4 Goals with Zig Ziglar and Seth Godin

I have just finished my first 3 months using the Seth Godin/Zig Ziglar goal setting system. I have been doing stuff roughly like this for years, but this has been very successful. My 4 goals for the first quarter of this year were

• Lose half a stone of weight
• Read a non fiction book a week
• Get 150 customers (more on that later)
• Get proficient at JavaScript

I managed to meet the weight reduction goal. This was probably the one I most wanted. It was not easy, but the system definitely kept me on track.

I read just over 8 books in the quarter. A bit short of the 12 I had wanted, but I got a huge amount out of them. I have removed this as a goal for Q2, but am going to keep doing this anyway. 

The 150 customers did not happen at all. I am developing a product which I had intended to be on sale in the middle of the quarter. However the development has taken longer than I expected. I am just finishing off the details at the moment, so no 150 customers for Q1. I am carrying this goal over though. Hopefully this time I can make it happen. 

About 2 months in I stopped the JavaScript goal as I was happy with the level I had achieved. I switched to Android development. I am happy that I got some benefit from this goal/s, but I need to be more specific about what I want from these learning type of goals in future. 

I will go through my new Q2 goals tomorrow.