About 85% of people don't have these plans. The other 15% tend to be dramatically more successful; and the 5% with the most clear and complete plans are the most successful. Here's my start.

90-Day Goal

• Be back in touch with all my nutrition contacts
• Be participating regularly in Toastmasters
• Be married!
• Have a couple of good, small consulting clients
• Be pitching at least one big consulting client

One Year Goal

• Host a monthly dinner party
• Have a long list of big clients I'd love to pitch
• Have a consulting company that gets me in front of exciting startups, and gets me developing exciting new products.
• Be involved in either one charity activity or work closely with USC Marshall

Three Year Goal

• Have taken 2 incredible vacations
• Start taking photography classes
• Start a family
• Buy a house
• Have contributed meaningfully to launching two important ventures
• Be involved in at least one charity activity

Five-Year Goal

• Turn my house into a home
• Be getting my hands dirty with a fascinating business opportunity, either as an entrepreneur or in an exciting company
• Be on a charity board

Ten-Year Goal

• Have a happy family
• Have a happy home
• Have a growing company, or the opportunity to sell a stable company
• Be on a major charity board and a business board
• Be thinking about what I want to teach, and where
• Have had a show of my photos