My post earlier this week gave an update on a slice of my 2012 personal goals. I have since finalized all of them and have written them down adding progress indicators to those that I have already worked on. Other than some obvious anonymizing of data, I am posting them here publicly to share as well as to keep me accountable. Like my 2012 reading list, I will add a sidebar link and continue to update progress on my 2012 personal goals.
1) INTELLECTUAL – Complete 2012 reading list by the end of the year.
- Identify list and order – STARTED 12/27/11
- Follow schedule
- Financial Peace Revisited – FINISHED 1/02/12
- QBQ – FINISHED 1/03/12
- The Servant – FINISHED 1/14/12
- Switch
- Hurt Healer
- Make It Count
- One Minute Manager
- EntreLeadership
- The Reagan Diaries
- The Tipping Point
- In Praise Of Slowness
- Everyone Communicates, Few Connect
- Epicenter
- Maximum Success
- The Leadership Challenge
- Jesus, CEO
- The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People
- Multipliers
- The Red Badge Of Courage
- The New Rational Manager
- Team Of Rivals
- Better
- The Checklist Manifesto
- Big Ideas
- Decision Points
- 1001 Ways To Reward Employees
2) SPIRITUAL – Read through the Bible in entirety – STARTED 12/28/11
- Select Bible in a year reading program – COMPLETED 12/27/11
- Complete daily Old Testament and New Testament readings each day – STARTED 12/28/11
3) FAMILY/SPIRITUAL – Take family on a mission trip in 2012.
- Proposal to Charity President – COMPLETE 1/13/12
- Compromise with wife – 1 week mission trip, 1 week relaxing vacation – COMPLETE 1/22/12
- Schedule and plan weeklong family participation with Charity
- Volunteer and work
4) FAMILY/SPIRITUAL – Plan and implement weekly family devotions.
- Identify time and day
- Identify readings
- Follow schedule
5) FAMILY/SPIRITUAL – Get K and D into Southeast Christian Church youth groups by end of 2nd Quarter.
6) FAMILY – Visit 4-6 historical sites w/kids by the end of 2012.
- Identify sites, number
- Schedule and calendar
- Follow schedule
7) FAMILY – Identify 50 geocache sites and find them by 2012.
- Join Geocaching.com and get app – COMPLETE 1/28/12
- Identify targets, number
- Schedule and calendar
- Follow schedule
8 ) FINANCIAL – Future proof my life #1 – get a living will created and notarized for me and wife.
- Contact legal resource – COMPLETE 1/23/12
- Identify primary and secondary POA – COMPLETE 1/23/12
- Created and signed – wife – COMPLETE 1/26/12
- Created and signed – Dan
9) FINANCIAL – Future proof my life #2 – get a will and trust created for the family.
- Contact legal resource – COMPLETE 1/23/12
- Identify executor and guardian – COMPLETE 1/25/12
- Create and plan trust
- Sign/notarize will
- Create and document financial trail for executor
10) FINANCIAL – Future proof my life #3 – implement Financial Peace Jr. by end of 2012. – COMPLETE 1/02/12
11) PHYSICAL – Exercise routine that maintains 190 lbs – STARTED 12/27/11
- Cardio for 30 minutes 4+ times a week – STARTED 12/27/11
- Wii Fit to track days and cardio duration – STARTED 12/27/11
- Start a daily food journal
12) PROFESSIONAL – Create first iOS app
- Refine current flow – COMPLETED 1/02/12
- Create proposal – COMPLETE 1/10/12
- Send to #1 prospect – COMPLETE 1/11/12
- Follow up – COMPLETE 1/23/12
- Send to #2 prospect
- Send to #3 prospect
- Send to #4 prospect
- Outsource programming – eLance app
Note how I tried to hit the various spokes of the wheel (as written about in this post). I am excited because even into February now, I have maintained my momentum on these goals and look forward to continued action and accomplishment.
…..Dan at aslowerpace dot net
