Vincent Yee On Thoughts

3 Things To Do In March 2010

I listed here 3 things to do in March 2010. At first, it’s all in my mind. I never write it down or type it out anywhere. I know that is a bad practice. All the self-help books that I read, pointed out this problem that people failed to accomplish their most desired results.

That is the keyword; Most Desired Results.

What do I really want to achieve? What is The most important thing that I want to accomplish right now? I’ve been asking myself these questions, many many times before.

So, instead of a long list for the whole year 2010, I break it down to month. I think that helps me to focus. Next, I need some straight forward tasks to complete.

1. 5% More dollar in my bank

   In case you don’t know yet, I’m trading part-time since 2004. Only recently I’ve been a bit aggressive about it and eager to make it big for me. For the past 3 months, when the stock market was good, I got monthly return of 15-30% for each of my trades. But this month is tough. The market is very volatile and against a strong resistance line. I guess 5% is fair

2. Achieve $20 a month in my Adsense

   Ok, there is nothing to brag about. I’ve been able to generate consistent income from Adsense since August 2009. I built this one website in 2008 but no Adsense ads on it. I was having Amazon affiliate products on but no sales.  With Adsense my monthly income fluctuated between $15 to $18 a month. That’s just one site. I thought of building more such sites then I thought why don’t I try to increase my marketing effort to see if $20 a month is possible. If not then, time to move on.

3. Microblogging everyday

   It may sound funny but that’s what I want to do this month. I’ve a Twitter account for a year. You can tweet me here and I love to chat with you. The point here is to make friends. I say friends not spammers. I know there is a lot of social media spammers out there, pushing and selling hard. I want to have a real, good buddy. If you are like me and would love to connect with me, do follow me @vincentyee.

Well, the 3 things to do in March 2010 seems fair and not too complex. I just follow the plan that I have and I’m going to write them down on my notepad.

On the first week of April, I will post my results and a new to do list for that month. Now I’ve made my commitment. You can always nudge me or give me a kick on the ass for failing to stick to the plan.

2010 Challenges: New Beginning

What are your 2010 challenges? Did anyone come up to you and ask you this simple question. Yet, it requires some knowledge and wisdom to answer. For me, 2010 year is a new beginning. The beginning of my career and my lifestyle.

Here is something hot from me , online marketing is still my core business. I’ve been heavily involved in digital marketing for a year now. I got moderate results. When I looked back at my spreadsheet, I noticed that I got a pretty good results in investment.

Then I thought, “Hey, why don’t I explore more about this.”

That’s right. I’m going to learn and acquire a new skill. Believe it or not, it’s not the money $$$ that measures your success, but rather how much you contribute. Contribute to the community and contribute to yourself.

Yes, you will be the happiest man on earth stuffing billions of dollars into your bank account but what is the use? You can carry it with you during your last hour on earth.

Instead of thinking what you can receive to make you happy, think about what you can do or contribute that makes you the happiest man on earth.

Here is the secret, those big earners are big Giver too! So, take some time and think about what you can give back to the community. Make others happy as you make yours.

2010 Goals

Welcome to Year 2010.

Many people will talk about their new year goals and dreams. I had thought about it too. When I looked back, I don’t think I’ve done enough to achieve my 2009 dreams.

Forever they are just dreams.

I realised that writing down your 2010 resolution or goals doesn’t really help much. At least for me. What is more important is the action plans and how I execute each of them accurately and swiftly.

I can have “I want to earn $10,000 a month by end of this year”, or “I want to get a new 2,000 sq ft house”. But that will not get me anywhere.

Don’t get me wrong. Setting your goal is important. But it is more important to have a strong reason for each goal and plan out some tasks to achieve your goal. I need a strong reason to motivate me to work hard on certain tasks.

I’m certain to achieve my goal if I work on these tasks on timely manner.

For example;

Goal – Earning $10,000 a month by Nov 2010.

Reason – Move to a new 2,000 sq ft house.

Tasks:

1. Develop new product in a new profitable niche market by June 2010.
2. Organize 3-day workshops and seminars. Twice each month from April~Sept 2010.

You can see that it is a combination of goal, reason and action that is driving us to a new height.

So, I’m excited to sit down and put down every dreams that I have at the back of my mind. Then the reasons I want those dreams and finally draw out a clear action plans.

Now, how’s you 2009 goals? What have you done to improve your achievement in 2010?

Love to hear from you.