My BHAG
August 7, 2009A BHAG is a Big, Hairy Audacious Goal – one that cannot be accomplished alone. I really and truly like that. As I’ve said before, I truly love reading Early To Rise. In the issue from July 24th, Yanik Silver was talking about ways to recover from, or avoid, burnout. One of his suggestions was to select a BHAG and just by doing so, you will find yourself moving forward and encourages everyone to grow.
I really like the idea, and it got me to thinking. Right now my business is myself and one other person who is really just learning about computers and the web. I like being small and being picky about who I work with as clients and as staff, but I really want to change the world. So, my first draft of my BHAG would include:
1. To motivate, inspire, and help 100 people that are on work release, probation, and/or with records to learn what they can do to work with the web to build web sites, help others, and find jobs.
2. To give hope, teach goal setting, and dream building skills to the same 100 people.
3. To give back to our community $1,000,000.00 through our donations.
Yes, that is a good first draft of my BHAG and I find myself really excited with the possibilities.
