Last year, I tried a new method to list my goals here in Speak & Deliver. Here's a review of what I expected of myself, and my results.I began with this: My All-Encompassing Goal, that all other goals must honor, the ultimate destination of my 'To Become' list: Strengthen my family's position, emotionally, physically, medically, and financially.
RESULT: Success, overall, though the level of success in each would not necessarily be to the level I desired. But progress is progress, and overall, 2013, in every way, was a dramatic improvement over any of the last 5 years.
I then categorized a few sub-goals:
Speaking Sub-Goals
Reach as many people with my Win Anyway message as possible
RESULT: I gave this keynote roughly 15 times in my travels to Kansas City, Honolulu, and Toronto, as well as a time or two here in Denver.
Write MY book - the catalyst to my keynote
RESULT: No Progress. Disappointing, to say the least
Speak outside Toastmasters 25 times
RESULT: Outside of Toastmasters = 3x. Outside of my District = 25+
Coaching Sub-Goals
Coach and teach as many people as I'm able, both personally and by product proxy
RESULT: My biggest coaching and product sales year ever - many clients experiencing success, both in the contest world and the real world. Looking forward to an even bigger 2014.
Build Speak & Deliver's presence
RESULT: About the same as last year. My posting rate was similar, and I occasionally missed an entire month.
Write my speaking book
RESULT: No Progress. Disappointing, to say the least. I see so many others coming out with speaking books, it both inspires and discourages me simultaneously.
Physical Sub-Goals (these were personal, but do affect my speaking business, in terms of mobility and personal esteem on stage)
Get to 190 lbs.
RESULT: Not even close. More on this in my personal blog, will link when ready.
Play Basketball again
RESULT: I did shoot some hoops in the summer with my kids, but certainly did not reach the athletic heights I intended.
2013 was a good year for me, as I started this post saying. More clients and more travel than ever before. I created a new product - Secrets of Speak - interviewing my fellow co-stars in SPEAK: The Movie.
Success as an Area Governor, a fun High Performance Leadership project (which I will write about in January) and soon, I will get my DTM certification (goes in the mail tomorrow).
I got back into competition, and took home trophies in Evaluation and Tall Tales at the highest level. My social media presence grew, and my personal network improved. I've built up some technology to help me video and audio record for 2014. I've absorbed a tremendous amount of information on speaking and marketing - I'll be posting my reading list from 2013 soon.
2014 can be better - in part because, for the first time in years, I feel I'm starting from a stronger place this year than last. Are you prepared to Speak & Deliver in 2014?
All the best for 2014! Look forward to hearing of great successes and achievements.
ReplyDeleteRich, I can't tell you how refreshing it is to hear the unvarnished results of your goals. I spent years in the seminar industry with motivational speakers and sales trainers, and I've never heard someone revisit their goals specifically and tell it all like you just did. Keep up the good work. And please, make one of your number one priorities this year writing your own book.
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