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The $1,000,000 Goal by Cameron C . Taylor ' s
By: IMPACT360 Date: November 28, 2014, 3:11 am
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The $1,000,000 Goal
"Of all the things I've done, the most vital is
coordinating the talents of those who work for us
and pointing them towards a certain goal."
-Walt Disney
There is great power in goals and dreams. "A
study was done on Yale University's graduating
class. It asked seniors a long list of questions
about themselves, and three questions had to do
with goals. They were, "Do you set goals?" "Do
you write them down?" and "Do you have an action
plan to accomplish them?" Only three percent of
the class answered yes to those questions. Twenty
years later, a follow-up study was done. It turned
out that the three percent who had said yes to
goals reported that they were more happily
married, were more successful in the careers they
had chosen, had a more satisfactory family life,
and had better health. And listen to this. Ninety-
seven percent of the net worth of that graduating
class was in the hands of that three percent!" (Lou
Tice, Personal Coaching for Results, (Nashville:
Nelson, 1997) p. 93)
You have to have dreams and goals to make
progress and achieve greatness. "Your progress
toward success begins with a fundamental
question: Where are you going? Definiteness of
purpose is the starting point of all achievement,
and its lack is the stumbling block for ninety-eight
out of every hundred people simply because they
never really define their goals and start toward
them. Study every person you think of who has
achieved lasting success, and you will find that
each one has had a definite purpose. Each had a
plan for reaching that goal, and each devoted the
greatest part of his or her thoughts and efforts to
that end." (Napoleon Hill, Keys to Success , (New
York: Penguin, 1994) p. 1)
Many people live life backwards. They take what
life gives them. Many people achieve little in life
simply because they never decide to achieve
something. Mark Victor Hansen wrote, "It grieves
me to watch individuals squander their lives
because they have neglected the process of writing
down their personal goals." "Most of us would like
to make a positive impact on the lives of others
and on our world. If we do not feel that this is in
some way happening, we tend to experience a
sense of emptiness, low self-worth, futility, and
sometimes even depression." (Herb Miller, Money
Is Everything, (Nashville, TN: Discipleship
Resources, 1994) p. 19) Football coach Lou Holtz
taught, "If you are bored with life, if you don't get
up every morning with a burning desire to do
things-you don't have enough goals."
Everyone is born with a God-given mission he or
she is to perform. We were not sent to earth by
God to be born, pay the bills and die. God sent us
here for a purpose. You should define your ideal
life and then go out and get it. Dreams and goals
inspire us to achieve our full potential. Defining
your goals and dreams will help you discover and
live the purposeful, joyful, abundant life you were
meant to enjoy.
The Million Dollar Goal
"If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we
would literally astound ourselves."
-Thomas Edison
At the end of 2000, my first business venture
failed, leaving me with thousands of dollars in
business debt. I was newly married and I had no
income. My wife was working earning $10 per
hour but her income was not even enough to cover
our $1,800 a month in debt payments. I now joke
with her that she married me for my money, but
the truth is I had less than nothing because of the
burden of debt. I was forced to put my
entrepreneurial efforts on hold to look for a job. I
graduated with honors from business school and
applied for dozens of jobs that were a good match
for my skills, experience and degree, but I received
rejection letter after rejection letter. I even applied
at a call center that seemed to hire nearly
everyone for a $6 per hour job and was rejected.
I now joke with people saying, "I had to start a
business because I was the only person who
would hire me." In 2001, I started a new business
and one of our goals was to do $1 million a year
in revenue. At the time this seemed like an
impossible goal, but I knew that the goal was the
starting point. I knew if I did not set a goal to do a
$1 million in revenue with the company, then I
would never figure out how to do it. I started with
the goal and then everyday went to work on
moving the company toward this goal. The
company grew and developed and in our second
year in business, we achieved the goal of doing a
million dollars of revenue in one year.
At this point, we set a new goal of doing a million
dollars in revenue in one month, and each day I
went to work to move the company toward this
goal. This was another lofty goal and it took
another year of hard work and development for us
to reach this goal.
It was now time for a new goal. We discussed
what our new goal should be and the idea of doing
$1 million in a single day was presented. That one
sounded fun and exciting, so we set the goal to do
$1 million in a single day. The exciting goal was
set and now we had to figure out how to achieve
it.
To go from a million dollars a year to a million
dollars a month, we were able to expand and
leverage what we were currently doing. To achieve
the goal of doing $ 1 million in a single day
required new approaches and models, as what we
were currently doing couldn't be expanded enough
to do a million dollars in revenue in a single day.
Our first opportunity to reach $1 million in a single
day was in the fall of 2004 in New York City. It
appeared that all the pieces were in place to do $1
million that day. The day ended and we weren't
even close to our goal. We only did $177,555 in
revenue. The day was still profitable and we were
pretty happy. We learned a lot and we saw the
potential to do a $1 million in a single day with a
few adjustments and changes.
The next opportunity to reach our goal was in the
spring of 2005 in Los Angeles. Everything was in
place to do $1 million that day but would it
happen? The day came and went and we again
were not even close to our goal, but this time is a
very, very good way. We exceeded our goal by $
1.7 million-doing $2.7 million in revenue that day.
The size of your question, the size of your goals
and dreams, will determine the size of your
answer. If we would have never asked the question,
"How do we do a $1 million in a single day?" we
would have never found the answer. If you never
ask the question "How can I build a multimillion
dollar business?" "How can I become a best-
selling author?" or "How can I earn a certain
amount of money each year?" you will never find
the answer. The goals you set will determine the
type of life you build.
When you are building a house, does the house
usually turn out like the blue print? Of course it
does. If you design a house to be 1,000 square
feet, the house should be 1,000 square feet when
you finish. Before building a house, you first ask
yourself, "What kind of house would I like?" You
then design the house, create a blue print and then
build the house. We should use this same process
in our lives. "What kind of a life do you want? What
do you want to accomplish?" Once you have
determined the answers to these questions, create
a blue print for your life and follow that blue print
until you have built the life that you desire.
Questions to Help You Write Some Goals
"If you want to be happy, set a goal that
commands your thoughts,
liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes."
-Andrew Carnegie
Things I would like to accomplish?
Today
This Week
This Month
This Year
In the Next 5 Years
In the Next 10 Years
In the Next 20 Years
Before the end of my life
If I had 1 year to live, what would I do?
What problems in my family, community, nation
and world most concern me? What can I do to
help?
What books will I read to help me renew and grow
spiritually, socially, intellectually, and physically?
What would I like said about me at my funeral?
Write down the 3 people you most admire and
respect and the 4 attributes you would use to
describe them.
Person 1. _______________
Attribute 1. _______________ 2. _______________
3. _______________ 4.________________
Person 2. _______________
Attribute 1. _______________ 2. ______________
3. _______________ 4._______________
Person 3. _______________
Attribute 1. _______________ 2. ______________
3. _______________ 4._______________
What attributes do I desire to possess and exhibit?
(i.e. charitable, humble, thrifty, responsible,
industrious, honest, virtuous, etc.)
How would I like others to describe me?
Describe my ideal life. Describe specifics. What
would I do? What would I have?
What vacations would I like to take with my family?
Whom would I like to help? What causes would I
like to contribute to?
What income level would I like to have?
1 Year
2 Year
5 Years
10 Years
20 Years
40 Years
Where would I like to live? Describe my ideal home
and surroundings.
Other Goals
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