A new month, so new goals…
Got my January 2011 goals completed. I’m liking having only a very small amount of goals for the month.
I think anything more than three (maybe four) is too much for my little brain to handle.
Here’s the February 2011 Goals:
GOAL: Complete HoR Product:
One of the most-asked questions I get (over email and in person) is how a drop-shipping business like HouseOfRave works. People are always perplexed that I can own a rave company, yet never have been to a rave.
For a very select few people, I can take the time to personally show them how everything works. We’ll sometimes speak for HOURS about how customer service is done, how I update the site, how traffic comes to the site, how promotions work, where I get the products, how I started it etc etc etc….and “going to a rave” NEVER comes up.
So for this goal I’m going to digitally give a behind-the-scenes full tour of HoR, how it was created and exactly how it runs.
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GOAL: Every week 2 HoR improvements documented:
A big improvement in customer service over the holidays helped make running House Of Rave relatively simple. However I wasn’t focused on other improvements during that time. This month I want to ensure that other improvements start being made again….even if they’re tiny.
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GOAL: 5 days a week wake up at 7am:
I’m a lazy bum who works from a home office, plus it usually doesn’t matter ONE BIT when I do my work (for example, do anyone care if I wrote this blog post at 10am or 10pm?)..
…naturally my sleep cycles get a little wonky. However the last month or two I’ve actually been doing something completely uncharacteristic of myself…waking up at 7am.
I swear to you….this simple lifehack has accounted for more of my productivity over the last two months than ANYTHING else…BY FAR.
For example, as I’m typing these words it’s 7:45am. I woke up precisely at 7am, hopped out of bed and sat my butt down and started working. I NEVER “start working” immediately…however at 7am there’s really no brain function of mine fully up yet, so I don’t get distracted. I simply look at the very first thing on my to-do list…AND DO IT! Then I finish it, and to avoid just plain falling back asleep, I do the next one. Before I know it, it’s noon and I’ve done 5 hours of solid work….which is often nearly my entire to-do list.
I am allowed to fall back asleep whenever I want to. If I sleep at 2am and wake up at 7am, I only got 5 hours of sleep. I’ll generally work till noon or so, take an hour nap, then wake up and do whatever (more work, gym, errands etc). This seems to be my optimal amount of sleep. From doing this for about 2 months now (although not consistently everyday, I am almost totally convinced 8 hours of sleep is too much for me (presuming I take one nap). It makes me MORE groggy to sleep a lot (isn’t it weird how that works) ??
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If I don’t….
A nice negative consequence always ensures my goals will be completed. If I don’t get my February 2011 Goals completed by Feb 28th (damn leap year…) 2011, then I will NOT attend the massive SXSW conference which I’m pretty excited for.