One Year Personal Development Plan

Several years ago a friend of mine came back from an EO University and was raving about a session he attended where they built a one year person development plan. Naturally, I love these kind of things and asked him for all the details. The idea is straightforward, as expected, but incorporates numerical goals as well as specific habits. Most of the time people think of one year goals as “I want to make X dollars and lose Y pounds.” This methodology is useful because it incorporates those goals as well as more specific habits desired (e.g. I want a healthy marriage so one habit is having a date night once a week).

Here’s the plan template:

• Professional
  – Category, 2014 Achievements, Habits
  – e.g. My Startup, $1,000,000 in revenue, attend one entrepreneur event/month
  – e.g. My Income, $100,000, 50 cold calls/day
• Family
  – Category, 2014 Achievements, Habits
  – e.g. Spouse, Good marriage, Date night/week
  – e.g. Child, Healthy relationship, One adventure/bi-weekly
  – e.g. Vacations, Out of town, One week/quarter
• Community
  – Category, 2014 Achievements, Habits
  – e.g. Non-profit board, Donate time, Two hours/month
  – e.g. Donations, Give $1,000, One meeting/month
• Personal
  – Category, 2014 Achievements, Habits
  – e.g. Weight, 175 pounds, Run 10 miles/week
  – e.g. Learning, Reading, One book/month
  – e.g. Fun, Attend a sporting event, One event/quarter

So, dust off those recent New Year’s Resolutions and add habits to go along with the goals, as well as break things out into professional, family, community, and personal.

What else? What are your thoughts on a one year personal development plan?