One Dollar

In the past, I have had a tendency to set very high monetary goals for my entrepreneurial pursuits which were totally unrealistic. Trust me when I say that I am the king of unrealistic money goals.

Goal setting can be a complex thing. Many of the big guru's will tell you that it is important to set big goals, which I generally agree with. I will even go so far as to say that having an unrealistic goal can be a good thing. After all, what's the fun in being realistic?

Don't get me wrong, I definitely think that it is important to set large goals for yourself in all areas of your life. You want goals that are going to make you stretch and grow as a person. All the fun in achieving a goal comes through the growth you go through to achieve it.

In my experience, the end point where you actually reach the goal is always anticlimactic. It's never quite what you thought it would be and you look back longingly at your progress to realize that all the fun was climbing the metaphorical mountain on your way to reaching the top.

I am a huge Jim Rohn fan and one of my favorite quotes of his is “Set a Goal to Become a Millionaire, for What It Will Make of You to Achieve It.”

Jim went on to explain that the importance of a goal is not necessarily the goal itself but the person you will be forced to become to achieve that goal. That quote has really changed my life in a lot of ways.

While my ultimate goal is of course to make a lot of money like most people here, I am going to start off with a very simple goal. My first goal is to make a single dollar. That's it. At this point in time, it is something I believe I will and can achieve. All I need to do now is whatever it takes to reach that goal.

Once I make that first dollar, I will obviously expand my next income goal to another level that I feel I can achieve whether it's $10 or $100.

The reason I am doing this is that I know how easy it is to psyche yourself out with big goals. I have done it with every single entrepreneurial pursuit so far. I am changing my strategy this time. While it is important to have big goals, it is also important that they are believable.

I think that setting realistic income limits (not 1 million dollars the first month) is something that everyone can conceptualize and put into action. It's not easy to believe that you will make a million dollars through affiliate marketing but it is easy to believe that you can at least make one dollar. All you need is one person to make a purchase and you will likely 10x your goal on the first try. I like those odds a lot.

I don't know when it will happen but I will continue to put in the work daily to make that dollar. Whether it's sooner or later, I know it's coming and I'm not going to give up on this.