Progress Review - November 2007

written by edavis on December 11th, 2007 @ 11:24 PM

November Goals and Actions

I was wrong about setting so many goals for November. Being booked solid, my time was spread to thin between my goals and my client’s projects.

  1. $7,000 in revenue

    Midway through the month, I found the only way I could hit this target was to either add another project to my workload or work 12 hour days. I decided to lower my target to $5,000, which I reached with a strong push at the end of the month.

  2. Planning completed on a free web resource

    I completed the planning but discovered that the offer wasn’t that good so I scrapped the idea for now.

  3. Finish all portfolio tasks

    Completed two more but couldn’t find the time to finish up the rest of them.

  4. Meet 5 new people

    I was introduced and met 5 new people, hitting my goal by midmonth.

  5. Get 5 new newsletter subscriptions

    My newsletter subscriptions have slacked off the past couple of months so I missed this goal by 3 people. I’m going evaluate the effectiveness of newsletters soon.

  6. Speed read at 750 words per minute with 70% comprehension

    Sadly, I couldn’t find any time to commit to this goal.

December Goals

With a lot of holidays and time off in December, I am going to use this time to finish up my current commitments and start some planning for 2008. The goals I selected for December are:

  1. $4,000 in revenue - Finishing up my current projects should generate close to this amount.
  2. Complete planning on my redesign - I am planning a major redesign for my business website the beginning of 2008. Yes that is why I was asking for web designers earlier.
  3. Meet 5 new people - I think meeting 5 people has been a good goal that I can accomplish each month.
Some lessons I learned from this month:
  • Track your commitments: Committing to too many things at once will cause you to fail at all of them. It is better to move slowly than to burnout.
  • Do what you love to do: If you are going to spend the rest of your life doing something, make sure you love it. Otherwise you are doing yourself and everyone around you a disservice.

Eric

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  • Joshua Clanton on December 19, 2007 @ 11:36 AM

    Ah. I wondered if you had something in particular in mind when you asked for web designers. :-)

  • Peter Chester on December 20, 2007 @ 02:23 AM

    Eric, I love that you are chronicling your business growth.

    I think there is much truth to your last statement, “Do what you love to do”. My dad always said, “get comfortable before you work.” He meant by that, that you should position yourself to enjoy what you are doing before you do it.

    For example, when i was helping lindsey out with her theatre company. They had 20 platforms to put together. They were going to sit on the floor and screw each platform together. Applying my dad’s words, I built one platform, and then put the pieces for the next platform on the first. That way i could stand comfortably while building. Standing comfortably made it a pleasure to work with.

    Seems like that’s whats so nice about RoR. It’s a platform that you can work with comfortably. Whereas a home brewed php project is more like working on the floor.

  • Eric on January 02, 2008 @ 01:09 PM

    Peter, exactly. It’s not just Ruby on Rails, any library that is well designed will help you work at a higher level (pun intended). I just love the expressiveness of Ruby and how easy it is to extend:

    
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