Gotta Get Goals Round Up

This is the final round up of the extraordinarily successful interactive writing project - Gotta’ Get Goals.

It’s been slightly over 6 months now and it looks like the Gotta’ Get Goals interactive research project has finally come to a close.

Gotta Get Goals

The 80 Go Getters’ That Participated

Most Unanimous Goals

It seems that some goals were more desired than others, so here are the top 10 most unanimous goals, from most to least desired.

  1. Travel for pleasure
  2. Financial freedom/independence
  3. Make a difference to humanity
  4. Commit to philanthropy
  5. Be close with family
  6. Have a successful business
  7. Master spirituality/religion
  8. Develop and teach a philosophy on life (via writing or other)
  9. Be good at public speaking
  10. Complete a great physical challenge

Other Gotta Get Goals

While these goals didn’t make it into the top 10, they are still very important, and unique to certain individuals. So, without further ado, here are some of the other top gotta get goals:

  • Great health
  • Unconditional love
  • Master communication
  • New York Times Bestseller
  • Spend time at the beach
  • Own a mountain home
  • Expression through music
  • Get a pilots license
  • Restore a muscle car
  • Learn a foreign language (spanish, arabic, chinese, italian, french)
  • Become a gymnastics judge
  • Work towards world peace
  • Sailing
  • Own a house
  • Write to inspire
  • Develop consciousness
  • Be in control of emotions
  • Entertain people
  • Be environmentally conscious
  • Learn to cook
  • Go back to school
  • Meet-role models
  • Work oversees
  • Become more tolerant and accepting
  • Get a tattoo

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Posted by Alex Shalman in Goal Setting, Networking | October 4, 2007 | Digg | Del.icio.us | Stumble | Print | 20 comments

  1. Aaron Potts - Today is that DayNo Gravatar
    Aaron Potts - Today is that DayNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 7:04 am

    Alex,

    Thanks for compiling this list of people’s goals. After all this time, it was nice to go back and re-read my own list, and to see that I am still on track to accomplish all of them! :)

    Thanks again for taking the time to put together this project, Alex. I know how time consuming this type of thing can be!

  2. andrew weeNo Gravatar
    andrew weeNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 7:53 am

    Hi Alex,
    Thanks for the compiling.

    Like Aaron mentioned, it’s always as instructional to look at the goals in retrospect as it was in thinking them through and listing them in the first place.

    Great meme.

    ps: when’s the next?

    pps: you know, it’d be really great if these were compiled into an ebook or on a wiki?

  3. GrigorNo Gravatar
    GrigorNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 8:48 am

    Hi Alex,
    thanks for the compilation. It was pleasure to participate in such great meme.
    It’s also wonderful to see that many people try to accomplish the same great goals.

  4. JenniferNo Gravatar
    JenniferNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 10:01 am

    What a great list of sites. I will be off reading now…

  5. Some Go SoftlyNo Gravatar
    Some Go SoftlyNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 10:52 am

    Great list! I loved participating and will enjoy looking around!

    SGS

  6. Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar
    Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 1:28 pm

    I’m glad you guys enjoyed the list. I’m going to have a similar project in the works soon, hopefully you guys will participate ;)

  7. Lyman ReedNo Gravatar
    Lyman ReedNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 2:58 pm

    Thanks for posting this, Alex. It *was* interesting to look back and see where I was vs. where I am… and I’m pretty happy with the results. :) This couldn’t have come at a better time.

  8. Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar
    Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 3:02 pm

    Couldn’t have come at a better time? Is this something you would like to share with the rest of the comment box? =)

  9. Lyman ReedNo Gravatar
    Lyman ReedNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

    OK, since you asked. :)

    http://creatingabetterlife.net/2007/10/04/the-secret-to-failure/

    The reminder of all that I have accomplished and am still moving toward… what a great motivator to keep on showing up!

  10. Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar
    Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 3:38 pm

    I for one am definitely glad that you’re around. Keep growing and sharing my friend, that’s what it’s all about!

  11. Rick CockrumNo Gravatar
    Rick CockrumNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 6:34 pm

    Thanks for taking the energy to go through the posts and pull out the top goals, Alex, and thanks for guiding the project. I’ve been looking forward to the results.

  12. Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar
    Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar said on October 4th, 2007 at 8:47 pm

    No trouble at all Rick - at your service ;)

  13. JenniferNo Gravatar
    JenniferNo Gravatar said on October 6th, 2007 at 9:57 am

    Ok, it took me 3 days, but I have finally finished reading some of each of these sites. There are some amazing ones on this list.

  14. Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar
    Alex ShalmanNo Gravatar said on October 6th, 2007 at 2:05 pm

    3 days isn’t bad at all, it took me longer. Want to come work for me next time I have to count stuff? =)




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