• Every quarter I set new personal and business goals for the next 3 and 12 months.

  • These are personal goals.

  • Business goals are in next week’s post.

• See more about my goal setting approach at the bottom of this post.

• I shared last quarter’s accomplishments 2 and 3 weeks ago.

My 2019 1Q 3 Month Targets (confidence level)

1. Objective: Be Fit

Key result: Recovery

Measures:

• 7 hours sleep daily (low)
• Wake without an alarm daily (low)
• Two athletic recovery days a week (high)

Key Result: Eliminate Unnecessary Stressors

Measure: Eliminate Chemical Stressors

Eliminate Medication

• Eliminate Allegra and Zyrtec. (low)

Eliminate Irritating Foods

• Eliminate gluten, soy, eggs, garlic, nuts, gums, black/green/white pepper from my diet. (low)
• Reduce seeds. (high)

Manage biomarkers with InsideTracker

• 100% in-range markers. (low)

Measure: Reduce Mental and Emotional Stressors

• Stay in the Landmark conversation. (high)
• Stay in the NMMG conversation. (medium)

Key Result: Return to running post-surgery

Measures:

Training plan — Since I’m basically beginning as a new runner again, I’m taking on Dr. Phil Maffetone’s aerobic approach to training while I increase my mileage and return to strength and power training (Wednesday workouts with Rogue Running).

Training schedule — Run/walk 4 or 5 days a week, 20 weekly miles or so: (medium)

• M 3-4 miles with strides
• T 3-4 miles or off
• W 4-6 miles progressively harder with the Rogue Morning Show
• Th 3-4 miles
• F Off
• S 8-12 miles
• Sun 3-5 miles

2. Objective: Adventure

Key Result: Undertake initiatives with uncertain outcomes

Measures:

• PNC contract extension beyond 2/22/2019 (medium)

3. Objective: Serve

Key Result: Serve Others

Measures: meet DylanCornelius.com OKR’s (low)

4. Objective: Impact

Key Result: Be Endorsed

Measures:

• Connect with PNC staff on LinkedIn (high)
• Connect with Judge staff on LinkedIn (high)
• Endorse PNC and Judge staff (high)

5. Objective: Sustainability

Key Result: Have no visible, unmanaged forward impediments

Measures: meet DylanCornelius.com OKR’s (low)

Targets for the Next 12 Months

1. Objective: Fitness

Key Result: Eliminate Unnecessary Stressors

Measure: Manage Physical Stressors

Location:

I’ll begin considering allergens and allergy symptoms in my vacation planning, as another test of how my home and Austin may be the greatest causes (I developed my extreme allergies, like many people in Austin, about 5 years after moving to the Austin area).

Measure: Eliminate Chemical Stressors

Irritating Foods — use elimination dieting to find offensive foods

• Cook 15 meals a week at home.
• Eat squash, potato, yam, white rice, quinoa, beans or lentils as primary carbs every day.
• Eat no manufactured foods or processed grains.

Measure: Reduce Mental and Emotional Stressors

• Increase perceived control by reducing reliance on monopsonist employers and their customers
• Work in organizations that operate by clear values and alignment
• Work with my ideal clients: people with clear goals and ability to focus, who are fun, inspiring, innovative, impactful, and committed

Key Result: Age-Group Triathlon Podium

Key Result: Qualify for Boston Marathon

• Qualifying Measure: 3:20
• Current Personal Record 2016 Austin Marathon: 3:45
• Best recent time/distance (predicted marathon time): 4 x 400s at 1:45 (4:49:00) November 28, 2018

2. Objective: Adventure

Key Result: Undertake initiatives with uncertain outcomes

Measures:

• Travel 2 quarters a year, anywhere in the solar system
• Bucket list
• Boston Qualification
• Time freedom (Increase discretionary time, including:)
  • Non-commuting days
  • Days with less than 2 hours of meetings
• Location freedom (time at discretionary locations, including:)
  • 12 weeks work at home
  • 14 free weekends
  • Travel twice annually
  • • 1 week in Oahu, Hawaii 4Q, 2018
  • • Little Rock tandem rally, 2Q 2019
• Multiple sustainable revenue streams (see DylanCornelius.com OKRs)
  • Passive income: Real estate investments produce money while I sleep
  • Sustainable business
    • Mailbox Money from Digital products
    • Property management revenues

Opportunities for You

Planning and Accomplishment

• Will you create resolutions or goals for 2019?
• How is progress on your current goals?
• Have you clearly summarized a recent quarterly or monthly goals update? Share it, and let the world acknowledge your progress!
• What structures do you have in place to support you achieving your goals?
• Could you use more support reaching your goals? Book a call with me. I guarantee you will leave our conversation with a breakthrough in your progress, for free, whether we choose to do business together or not.

Fitness: Get a selfie from the inside with InsideTracker

For More Information

• Dr. Phil Maffetone suggests eliminating unnecessary stressors in The Big Book of Aerobic Training and Racing.
• Ideal client description modified from The Prosperous Coach: Increase Income and Impact for You and Your Clients, by Steve Chandler and Rich Litvin
• More about OKR’s
  • Measure What Matters: How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World with OKRs, by John Doerr
  • Radical Focus: Achieving Your Most Important Goals with Objectives and Key Results, by Christina Wodtke
  • Make them uncorrelated: Shell is tying executive pay to carbon emissions. Here’s why it could create real impact

Photo Credits

• Green Yellow and Black Dart Board with Black Background: Photo by icon0.com via pexels.com. Link.
• Capsules: Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash
• Map: Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels
• Spiral freestanding calendar on white surface: Photo by Manasvita S on Unsplash. Link.
• Dylan and Sujata: Photographer unknown
• Person studying bulletin board: Photo by Startup Stock Photos from Pexels