Last year, I wrote an article where I eschewed New Years Resolutions in favor of themes.
My theme for 2014 was experimentation — testing a lot of ideas and failing. I wanted to risk big and follow success’s script. It wasn’t easy, but I managed to experiment on all types of things, challenges, and career fields until I hit something that I loved. I went on free trips to San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Seattle (hooray for expense accounts!), visited several cities for the first time (like Montreal and Denver), talked to hundreds of strangers (some married), started a few websites (one that failed miserably), and gained 25lbs (then lost almost all of it).
For 2015, I want to take this shit to next level.
Should I fail more?
Should I invest in myself more?
I thought about it and decided on the highest leverage thing that truly excited me:
I wrote an article where I shared the humble beginnings of Virgin Airways. What I didn’t mention was that, as I read Losing My Virginity (Richard Branson’s autobiography), he became my idol. This dude does not fit into any mold; calling him “amazing” would be an understatement.
Simply put, this is man lives with no limits.
So what the fuck am I doing?
We only have one life. And as Benjamin Disraeli said, “Life is too short to be small.” About two months ago, I built Growth Addiction in a few hours — I set up the URL, emailed a few people, ran to Target to buy a cheap headset, and uploaded everything to Soundcloud.
Six weeks later, I interviewed my first New York Times-bestselling author.
Also in October, I launched my first profitable online business after many many failures. In total, it took about two weeks to create and validate (with the encouragement of a few good friends).
Those were both “quick wins.” So let’s keep it going.
For 2015, my theme is growth: rapid, insane, and dangerous growth. Fuck the margins. If I gross $500,000 next year but spend $450,000 to make it, so be it. I’ll optimize it later.
Truth is, I can’t focus on too many things at once. Focus and will-power are finite. Spreading it across so many verticals will exhaust me and ensure that I’ll half-ass twenty things instead of using my whole ass for a handful.
But this isn’t just financial growth. This is growth in every sense of the word: physically, emotionally, socially, career-wise, etc (except vertically, of course; I… still haven’t figured that one out).
Time to get going.
So that’s my theme.
What’s yours?
Last year I said I would impress myself first.
And that I did.
I said I would run my fist half marithon and I did.
I said I would illustrate my first children’s book. And that I did.
This year I’m going for the full marathon and to self publish my first children’s book. Witch will actually be possible within the next couple of months. And to have a second by the end of the year.
Financially I still struggle, but hopefully the time for that change is around the corner.
Here is to a great year 🙂
Yeeeaah!! 🙂 That’s awesome, Garry! Best of luck to you in that quest for 2015. Let me know if you need help marketing that children’s book.