Comments on: Opensource Goals Meme: a social experiment in becoming “write brained”

By: 5 Ways to Pick Yourself Up After a Major Let Down - John Murch | Entrepreneur, Startup Junkie, Marketing Master, Network Addict, and a Business Geek

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:42:29 +0000

[...] Goal Setting – To get back on your feet, sometimes you need to take a step back and realign your goals. I have previously posted about the Opensource Goals Meme. I am a big fan of posting up your goals and looking at my 2008 Goals I am surprised my readers have not given up. (I too need to get on the ball, I guess I should be eating my own words.) Also if you have not created one, try making a dream board and posting it where you are most often working. [...]

By: Open Source Goals Meme - John Murch the Self Proclaimed Geek Guru

Open Source Goals Meme - John Murch the Self Proclaimed Geek Guru — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:43:41 +0000

[...] I was recently tapped by Sean Tierney to build my own Lists of Goals. I have been meaning to post this up, but have so many goals and ideas that I didn’t want to limit myself. Although one thing I have learned about Goal Setting is you need them to remind you and help you achieve them. This “Open Source Goals Meme” is an experiment on exposing my own goals to the public so others can follow up and help me focus on accomplishing them. Rather then play telephone and repeat some of the instructions, I encourage you to take a look at sean’s blog and post your own. [...]

By: 2008 Goal Page - John Murch the Self Proclaimed Geek Guru

2008 Goal Page - John Murch the Self Proclaimed Geek Guru — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 02:26:59 +0000

[...] With 2008 ringing in around the world I figured it was time to start posting up my goal page as well as work on my Open Source Goals Meme to the world. [...]

By: A Key

A Key — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 14:48:57 +0000

To borrow some ideas from motivational speaker, Mike Lipkin, change them from DREAMS into EXPECTATIONS. If you expect they will occur, then they Will Occur. Rehearse your victory and it will occur. Also, expect more. It sounds like you don’t require this advice as you have effectively put it into action.

By: Scrollin’ On Dubs » Blog Archive » My experience self-publishing a book

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 21:10:59 +0000

[...] The “how” of this process was relatively easy. Perhaps the more interesting question was “why?” And there are a couple of reasons. I started the book as a birthday present for a girlfriend-now-just-friend but the more I got into making it, the more I was curious about trying this as an experiment to see if I could do it. One of our goals with Grid7 is to know how to do a bunch of different things, to help others to build stuff they’re passionate about and to create a series of small, passive recurring revenue streams. This project was consistent with those goals and also satisfied a goal I’ve had for some time of wanting to write a kids book. [...]

By: francine hardaway

francine hardaway — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:53:16 +0000

My goals are now on my blog. This will be fun.

By: Can money pay for all the days I’ve lived awake but half-asleep? at Okdork.com

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 22:49:04 +0000

[...] So enough of the ra-ra-ra motivational speech… I can’t possibly match Steve Jobs’ commencement address in that regard. I do however challenge the loyal OKDork readers out there to participate in a social experiment of my design and of which I believe Noah would approve. I call it the “Opensource Goals Meme.” I won’t rehash the details here and say why I think it’s effective in its purpose but if you want to participate, read the rules via the link above and leave a trackback so we know where your goal post is. Then run this google query occasionally and observe and reflect on other people’s goals and how they differ from your own. [...]

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 03 Mar 2006 06:36:45 +0000

Sean,

This is a cool idea. I’ve been doing something similar (on and off) for many years. I can say that in the years I wrote down goals, I was much more successful in achieving them than the years I did not.

I just want to point out a few things about goal setting I’ve learned over the years:

(1) Make your list short, but not to short. The goal is to reach as many as your goals as possible without making it too easy on yourself. A long list can actually be detrimental because it can cause procrastination. The longer the list, the more likely you are to ignore it because it will take a lot of effort to decide which goals to tackle. Also, if you have a list of hundred things and you knock off 10 during the year–you want get as much satisfaction because it will appear that you actually didn’t get much done (no matter how big your achievements were).

(2) Break down larger goals into smaller ones. It’s far easier to accomplish a lot of small tasks that lead to the ultimate goal than it is for your mind to digest the project as a whole. For example, instead of putting down: Get PhD in computer science — you might put down register for graduate school and get financial aid.

(3) Separate larger and long-term goals into a separate list. This list can be your 5 or 10 year goals. You?ll probably only want to review this list once a year.

(4) Use images with your goals. Create a scrapbook or web page and put visual references to your goal. If you want to buy a house–put a picture of the type of house you want. The image doesn’t have to be too specific, but it should be similar to the object you want or the feeling that you’re trying to achieve.

(5) Not only should you frequently review your goals, you should also revise them. Throughout the year add, delete or modify your goals. If you stick to your list without modification it, can take you down paths that you no longer want to go or make you avoid your list.

I think this is a cool project and I definitely want to see the end results.

My 2 cents.

–Brad