move my upper body, I will be the best at push-ups, pull-ups, and sit-ups that I can possibly be.Another barrier to being in my best physical and mental shape and doing these feats and challenges would be limited access to capital to spend on such endeavors, not having a partner to do such things with, and climate change or some pandemic effecting the travel I'm able to do to achieve such things.In all above cases, I must triangulate my view with the best trainers and people in each niche of a feat I'm striving for. Their advice can go a journey of a way for me. I.e Colin Nanka with ultra-endurance races or Tyrell Mara with setting up my plans to achieve any feat considering the barriers I may face.In the case of not having a partner, doing certain things alone would be less enjoyable because I don't have people to share it with or help document, however, I've done many without people - an example of that for me would the Ironman 70.3. I trained by myself, using the resources I had, documented everything myself (with the help of others during race day, thanks mom and dad), and made it to the end with no injuries, just the trophy of physical pain and soreness the next day.All in all, if things are within my control, I will do my best with what I have. Whereas, if things are outside my control, like natures interference and other barriers, I will adjust with the help of mentors, friends, and my family is always there to support me for whatever I am doing.If capital were to run short, raising money or living with others in remote locations would be a great alternative to make it past that barrier!
Monitoring Progress towards Desired Goals
These are the questions to answer:When would you like to achieve this goal? Be specific. Even if you have to revise a deadline.What sorts of things will you accept as evidence that you are progressing towards your stated goal?How often are you going to monitor your own behavior?How will things in your life have to change, measurably, for you to feel satisfied in your progress?How can you ensure that you are neither pushing yourself too hard, and ensuring failure, or being too easy on yourself, and risking boredom and cynicism?Below, I will answer all of them...If you go to my bucket list and categorize my GREATEST physical and mental feats/challenges that will bring out the best shape in me, here they are:[End of 2021] Hike Mt. Chimbo (and the big ones in Ecuador like Cotopaxi, Antisana, etc.)[Mid 2022] Complete a full Ironman (140.6)[2023] Swim somewhere in Antartica[2024] Participate in running of the bulls[2025] Bike or run the ring road in Iceland[2026] Walk the Appalachian Trail[2027] Hike the Triple Crown[2028] Run the Marathon des Sables[2029] Complete the SEALFIT KOKORO 34[2030] Complete the explorer's grand slam[2030] Hike Mt. Everest[2032] Walk the longest road in the world (Capetown to Magdan) (587 days max)I need a submissive wife, great finances, and people to support me in my journey of doing such things. When I have a family, the one thing limiting me as the years progress would be risking my life for then not seeing my family because of my death would be somewhat selfish. Having that on my subconscious would be too heavy. I need to avoid such things or achieve these feats before a family of my own is my top priority.I will accept each year as doing something harder as progress. I must listen to my body for rest, but trust in God and listen to Him to know if these are meant for me to do. Trust my gut and being self-aware of the ratio of experience and risk. Following my weekly, monthly, quarter routines will be key for this.
Respect for Myself and Others at All Times
I'm going to use Occam's razor here. This principle states that the most simple explanation is better to be used than the most complex one.In simple explanation, I want to be able to go to bed on time. Not because of discipline, although that's slightly important, but because of respect. The one habit I detailed in the self-authoring program that I wanted to fix was this exactly.My going to bed on time represents more than just sleep and rest. It's a commitment to my new self that I uphold agreements I have with myself. It's like don Miquel Ruiz says in his book "The Four Agreements" with one of his agreements: Be impeccable with your word. I have to, want to, need, and am going to choose to do that with myself.To respect myself is to respect others. To respect others is to respect myself.
Evaluating Your Motives
This goal is the thread that will interweave into all facets of my life now and everyday going forward. It has in the past, but I've only been hyper-focused on it recently because I've seen the consequences of not implementing it effectively into my life.The more responsibility that is being called of me as I am in pursuit of my meta-goals and highest aims, the more that respecting myself will be the armor that gets me through any endeavor. When I respect myself, I respect others. It's reciprocal. Respect creates proper boundaries and is often a better virtue to use than empathy when it comes to interacting with yourself and others.I don't always love myself. I don't always empathize with others. However, respect is something I can give to myself and I can keep within my interactions amongst others. Feeling abused or taking advantage of is humiliating (not in a good way) and feels inhumane (whether you be on the receiving or giving end of it - depending on how aware you are of your high value morals, that is).I've felt it firsthand to overextend myself. I've felt it first hand to be under-leveraged and thus overworked (although that is what was needed in certain ways at the time in order to go above and beyond and get the needed experience I was to get). So, you can say that the goal "Respect for Myself and Others at All Times" is more of a current demand as responsibility is growing in my life more and more.The goal of "Respect for Myself and Others at All Times" is the way to pace myself for the continued progression of my life in which I'm going to live. Honesty is the bedrock for such a thing. Telling the truth is a must. That's the ultimate respect for oneself. Telling the truth, whether the other party agrees or disagrees. Likewise, even if you yourself don't want to hear such a thing.Without boundaries, I can't give the way I strive to. Without boundaries, I stand for nothing. This is for betterment, in order to help myself and others to the utmost.
Considering the Broad Personal and Social Impact of Goals
Respect for myself and others at all times would bring along with it a new kind of being for me. It has done such things as I'm evolving into that individual over time - since I become aware that this was such a virtue I wanted to uphold more so.Many would be in shock by it, many are vying for my attention, many project their expectations onto me because of what they were used to in the past, however that is all reasonable, they are humans and they have habits based off of interactions they've had with me before.For simple understanding, a disciplined success of this would mean short-term rejection and projected expectations of others and myself combatting my new self because of this change. However, and long-term, once habits and routines catches up to my minds intention through repetition, this would drastically change my time allocation, what I say "no" and "yes" to, and how I spend my days.My days would largely consist of doing things that make me the Abraham of the Old Testament, the disciplined Moses, but most importantly and the greatest of all, a Christ-like being due to my obedience with what God wants me to do and fulfilling my Commanded Will and necessary tasks. I would be guarding my time better than ever and focusing my energy into those things that matter. This would allow for all my energy to flow into the correct places and for distractions to never be tugged on by me.When I have respect for myself, which brings respect from others, I would gain EVEN MORE respect from myself. I would see myself as going from a sergeant to a war general. Ownership and responsibility of keeping these boundaries and respect for myself would show that I'm capable of keeping with my path and not just doing things because "I am too kind".My relationships, work, personal projects would all change. Those accelerating that need to - especially in a compounding effort over time.The world would get my best because I am being my best when acting in this way.
Considering the Detailed Strategies for Goal Attainment
This goal requires more high-level strategy and although I can talk about it plenty here, the real strategy will take place when implementing it, when taking action.It's not enough for me to simply say I will be more respectful to myself. It is not. I must show that I am. I must put on the armor of God and reflect on being the Abrahamic, Christ-like Jesus being I want to be every time a temptation, desire, or unwanted, foreign, object comes into my territory.Communication will be the bedrock to sustaining such consistent in being able to say "no" to others to reach a goal of respecting myself the way I want to. Transparency to allow for truth is a must in all relationship I have as well.I find that it's easy to resist a stranger who wants me to commit to something I don't want to, yet harder to resist a good friend when they ask me to do something. I still have this social group buy-in, this wittingly finite mind of wanting to be accepted by a group or by a person.I have always known, through my own awareness or triangulating views in receiving feedback from friends of mine, that trying to appease others was a weakness of mine. I want to make it into a strength by neglecting the amount of exposure I have to such a weakness. So, it might not exactly become a strength but just a dead branch on my tree of life because I don't let such an action breathe in my life.I will be reviewing this goal weekly on Sunday's during my Sunday rituals. I also must plan out my week (and trust in the Holy Spirit inside me to be agile) in order to not deviate from what I was set to do. No matter how appealing something is, if it's not in my wheelhouse during this time of maturity for me, I won't do it.It's better to be accepted by God and impress yourself (in a humble, non-prideful way) than to try to appease others in a group you're not fully buying into it or actions you don't enjoy committing to anymore.Deepen the roots of your values!
Identifying Potential Obstacles and their Solutions
By succumbing to the world and not keeping Scripture and the Word at my side, will I interfere with my own plans of respect for myself and others.Furthermore, if I strive to appease others, I will not fulfill the likes of my own goal. I must look to the highest aim that I have set: to be eternal in my actions and follow God's will, which then fulfilling my own goal will come as a byproduct of such actions.Like I said before, it's not a stranger or their words that will haunt or hinder me but rather my closest friends who know me best who might throw me off track.In order to ensure this won't happen, I must communicate with the highest level of radical transparency and be ruthlessly truthful in what I am doing. If a friend is my friend, they will understand why I do what I do. What I end up doing through my actions will then come to be known as my way of life. The friends I have fostered that are around me (a.k.a in my circle) will understand me for who I am through what I do.Action truly is a cure all and it's one's actions that show their beliefs.As it says above, "Sometimes change is threatening to people we know and love." It's exactly that. Most of all, change can be threatening to me, the individual. It's myself in my own way. I'm someone who says I love helping people get out of their own way. It's no different here but in using myself as my own receiver of the gifts I love giving in helping others get out of their own way.All in all, when it comes down to pragmatic actions, I must over-communicate who I am with a focus in doing that on who I strive to be. My actions will literally create my actualization. Whether those near me support me or not, does not matter. Those who are meant to be in my life will based on the alignment in our values. I'm seeking the Kingdom and when I do, as I say and as I heard, I will land amongst the best of the world for my value-set and blueprint and mapping.
Monitoring Progress towards Desired Goals
I would like to be satisfied and set in my way of respecting myself and others at all times by the end of this year. I would say by tomorrow, but this action takes time to seep into my way of life. Yes, I will start today! I will start today in getting this ball rolling in acting in accordance with how I want to act. Nothing less. But a new me will evolve in 6-12 months. With time, great things flourish. Replicating that of nature is my goal. Slow, steady, and beautiful in growth - especially once fully bloomed.The only thing I will accept as evidence of my goal if I internally know that I have done God's work in not going out if I don't want to, not succumbing to actions because a close friend says "I should try it just this one time", and by being boring. When I move slow in the long-term, but take on actions I enjoy in the short-term, without thinking about repercussions of social acceptance, I will be have marked the box of accepting evidence for achieving my stated goal.Every weekend during my Sunday rituals, I will be doing a review to monitor my behavior on this specific goal.Lastly, to ensure I don't burn out or become cynical, I must focus on God's work and God's Will over my own pleasure and desires. I must know how I want to act and be accepting of doing those actions (i.e. being strict everyday like Jesus because I'm seeking eternity or watching a movie on Sunday nights to gain some comfort). It's like what is my end goal and now let me map my actions to that extremely effectively.Sure I will mess up sometimes. I must be graceful to myself but look to God more so to give me grace for any wrongdoings I have. The best I can do is what I can control and trying my best. Anything outside of that is not within my control. So, let me make an environment for my actions to flourish in and eliminate any distraction or nonsense in the way.
Write Books, Become a Better Writer
This connects to Goal 5, 4, and 1.5 because knowing how to write better will allow me to articulate myself better and speak as I think.4 because writing is the foundation of storytelling and communication. Writing will help contribute to my effectiveness, efficiency, and thought-leadership (and intellectual thinking).1 because writing, especially on the Internet, can reap great rewards for great financial wealth and other opportunities.
Evaluating Your Motives
This goal is most certainly for myself. However, and beautifully, it is also fulfilling my philosophy of improve yourself to improve the world to impact lives. The better a writer I become, the better I can speak and teach to others. Thus, the more I can help them understand deep, complex topics and share in my perspective of the world. Whether it be in my religion, my business learnings, my relationships, finances, fitness, diet, and much much more, it can all be talked about coherently through my writing and because of that my speaking on it.Everyone loves someone who is well articulated - especially one who makes complex topics, simple.I've always been big into writing. I journaled from a young age and found myself reading books and consuming information as much as I did eating. It was a necessity to me. It was like breathing to me. And still is to this day. I know if I lose everything, I have two things left: my God, Jesus' love for me, and reading/writing.To add to that, and as I've wrote on a goal in regard to my bucket list in the future authoring program, it has always been a deeply felt personal dream of mine to write a book. I love writing. All that information in one place. Years and years and years of knowledge distilled into crystalized words. How amazing. How beautiful. We are guaranteed a few things in this life with breathing, movement, and education. The last is a privilege to have and should be self-evident in one's actions at all times.However, what happened if I didn't do all of this that I'm aiming for. Well, I would be die and be buried in the grave with the good still left in me. I would be selfish and doing a disservice to all around me. All the world. God especially.
Considering the Broad Personal and Social Impact of Goals
A disciplined success would show a damn disciplined person. Writing is like wrestling. With yourself and with the world. Yet, it's most beautiful creational efforts come when one let's go and can flow with the mind like no other. In order for me to write well, I must be a Navy Seal in my rigorous actions to getting there.The way I see it in the 21st century, writing well would essentially allow me to scale myself by cloning myself. For example, if I write an article now, it will live on the web forever. Thus, anyone can stumble across to my writing and read it at any point in time. What I wrote in one present moment (thoughts that came from my mind) are now being used to give to others at another present moment in time later in the human experience. Same thing goes with video and audio. Replicating myself through different mediums across different mediums (voice to podcast platforms; video to video platforms and social networks).When achieving this goal occurs, people would see me as a writer and see me as a deep thinker or intelligent (I prefer deep thinker). It would add the responsibility of living up to such performances at all times because that is what I showed I was previously capable of achieving (a personal PR in a way). It would add the responsibility of also acting in a way that is representative of someone who writes so well. However, what I said seems like I have to change. Even more so, it means I must be authentically me because the more I don't, the more I will inauthentically force my work to be something it is not. So, in short, not letting any noise distort my creations is the responsibility to me when an achievement of this goal occurs.Around me, this goal would bring financial successes to help myself and those around me. Furthermore, when my writing is truly potent and powerful to strike the chords of the soul, it will help many with their own internal too. It's full circle. I help them, they help the world, and the world helps me.
Considering the Detailed Strategies for Goal Attainment
I am going to write every morning for 30-60 minutes. When I develop such a habit, I see it benefit my life tremendously. When I stray away from it, I see my life go fast without having truly lived it or captured my inner most thoughts on it.I believe 30-60 minutes is a reasonable time period. Whether it be called a constraint or "not enough time", it is perfect for me because constraints actually cultivate creativity. It causes one to focus on the absolute detail of what they are doing. If one only gets that time once a day, one will treat it religiously.Every weekend, probably during my Sunday rituals, I am going to spend time planning what I want to write for the week (especially on my person site once that goes live and the DB & Co site when that is public in the future). On that day, I am also going to plan out breaks and time off because just like maker and manager days splits are effective, so is beer time and bear time. I don't drink anymore and don't want to (especially beer), but that beer <> bear analogy just means off time and on time when I'm not writing and ideating and subconsciously marinating to when I'm focused and intensely writing.Midday breaks can help in that. Long walks. Not checking my phone in the morning for a couple hours and same thing late at night.Lastly, I consume information super well. I take notes well. Now, it's just a matter of ideating, creating, to put out into the world. Consistency with that will breed success. I want to implement the Jim Kwik note-taking method into my information consumption (notes on the left side of the paper, ideas on the right). I want to continue journaling for fun daily and writing quarterly and annual reports for myself and my business (more so annually for that). My learning log is amazing and that's done on an annual basis too.I'm been learning a ton on how to create a great system to write more, upon my reading as much as I do. I have it now. The system is there. Let's get it!
Identifying Potential Obstacles and their Solutions
inundated with worknot spending enough time to restskipping a couple days - "I'll start tomorrow" - always show up instead!going out because friends "want me to" but I don't want to.... thus it interferes with my sleep routine and causes me to wake up late and not function optimal, therefore backlogging when I start writing everyday and hindering my progress for that day!underleveraged = overworked - don't become that. ever. I learned the way I needed to when younger haha. Younger meaning a couple years ago from now (now is mid 2021)There are specific people that would help me with writing and peers on social media that I learn from. I can triangulate all of those to enhance my abilities.Financials can get in my way of launching a book. But that's why I'm starting with a free tool (basically), the internet, my laptop, my thoughts, and my website or social media platforms. In thinking about it deeply now, what a privilege it is to have the internet for free (just paying for wifi) and decentralized platforms (i.e. social media platforms) for free to use. Unbelievable. I'm so grateful.Always carving out time to do this writing work will be important. I must treat it like a meal. I must treat it like a break. No one can interfere with my meeting with myself and my keyboard/pen/pencil/notebook. I must create that boundary and never, ever let others obstruct it. If it happens once when another obstructs it, what will stop them from doing it again.It doesn't matter how busy I am. I will always strive to uphold this. No, not strive. I will. I set my lifestyle. I know this is right in God's eyes. I am a communicator, connector, creator, and storyteller. Writing is a part of my DNA. It's a medium of all mediums for me (as much as video and audio). I will uphold it. I set my boundaries! I determine my market value!
Monitoring Progress towards Desired Goals
I would like to achieve this goal by 2023 latest - when it comes to writing a book, that is.When it comes to writing in general and writing much, much more, I want to start that now as I am writing this on 7/3/21. I want to achieve this goal of writing more on my own website, on social media, journaling, and on other mediums, now.Every week and month, I will measure my progress. I already do it annually with the amount of words, pages, and output I have when journaling - which doesn't account for notes in Notion I take when watching videos or books I read and take notes on too. As I said in 2.4.4, 2.4.3, 2.4.2, my consistency is the thing that will determine my success. So, writing every morning is a must in order to stay on track with the development of this skill and accomplishment of this meta-goal.My life will change drastically as I strive forth in this endeavor because I am doing God's work. I am meant to write, tell stories, and share share stories. What a satisfying thing. More satisfying than anything on this earthly plain because doing God's work is eternal. That is the stuff that satisfies the soul, the internal.When one has their purpose, well especially for me, it can be reasonable to want to always get ahead or do more. It's the truth. When you're doing something you enjoy, you become obsessed and want to do it as much as possible. However, I don't want to do something so much to the point of worshipping it - like a false idol. I also want to be moderate with it and play the long-game. Pace myself. I know the pace I can run at. I must maintain such a stride and never get ahead of myself. Even if I complete something ahead of time, I must never move ahead or do something sooner than it should be done (unless God says). If I'm playing the long-game, the consistent game with this, I must be smart in my approach and patient with the process.
Be a Thought-Leader in Personal Development, Storytelling, and Business
By being around the best, I will become the best. Through consistent repetition, I will understand how certain gears work in business and storytelling.Storytelling requires me to learn audio, visual, and written form astronomically well. To tell story well is to know narrative well. To do such a thing is to know perspective and framing, which is key to personal development and business. But more than that, it's the key to life. Why do you think movies, books, and fables are so renowned and have been forever.Business requires me to understand legal, bookkeeping, accounting, marketing, sales, product, tech, team management, leadership, productivity, etc....Personal development, which will help the above two, requires me to learn the ways of psychology, neurology, biology, history, personal upbringing, self-awareness, and most importantly more about my spirit and God.
Evaluating Your Motives
Pursuing this goal is important. It's important to me. It's helpful to me, which then is helpful to everyone else because I'm a better performer on this earthly plain.I have this knowing that I'm going to be in a great position in life. I'm grateful for such an appointing, yet I must work hard to get there. There are other characteristics that play into my fulfillment of such a thing (patience, perseverance, focus, vision, etc...), yet I want get into that much here.With that said, and my knowing of my achievements to come, I would feel somewhat anxious if I did not achieve this - for the reason of not living up to my potential. See, I'm not doing this for anyone else's approval. I am doing this for my own, which will then effect others. If I fall short, I have Jesus by my side. Yet, If I don't even strive to become the person that I can be in many decades, who am I to even be living.It must be stated here as well that I love media. I am a Communicator. I am a Connector. I am a Creator. I am someone who fits in the field of communication and media. Not for reasons of advertisements or that business benefiting stuff. But for storytelling, for humans, for Truth, for spreading the Good Word (as that is the goal always and end goal to be doing that always).I am becoming adopt on how to use the tools to build businesses from a legal standpoint, financial standpoint, and more. To build a business is to be a practitioner, an engineer. I love systems design and making and building things. I do believe business can be a great lever to benefit society too. So, I enjoy learning the tools of the game because once I have them internally, I'll never lose them and be able to replicate my efforts always.It's like business is the mechanism, for the storytelling media operation gears to turn, and for it to effect people on a personal-development level (whether personally or with their relationship with God). BANG!
Considering the Broad Personal and Social Impact of Goals
I would be unrecognizable to my old-self. I'm constantly evolving. This year alone, 2021 that is, I have grown leaps and bounds behind what I know I'm capable of. I reached a goal and set new ones. I focused and now am reflecting. One level after another. Quantum shifting happening.With a disciplined success in becoming the person I strive to be and God has called me to be in spreading His Truth, I will be able to significantly give and live like nobody else. All because I choose to obey the commanded Will of God. All because I put in the work to take the consistent steps to increase my ability to be a business, a storyteller, and a developer of others in their journey to enlightenment.In my pursuit of such a high-level goal, I will have more responsibility than ever. There will also be people who come along in the journey and dislike or oppose what I'm doing. There will be a test of some sort from such people. That occurrence will show if I have prepared myself for the trials of today and the judgement of tomorrow. However, that is part of the process because the thing I look forward to the most is self-actualizing and giving to others and creating for others. I can help my family, peers, and most importantly family in going outside myself in this way.I can contribute monetarily and financially to the actual needs of others. I can also equip others with the tools to build up their lives on their own accord - in Union with God of course. I don't think the next breakthrough will come in AI, machine learning, robots, self-driving cars, technology, and others. I believe the next breakthrough of this time period will come in the Spirit. Spiritual change. I would give up my life to fulfill God's Will, if it's meant to be so, to be a leader in such a way to make a thing happen. God working through me as I'm a vessel for all to make spiritual change and spiritual betterment.
Considering the Detailed Strategies for Goal Attainment
"Deeply consider what particular behaviors this goal is built upon." I like that wording.This goal is built upon the behaviors of discipline, confidence, courage, patience, helpfulness, self-awareness, listening, positivity, diligence, honesty, detachment from vices/desires/worldly activities that don't help make me a better me, joy of the pursuit, ownership, depleting the ego, integrity, honesty, leadership, self-management, gratitude, respect, urgency, high self-esteem, empathy, and more.....Everyday I must do what I do. My am ritual and my pm ritual. Reading and writing contribute to this goal. Studying business and applying business learnings to my businesses. Taking action and learning in that way with my finances and business activity. All different outlets for storytelling and applying them to my business is a unique crossover too, in order to work on both goals at the same time.Most importantly, as is had in my UV statement, I must put myself out there more. Once I finish the self-authoring program, my own content and personal website will come next. My creative output will be better than ever. I will be the communicator, creator, and connector I know and say I am.There needs to be a tad more strategy, however, action is the way at this point in time.Daily writing and reading.Daily studying of others stories.Daily note taking of lectures and sermons and more.Weekly reflection and analysis of how I did in creation.Taking more time and spending some money to take courses on writing, designing, storytelling, and just asking as many damn questions and taking as many damn notes as possible while at TruckBux. My startup learnings here have been tremendous. I have gained so much. I will put it all to use within TruckBux too. And all the endeavors I pursue and in all the things I create.Better through discipline. Discipline is the biggest factor of them all.
Identifying Potential Obstacles and their Solutions
To be this level of my goal, I'll have to be well versed in business, Scripture, personal development, mind/body/soul everything, storytelling, and even film. With that said, I must be well versed for the application of defending my faith, abilities, and skills. There will be many who come on my path who test me and come in the form of the devil. I must have that sword of the Word, breastplate of righteousness, belt of truth, armor of God, and more, in order to fend off and love these outsiders and external factors.I always say it's me in my own way more than anything. That's a damn fact. My miracle future is getting out of my own way. The biggest devil, well it's inside myself. It always will be. Even the greatest God fearing human still has to strive daily to remain in the Christ-like life.I must always, always see my inferiority, see my weakness, and accept that I AM an imposter. But not to feel shameful, pity, or guilt in that, but rather derive strength from my Creator to be my best version for those exact reason.The climb is fun to me in order to become my best version. I love failure and obstacles because I know they bring a test and molding of identity and character. It's perfect purification and trimming of the fat.In this pursuit though, the best thing for me to have would be a strong circle, tight-knit family, and family of my own that can care for me at my lowest. That's why it's important to insert God into all those relationships and be intentional with all of those interactions because without that, the pursuit and guaranteed pain, especially as a God fearing man, will be even tougher, maybe even unbearable.Through my communication, I must be in constant prayer before all interactions and appease my Creator instead of a fellow man. That will keep things above where they should. Being humble, not prideful, yet knowing I'm only aiming for one: God.The rest in this worldly plain will come thereafter.
Monitoring Progress towards Desired Goals
"It doesn't matter what others may think defines progress towards your goal." Yes. Appease and impress oneself, more so God.As Walter Payton says, "When you're good, you tell other people. When you're great, other people tell you." I don't give any f*^ks about what other people think. God is my North Star. God is my Creator. When others tell me I'm good, cool. When God gives me the nod, great. Onward and upward.What will I accept as a personal benchmark for this grand, broad meta-goal for my life? This is a long, long term goal. I want it to play out over decades. Maybe all the way up until the end of my life. To be the best requires, enduring pain, patience, and sacrifice. Once I start making significant monetary gains and getting worldwide coverage of my endeavors, I'll start to know I'm on track. I already am and I'm already doing what's needed to be done as a resourceful lower level person at a small level. So, once I replicate those actions at a high-level, the world will see the detail, diligence, and compounded preparation.I will accept more appearances as people seeking out my advice, thus showing that I'm versed in my areas of expertise.In business, selling a company or making past millions will be acceptable as a worldly benchmark for achievement in my endeavors, which at that point, I will have to reassess this blueprint and keep mapping out what is next to strive even higher.I am monitoring this damn behavior daily.To this question: "How can you ensure that you are neither pushing yourself too hard, and ensuring failure, or being too easy on yourself, and risking boredom and cynicism?".... How will I know? When I am doing God's will, my Commanded Will, not striving for external validation, or anyone of that, I will organically and naturally find the right balance. By my daily observance and data points in my rituals and routines, I will find my estimate. Like macro-nutritent meal tracking. The same applies to this. Intense and then intuitive.
Accomplish Everything on my Bucket List & Know my Places of Residency
I want to decrease the amount in which I don't about what I don't know. It's the bottom right window in Johari's window and it's the ultimate unconscious/non-conscious.I say that because I want to have the most input possible for places of residency by living in all the places in the world that match with my values (so knowing my values and blueprint is VITAL!). Only then can I know what is TRULY right for me in this life. To find one's tribe is a beautiful thing.Same goes with my bucket list. On top of that, I have found that investing in experiences gives the best possible return in this life: lessons and gratitude. I am all for that :)
Evaluating Your Motives
I believe that pursuing this goal is important. The bucket list is great and all and if I accomplish that it will bring deep fulfillment. Yet, as I am growing deeper into my faith, it's okay if the bucket list items (100+ of them) aren't accomplished because as Jesus said in Luke 22:42, "Father, if you are willing, please take this cup of suffering away from me. Yet, I want your will to be done, not mine."As for my places of residency though, that's a crucial thing. Environment is the thing that helps in molding ones identity and habits. I believe God puts one in a place to then give them the understanding of their purpose, parameters, and identity (Michael Todd).So, the former of this macro goal, if it be done in God's Will great. Whereas, with the latter of this macro goal, it's important and must be done. I feel close to narrowing down the few spots I know of in America alone. See, that's why I want to travel everywhere in the world (and that's on my bucket list)... because I want to expand my conscious understanding of places, match them with my values, and add them to future places of residency of not. I see many things from a far online. However, in person visitation is way different. It's a seesaw, and beautiful so. The more I know my values and even relationships to make because of my values (because people are a great importance of where you stay), the more I can narrow down best places. I probably can't go literally everywhere, to every square foot of the earth, but when I know what suits me, I can narrow down places that align with that and then visit those few places.This entire goal is a enjoyable, satisfying, and stimulating in the pursuit, just because it is. It's so fun to search for such things and discover more. I know so far that NJ, Philadelphia in PA, and Austin in TX, are top spots for me. Florida is nice, but not me. More to explore, more to accomplish, more to do, all in God's timing and Will.
Considering the Broad Personal and Social Impact of Goals
To say you're going to do something and then doing it, well that's one of the most fulfilling things ever. Seriously. Living up to your own word and even greater is living up the Word itself and the calling God has given to one. A disciplined success with this would show that I am able to put a goal into place, system around it, plan effectively, and then accomplish such a thing. It would show commitment and determination in the pursuit of one thing. It would show being an operator of systems as much as an adventurer of nature and liver on this earthly plain.This can inspire many to fulfill their deepest callings and desires (most importantly in alignment with God because everything is better that way). Some people might be envious or jealous, but as long as I'm not boasting of my accomplishments or pride or self-centered in any way, there emotions would just be projected insecurities of their own accord.Being around the best place for me can allow me to give and live more optimal. Because that's of the utmost of importance. To live like no one else, so I can give and live like no one else later on.In my bucket list are some socially oriented goals that can impact society at a large scale if done. That would bring benefits to all. Doing it through the vehicle of myself or business would show more systems effectiveness and add to the amount of giving I want to put into this world.
Considering the Detailed Strategies for Goal Attainment
There are two things to this goal: 1) since the former of it is a bucket list I want it to happen with spontaneity and organically in the fun order that it happens to be accomplished in 2) and a ton of this is dependent on the second goal of financial freedom.I can only travel, go on adventures, and start pragmatically achieving the bucket list goals and traveling to see other places of possible residency (where I'll have my various homes) once I put intense, practical financial systems into place.As of July 2021, I am turning the corner in doing that. I am saving, investing, and setting up automated systems better than ever. Income is increasing and business is booming (slowly) all thanks to God.With that said, I truly just need to spend more time towards focused planning for travels and bucket list accomplishment. Just because the money hasn't arrived yet (because it is here just pending - abundance mindset type) doesn't mean I can't plan everything now. As Ramit Sethi says in his book "I Will Teach You To Be Rich": "rich people plan before they need to plan." Thinking ahead is key to this. Having a ton of towels for when I get out of the shower haha (love you dad - a lesson my dad talk me about thinking ahead through the vehicle of getting a towel before I take showers).I will work on planning out for this goal in the evenings and weekends. Building the correct systems for this is the biggest thing. It truly is. Also, when planning I will make sure I know what order I'm doing things in, how much money each costs - especially that, how I can achieve it by being resourceful, when, where, etc....I'm truly excited. I am planning everything out. My life in systems. Literally! With the Grace of God, hopefully it can all come together too :)
Identifying Potential Obstacles and their Solutions
These the following things that can stand in my way. They are to be put into my awareness and avoided intentionally at all costs:- Work overtaking my life and not making time for preparing to accomplish this goal or for achieving a set preparation of a subgoal within this goal itself.- The climate being effected so bad that I can't visit certain places- Geopolitical turmoil and global war interfering with my travel goals or life plans - it's all up to God anyway.- Running low on finances, which will lessen my bandwidth to accomplish certain things.- I myself becoming too comfortable with where I am and not venturing out anymore, at all, because of that comfortability.No one else will get in my way. Not my family, not my friends, not even my colleagues. However, work could interfere and that's why I must plan out accordingly and communicate to all partners of my endeavors. I must be will to work remotely and spend time on phone calls while on the road. When I'm not in the same location as people, they sometimes feel alone. I must communicate and articulate my personal plans and constantly assure others that anything I do outside of work is temporary.That's why the best thing I can do is simplify plans and trim down on trips throughout the year. I can also say my trips are for looking at potential properties for investment elsewhere. That could be great. A smart move. An extremely smart move!Therefore, I can plan in advance for 1-2 trips per quarter that will last a weekend or week and communicate to my team, family, and friends of what I am doing.Bang. Planning. Truthful communication. Honesty. Empathy. Respect for others and their time too.
Monitoring Progress towards Desired Goals
I am 22 years of age, I have achieved 20-25% of my ever, growing bucket list (so count it as me saying: "at this point in time). I want to achieve this goal by knowing my places of residency around the world by my mid 30's. I also want to achieve everything on my bucket list before I die. That's the longest long-term goal I have on my blueprint.It's a decade long thing. Count it being a century long thing depending on my life expectancy and ability to stay alive until I'm 100 + years old.I will good active energy in me until my 90s though. So, that's what matters most for me to get after those bucket list items. But hey, you never know with advances in science and my family DNA I have, any reasonable, but challenging-the-bound lifespan is possible for me.I will take checking 4-5 things off my bucket list per year as acceptable with accomplish. That means much planning is to be had and much financial growth (to fund my missions) are too be had.I will monitor my behavior monthly, quarterly, bi-annually, and annually. Especially bi-annually and annually. That's the most important. That lets me see the bigger picture.My goal is largely dependent on my financial bandwidth. Finances in and off themselves are boundary markers and accountability partners because it can limit or increase my ability to do the things on my bucket list and also travel to see my possible other places of residency (besides places outside of Philly, NYC, Austin, and NJ since I've been to all and mark them on my top list for now).
Be a Major Leader, Practitioner, and Operator in a Massive Business or Organization
By building my own business and startup, I dabbled in learning what I needed to in doing the said Goal Title. In order to become a MAJOR leader, practitioner, and operator of my own, I have to first learn how to do it elsewhere with the best. To be around the best place, doing the best things, with the best people, will add in to my development of being the best version of myself possible when it comes to leadership and practitionership.
Evaluating Your Motives
I truly believe this goal is important. It's dependent on me being a great systems maker, systems designer, designer, thinker, writer, reader, and speaker.It's like the ultimate test and pinnacle of knowing where my craft is at. Where I want to go with "Be a Major Leader, Practitioner, and Operator in a Massive Business or Organization" is the apex.... so I must reverse engineer my way to get there.Because this goal will cause me to be around great people, will force me to be assertive, and will challenge me the same way sports did when I was growing up. Let's go!I will definitely feel guilty if I didn't achieve this big goal because I would feel as though I fell short on what I'm capable of. I wouldn't care about man's opinion or worldly things, but rather and more so, what I'm capable of becoming as a person. I've seen my sponge-like absorption of information around business, organizations, media, etc. and my application of it has shown tremendous growth. At this point, my failure will just mean I haven't surrounded myself with the right people and in the right place.That's it! It clicked right there! Exactly. Habits are key and so is potential and talent, but environment and being around the right people, on the right team, etc. is the BIGGEST thing!I want to achieve this goal for myself and also in tandem for others because my growth within this goal and striving to achieve it will show that I am able to lead others within a particular mission - like a General in the Armed Forces.I have been realizing that it's been clicking for me lately that I love the process of building and making and doing - especially around great people. I do enjoy this goal and find it super stimulating and satisfying. I wouldn't have dropped out, dropped ROTC, or sacrificed so much if that weren't true. Yes!It's a dream of mine, yes. I know how it's going to play out too. It's one of the goals I have deep conviction about and never doubted TRULY within myself :)
Considering the Broad Personal and Social Impact of Goals
This goal leads to everything around me. This goal has the purpose of just that too. I want to become better to improve those around me to make the world better.By becoming a better leader, I empower those around me and challenge them to make them better because I love them - showing that I support them and their growth. Being a practitioner in business can allow me to navigate great times, and more importantly, navigate uncertain times and be prepared with my boat on dock for any storms that come onto the sea. Thus, comforting those around me and being able to give more when others need it most.This is a large part of life right here. My life is given up for God. If it's in His Will, I will have such a solid Christian foundation to work off of to be able to build a long lasting business that can help many for decades and decades to come. A disciplined success with this would show that I am patient and practical and purpose-driven - building for the long-term because I enjoy building and I enjoy helping others.My personal life would change by causing me to be super strategic and strict with my time because I'm being pulled in many different directions. It's a good thing to have much on my plate too because it forces me to be on my A-game and take time for myself when I always need it. It's the best accountability partner there is - besides God's hand on my life.Many can combat you, but authenticity will always ring true. Truth spreads the fastest. So, through all this progression, as long as I'm myself through everything I do, nothing can hurt me. Matthew 19:26 too.Being a leader and operator of an absolutely massive team requires one to have all of their characteristics in the best place. My accomplishment of this goal would show I laid out my blueprint correctly, planned accordingly, and can teach others to do the same.Generational wealth and positive impactful change with this accomplished goal too. Loving what I do, with who I want, when I want :)
Considering the Detailed Strategies for Goal Attainment
This is a long, long term game, as is a recurring theme of all of my goals listed in the Future Authoring at this point. That's how it should be too. Big goals because I'm a big vision, big thinker, bigger picture person, that wants to reach the most within the resources that I have and the knowledge that I possess.This goals sub goals and smaller behaviors consist of relationships, team, routines, planning, and hand-to-hand or boots-on-the ground work.What do I mean by that? Well, this is everything...Every week I must have conversations with my teammates at TruckBux, the company I'm at, and/or my own business. I must gauge their wants/needs/concerns and respond effectively and efficiently. I must be decisive with my decisions when it comes to hiring, firing, and maintaining relationships in organizations. That's important for planning purposes and moving in unison with no mental/emotional baggage as a team. Speed is hindered by that.Daily I will review output goals for the companies I am at and my individual tasks for managing and making. I will do this in the office or at home. All I need is a laptop, phone, software, wifi, a good ergonomic working space, and my blue-light glasses.On top of that, I must plan for where we're headed with my team leaders and how we must execute on that. Making goals, plans, and plans within those plans. I must also wear many hats since I am in the startup realm at this point in time (with time the companies will get more structured).Underrated is this too: learning, reading, and writing. In order for me to be on top of my game, I must be organized and practical in my social affairs to account for proper time usage and energy output (so I can give more to my field, companies, teammates). To learn and treat everyday as Day 1 is important too. I must be humble everyday, so pride or self-centeredness is at bay and I focus on the journey of my growth and the organization and the worlds growth around me - in a positive way.
Identifying Potential Obstacles and their Solutions
The following are things to be aware of in order for myself not to get in my own way and to avoid any potential threats that can serve as obstacles along the way. I do believe the obstacle is the way, yes. But these things are avoidable and should be done with cultivating the important habits so they can be intentionally avoided to create a thriving organization and businesses (as I lead them and operate highly in them). Do the important things before they become urgent!:- Make sure I'm not doing too much at once; I must ask for help when I need it (early on in the business's life or startup life, I will have to go the extra mile to do the unscalable, to then scale, but that's known. I'm reaching a point where that is no longer necessary. Now it's about managing, making, budgeting, and delegating effectively)- Not having the bandwidth or proper delegation to handle it all; as said above.... I must ask for help when I need it and set up the proper systems to work smart and hard- Not focusing as I should and letting other people take advantage of me because I don't set boundaries, communicate my boundaries and limits well, and don't respect myself (goal #4 in future authoring)- Not having the financials (i.e. capital) to fund the missions of my organizations; to mitigate this I must budget effectively, save damn well, and invest in my people- Getting fired or throw off the team for having inadequate work performance and not cooperating with all; just work hard, respect others, and be decisive in decision making so small animals don't grow to dragons in the lair (attack any problems early!)- Not communicating well and instead assuming certain things, which then causes blindspots in the operations; to mitigate I must over-communciate to the edge of annyoance- Not being assertive in what I want and how I need it done - especially if I'm a leader; know my position and tell others specially what is need, how it plays into the bigger picture, and what I want done
Monitoring Progress towards Desired Goals
Just as I did in 2.4.4. for this goals future authoring breakdown, I will list 2.4.5. in a bullet formed because it's easier to answer in that format/manner/presentation.Let's get it!Monitoring progress is important as was said in this goal analysis instructions. Feedback loop is what's needed for great habits to form and then great habits to contribute to the larger picture.With that said, let's break it down:When would you like to achieve this goal? Be specific. Even if you have to revise a deadline later, it is still better to set one...... I would like to achieve this goal by my 30s, 40s. I don't have a strict deadline for it though because I want it to continually happen organically and enjoy the process of it. I'm aiming long and high though. I'm playing the damn long game!What sorts of things will you accept as evidence that you are progressing towards your stated goal?...... I will accept pay raises, higher MRR/ARR (year-over-year) - because the market show one's value, a better team, more employees, a higher evaluation, more clients for DB agency related work, and me being more of a manager than making in the day to day as much.How often are you going to monitor your own behavior?...... I will monitor my behavior daily, but most importantly weekly in keeping track of business relationships, team relationships, and my own output/performance with everything.How will things in your life have to change, measurably, for you to feel satisfied in your progress?...... I'll have to do everything I said in question 2. It won't be easy, but it will be worth it and happen if it should - God willing.How can you ensure that you are neither pushing yourself too hard, and ensuring failure, or being too easy on yourself, and risking boredom and cynicism?...... Having a female partner beside me to balance me and partners on my team to balance my strengths and weaknesses with me. So, I can focus on what I do best. Trust amongst all so I can rest assured.
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