Comments on: Powerful Written Goal Statements For Lifestyle Design.

By: Why You Should Make Your Life Remarkable.

Why You Should Make Your Life Remarkable. — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:52:15 +0000

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By: joni

joni — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:54:06 +0000

But you’re supposed to write it in the present tense! Oops.

By: Gordie

Gordie — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:27:54 +0000

I love it. Let me know how I can help.

By: Antti Kokkonen - Zemalf.com

Antti Kokkonen - Zemalf.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:58:10 +0000

Now that’s what I call “a call to action”, force it with a name Anyway, great article, a lot to chew on to be honest. I was very inspired by Mike’s comment there, great plans, great goals and I’m sure those will fulfill. As for me…

It’s the new year’s eve 2009, my blog is getting 500 unique visitors a day and my 750 RSS subscriber list is growing steadily. My new email list is getting it’s fair share of the new visitors subscribed and I’ve built a free eCourse with loads of information to be delivered to anyone who subscribe to the list. I’m continuing to build relationships with fellow bloggers and Internet business entrepreneurs. 2009 was a great year, but 2010 will be a killer.

By: Gordie

Gordie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:22:31 +0000

Thanks Jimi, don’t forget to DM me your next post on Twitter. Looking forward to it.

By: Jimi Jones

Jimi Jones — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:59:22 +0000

Lots of chatter about this new site, Gordie. It really looks great, and as you’ve pointed out, no distractions.

I enjoyed this post and will be fine tuning my goals, as I’ve clearly been writing them for the future. Can’t keep doing the same thing and expect a different result

All the best to you.

By: Gordie

Gordie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:16:19 +0000

That sounds cool. Thanks, Nathan.

By: Nathan Hangen

Nathan Hangen — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:13:11 +0000

Great post and I like the simplicity of Thesis in this application.

As for my statement:

I walk into the local Barnes and Noble and see a hardcover copy of Beyond Blogging and casually stroll to the front to tell the cashier that I’m here to buy a copy of my own book. In the meantime, my blog has reached 1,000 visitors per day, my Webrepreneur’s Guides are selling like wildfire, and I’ve inked a deal for a 2nd book. I’m considering a move to cash in all of my web property and retire to the Caribbean, where I’ll write from the sea and spend as much time as I can with my wife and children while we travel the world.

By: Gordie

Gordie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:41:24 +0000

In regard to the URL, I think that at this stage, I’ll keep the gordierogers.com redirecting here. I really want to focus on making one blog really good. Cheers, Graham.

By: Graham

Graham — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:22:24 +0000

Nice post Gordie. I went to a Jack Canfield conference in 2007 and was told to do goals in the present tense with positive emotion attached exactly as Mike CJ has enunciated them here.
Re the namechange, is there no way you can divide your blogs with GordieRogers.com being a repository for feeds from here and other things you write, find interesting etc and also act as a backlink generator for the current site

By: Gordie

Gordie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:45:31 +0000

That’s awesome, Mike. I have a feeling you’ll get there. Good luck!

By: Gordie

Gordie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:43:53 +0000

Okay, then, but I’m still going to need to see a note from your mother.

By: Mike CJ

Mike CJ — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:28:53 +0000

Thanks for that Gordie – I didn’t know about the present tense thing, and I’ve now changed my goals to reflect it. Here’s my end of 2009 professional goal:

“Our two main sites are generating more than 40,000 page views a month, and creating an income of more than $8000 a month between them. I’m well established as a leading expert helping new and learning bloggers derive a long term sustainable income from blogging, and I work extensively with other well known bloggers. My new book (co authored with Nathan Hangen) Beyond Blogging has just been released and is generating huge web traffic and interest, and has sold more than 10,000 copies in it’s first three weeks. I’m planning trips in early 2010 through the US, then Europe, to both promote the book and to speak at various blogging related conferences.”

I also love the idea of “reading it out loud, whisper it, sing it.” As a way to make the daily mantras more interesting. I’m just trying to find the right tune………….

By: Robert Bravery

Robert Bravery — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 08:14:03 +0000

Goal statements always seem to change for me. I’ve never knuckled down to write any. Just kind of had them in my mind.
So let try and see if we can do this right.
I will get over my flu by next week. Does that count.
Seriously.
I will start cycling every day.
I will increase my blog readership by 20% by the end of the year.

By: Gordie

Gordie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 04:09:35 +0000

Thanks for the feedback, Chris. Because I eventually want to get up in the search rankings of Google for the keyword phrase “lifestyle design”, I thought it made sense to have the keyword in my URL. I believe that more people would search for “lifestyle design” rather than “gordie rogers” in the longterm. If I was confident I could have got top spot for “gordie”I wouldn’t have changed it, but unfortunately there is a ice hockey sports celebrity named Gordie Howe. He gets most hits for “gordie”.

BTW, I’m in China, so I an’t get onto blogspot blogs. I’d love to check your site out, but I can’t as long as I’m in China. Any chance of you moving it to your own URL in future?
Cheers, Chris!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:52:34 +0000

Gordie – your site looks lean & simpler. I like the colors, they mix well together & it looks ‘sleek’. Your content has improved dramatically. I liked the name – GordieRogers.Com, though (really catchy).

Keep it up!

By: Gordie

Gordie — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 02:07:29 +0000

Hi Paul, I can understand that in some ways.

Actually, the website is the same. http://www.GordieRogers.com now redirects to this address. I chose the new address, to help me get more relevant google traffic in the long term. It’s still about lifestyle design, blogging and entrepreneurship, but it’s just the name and look that have changed. I understand that when it was GordieRogers.com, it was more flashy and had more widgets. Some people like that. However, I made a conscious choice to lean towards a simpler, decluttered look to have less distractions for readers. It has also improved the speed of the site.

Thanks for the feedback though, Paul.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 01:54:00 +0000

I liked your other site better. Also, why did you change your address?

gordierogers.com was way, way better.