Wednesday, October 10, 2012

5 year goal: Give a TED talk

In 2005 I hear about a study done on Harvard MBA graduates.  When they graduated they asked the graduates if they had goals.  There were those with vague ideas, those with no idea, and some with a 5 pages list of goals, sub-goals etc written out.  They followed these Harvard alum, these very successful people.  All of them were as successful as you would expect.  But those who had any written form of a goal were more successful.  Even if they had to adjust their goal along the way, make course corrections, or completely find a new goal.  It was simply the act of writing down their goal.  Higher rates of personal happiness, better marriage rates, earned more money, the whole nine yards.

In 2005 I set my goal, get an MBA in 5 years.  At that moment I hadn't even finished my BA.  My husband had left me a month earlier.  I hadn't worked in 5 years and had two small children.  My first priority was finding a job, not going back to school.

Well, it took a little bit longer than 5 years.  Closer to 7 years.  In December I graduate with my MBA.

And now I find myself wanting to set another five year goal.  Just as ambitious as a last goal.  I want to give a TED talk.

I don't even know what topic I would give a TED talk on.  Oh well, I didn't know how I could go back to school, and I did it.

So, I'm going to start recording my journey here.  Once I graduate in December I will make a daily commitment to work this goal.  I will be here daily working out my plan, finding my tools and climbing this hill.