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I bounce back and forth.
In and out of my comfort zone.
Thinking I know what I want.
Then changing my mind again.
I wish I could just lock into a set plan of action and stick with it until I reach the goals that I've set.
Instead I bounce back and forth, never making up my mind.
Let's just think about this for a second.
Let's write out all the possible outcomes of what I want to do, what I love to do, what excites the heck out of me to do, and what I really want to stay away from.
First off - Allow me to set up some goals for the future.
BE - This is all the things that I want to be in my life within the next 10 years.
1. An Executive Director with Pre-Paid Legal Services.
2. A $100,000 Earner with Pre-Paid Legal Services.
3. Happy / positive / excited about life!
4. Totally in Shape and Healthy!
5. Fluent in Spanish
6. A very well established and professional drummer.
7. A very well established and professional vocalist.
8. A very well established and professional guitarist.
9. A very well established and professional public-speaker / orator
10. A very well established and professional actor.
11. A very well established and professional film-maker.
12. A very well established and professional sound engineer / music producer.
13. An all around likable guy.
14. An established pianist.
DO - These are the things I want to do within the next 10 years
1. Travel to: Thailand, Germany, Japan, China, The East Coast, Buenos Aires, Ireland, Australia, Africa... etc, with at least 2 or 3 of my closest friends going with me at a time.
2. Tour the US with Brave Morry.
3. Complete 5 Full length professionally recorded albums.
4. Create a full length film about my life and the Sneaky John story.
5. Go to the Top in Pre-Paid Legal with Vince and My brother kice.
6. Fall in love.
7. Get married.
8. Have children.
9. Ride Dirtbkes again.
10. Attract other incredible musicians.
11. Rebuild the orphanage - attract fun, excited, interesting people.
12. consistently run 5 miles every day.
13. Switch to a 95% organic diet.
14. Impact the world for the better.
15. Allow God to use me in incredible ways.
16. Contribute a large part to building a church.
17. Build 3 orphanages in various parts of the world.
18. Support 100 peole per month who are living in poverty.
19. Throw incredibly large BBQ's / Parties for me and my friends.
HAVE - These are the things that I want to have within the next 10 years.
1. 2007 Acura TSX - Charcoal Gray
2. Honda CRF450 / silver with white plastics.
3. 5 bedroom semi-secluded log cabin.
4. Recording studio.
5. 24 inch iMac
6. Westhighland Terrier
7. Movie Theater
8. $200,000 worth of video production equipment.
9. A beautiful, loving, and caring family.
10. A team of creative, innovative, humorous, intelligent people to help me with my artistic ventures.
11. the $250,000 ring
12. Large in-ground swimming pool and BBQ
13. 20 different designer Rocky suits.
14. 20 different pairs of designer Levi's.
15. Jacuzzi
16. Sauna.
17. My own custom coffee house / venue... for hanging out and playng music.
18. Lasik surgery - Perfect 20/20 vision!
19. A magnetic engine car - 100% fuel free!
20. An iPhone ( whatever the latest is at the time)
The Plan - Effective IMMEDIATELY!
In order to achieve a lot of my goals, money will be a large part.
Rather than just sacrificing all of my artistic lifestyle and being a sell out to make money, I will have a dual focus on what will be making me money and what will allow me to get my artistic side out.
The Money Making Side
1. Teach Drums - 10 hours per week = $1,600 per month
2. Become and Executive Director in Pre-Paid Legal = $8,000 + per month
From here my Artistic Side's financial governor will be removed and I can pursue them freely
1. Learning all the instruments well.
2. Writing and recording incredible music.
3. Traveling with Morry.
The bottom line
I will get laser focused on my goals and I will meditate on them daily.
I will believe that I can achieve what I've set out to do.
I will make money in business, and fill my time thereafter with creative endeavors.
Short pain for a lifetime of gain.
- Fat Jame