Four years ago, if asked what were my ultimate goals, I would have sat scratching my head thinking of how to answer the question for hours. I did not know if there should be any perimeters or boarders set on such things as goals. I never wanted to go too far. I did not want people to take me as a dreamer rather than and actionist.
All of that stopped when I read Ted Turner’s article on success. He stated that a person who wishes to get anywhere in life, needs to set his goals so high that he would never reach them. Mr. Turner mentioned how people who set their goals low, end up achieving them and living the rest of their lives without any meaning. Taking Ted Turner’s advice I set my goals very high, so high that I would outgrow many people just by trying to reach them.
One of my goals is to create my own news network. I watch news everyday, and being informed of our surroundings and the world in general makes us all more versatile. I would want to create a news network that provides more information than its competitors. I would like to hire journalists who are not scared to take sides, over those who just report facts. My second goal is to become a CEO of a fortune 500 company. I believe that by achieving this status, I would know that every single day that I spent in school studying did not go to waist. In addition, having such a rank would put me in a position where I have to make crucial decisions, and take on responsibility that I so well desire. My third goal is to open up a set of hotels along with nightclubs all over the nation, and hopefully one day expand overseas. Since I was a little child I always wanted to leave my mark on the planet, and I think that this is one way I could do it.
With all of this said, my goals are obviously set higher than the typical standard of “realistic” goals. And that is how I wanted it. I am going to apply everything that I learned in school, plus everything that I will learn in the future to achieve these goals. I am going to take an extra year in school just to learn subjects that I was not required to take, just to make me a smarter person. I will work very hard to try to achieve these goals, and if I am not going to reach them, I am at least going to know that the journey was well worth it.
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Let say you are the owner of a news network, and I am an expert on a certain subject, I come to you and tell you I have a lead on a certain story, and I ask you would you be interested, you tell me yes. While you and your reporter agree to cover that story, you learn that the subject matter of the story involve investigation that your reporter have no technical knowledge of, then I come to you and tell you, "well, I am an expert in this subject, I can be your consultant and help you in your news investigation of this story, but only if you pay me a certain amount of money."
This is a big story that is affecting many people. Your competitors will also want to be the first to cover this story, however I am the only person who have the lead and I come to you first. If you do not pay me then you would not be able to cover your story. If you decide not to let me help you in covering the story, then I will go and give the lead to one of your competitors.
You are the owner of your news organization, what management step would you take to decide whether you want me to help you and give you the lead to cover the story, and whether you should pay me?
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