2. We feel good when we are ahead in life and sports. We usually have fun, but when we are behind we feel lost and get bored.
3. To do well in either, you need to work hard, be determined and at times have that pinch of luck.
4. In both numerous people all contribute to the success or failure of an individual and those who surround that individual. be it coaches, mentors, teammates, parents, friends, etc.
5. Last but not least, in both there is one thing that increases our chances of being successful and winning – scoring and achieving goals.
Goals
Having goals in life are incredibly important. I often sit down with people to discuss where they want to go and what they are doing to get there. Often the vision is quite blurry or the answer is “I do not know.” Now don’t misunderstand me. That is okay from my perspective but you need to engage on your development and begin setting goals that set you up for success or failure so that you can learn to narrow down your path. Those goals in life, and in sports, give us direction and allow us to plan a course of action.
Here is an example: Imagine you play on a soccer team and logically the goal is to win the leagues championship. However you cannot win the championship without first winning enough games to make the playoffs, which than leads us to the fact that you can’t win games unless you put the ball in the opponents net, and you can’t put the ball into the opponents net unless you learn the necessary skills to dribble, pass and shoot the ball and have a game plan.
That’s quite straight-forward, no?
To me, life is exactly the same.
1. You need to know what you want
2. After that you need to know what it takes to get you there
3. Finally, you need to learn the necessary skills in order to do exactly that and have a plan.
Not knowing what you want, as I mention above and doing nothing about it puts you in the deadzone. There is no plan, there is no action and ultimately life becomes monotonous.
My encouragement to you is to get past this part. It can be difficult but think about such things. If you are just wasting away each day without a goal or a plan, than you really need to start engaging your thought process and set direction. Discover yourself!
My Goals
Just to spur some thought on your end I want to share some of my goals with you. Note how my goals in life are broken down into smaller goals which become part of my overall plan. My hope is that through this I may spur some thoughts for you on how to break down your goals in life and set direction. Perhaps throughout my blog you may learn from my accomplishments and failures and may just take away one piece of advice from my journey in life.
25+ years from now (The Championship)
- Be happily retired with my wife by the age of 50.
- Have supported and successfully funded our children’s education.
- Be completely debt free, including mortage and any other outstanding payments.
- Own at least five rental properties around the globe.
- Travel continuously.
- Teach at a University level.
10-25 years from now (The playoffs)
- Be close to my wife and children.
- Have all the funding in place for our children’s education.
- Still be able to finish an Ironman.
- Successfully take more than 2 vacations per year with the entire family.
- Earn an annual income of at least €400,000 per year.
- Own at least 3 rental properties around the globe.
- Write a book that can be displayed on the shelves of book stores.
1 to 10 years from now (The League)
- Start and sell a company for at least €1,000,000.
- Create and become CEO of a multimillion dollar company.
- Earn my MBA and complete a PhD
- Earn enough money so that my to-be wife does not have to work unless she wants too.
- Raise at least 2 beautiful children with my to-be wife.
- Stay healthy and fit.
- Buy at least two houses in two countries, excluding any current apartments.
- Earn an annual income of €150,000.
- Have a top rated blog.
The next year
- Get married to my fiancee, having a wonderful wedding and honeymoon.
- Finish wedding preparations.
- Earn an annual income of €100,000.
- Correctly file all my taxes.
- Continue building our media ventures and firms.
- Finish my first eBOOK.
- Complete the Olympic distance triathlon.
- Grow my non-corporate income to at least €25,000 monthly.
- Save enough money to purchase a house.
- Go on a cruise.
- Help a couple friends start their own online business ventures.
- Be solid, like Arnold in his early days hitting the gym and eating healthy.
- Complete my Master’s in Sports Psychology.
I think you get the point, no? This is an exercise I learned from one of my mentors when it came to planning out finances. What are my goals and then develop and break down those goals by narrowing and setting direction as time became closer to present day. I hope this makes sense.
I hope that you give good thought into your plans for the future and what your goals may be. Perhaps you want to discuss them or bounce some ideas off someone. I’d be glad to step in. Contact me by any means via email, or social media and lets sit down and discuss. Keep rocking!
P.S. – as you may have noted above some of my goals incorporate my significant other. It is vital in any relationship to discuss all of your goals together with your loved ones. If you don’t than at some point you will come across something that the other person didn’t know that will cause friction regardless of how long you have been together. Communicate!