I’ve got a lot of plans and goals, but I’m having a lot of trouble figuring out how I’m going to attain them. I’m worried about the uncertainty, but I know that I have some very clear lifetime goals… knowing my destination should help me find the right path. Don’t laugh!!!
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Short-Term Goals (next 10 years)
There are several things that I would like to get done in the next few years. I have several academic goals, personal goals, professional goals, and physical goals. These are liable to change continuously, but they will always reflect progress toward my lifetime goals.
- Academic Goals – If I do go to grad school, I really want to go to Stanford and get an MBA. Currently, I would also like to learn more about US government and constitutional rights, just in case I want to pursue a political future. I’ve spent a lot of time staring at the governor’s mansion here in Austin, and I think I’d like to be there someday.
- Personal Goals – I would like to devote some time to self- improvement because it seems like all my time is spent meeting deadlines that someone else has come up with. I almost feel like someone else controls my destiny, and all my personal deadlines are always pushed back in favor of their plans. I want to make efficiency my most recognized strength. In order to be more efficient, I need to be punctual. I also need to control the number of simultaneous projects that I’m involved in…. perhaps by setting limits. Too often, I struggle balancing my projects and time. My spiritual goal is to find my theme song. Every show on television has a theme song, and it really defines who they are and their motivations. I believe that every person should find their theme song too… site subdomains . I’m still searching.
- Professional Goals – My Peace Corps assignment should give me some time (as it is a two year commitment) to think about a long term occupation. After the Peace Corps, I hope to either start a business or work as a strategic or net consultant (my skills may be 2 years out of date). No matter what I choose when I return, my heart is dead set on founding a successful company within this ten year time frame. I hope to someday teach as well or head up a national non-profit organization.
- Physical Goals – I plan to place in the top 100 at the Boston Marathon sometime in the next decade. I’m an avid runner, and I love the thrill of competition. I am also an avid fan of weight training, and I hope to at least achieve 3 sets-8 reps of 250 lbs bench by the time I turn 25. I want to max squat at least 3 times my current body weight, dead lift 5 times my mass, and have perfect abs. I have a long way to go!
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Lifetime Goals
For my lifetime, I hope to either:
- create the first true online elite university. I want to bring all the best professors together to teach at this university and have open admission to millions of students world wide. The cost to attend this university would be minimal, but the number of students would make the professors the highest paid people on the planet and all students would have the opportunity to learn from the best.
- create the ultimate internet think thank, where hundreds of people from around the world would be paid millions to sit around and generate ideas. “But Sandeep!” says you “What’s so special about that?” Well, this think tank would be completely open source. Along with the full time thinkers, millions of people could participate. The full time thinkers would have to go through an intense application process and would be paid via company offerings. They could share these offerings with people outside this circle who contribute to the full fledged development of ideas. The ideas would be offered to all those who were interested for free. The catch: implementation would be left up to the companies that pick up the idea.
- create an online portal that would catalog the products available in brick and mortar stores. Instead of waiting for a product to ship to you, you would be able to find it in a store near you. You would no longer have to call stores, or window shop. You could search for a product and within seconds find the closest stores to you that had it in stock… and you could either get a map to that store or have it delivered to you!!!
- become the first Indian-American Senator from the State of Texas… or maybe I’ll settle for governor. I’d want to chair the committees on environment, education, mental health, internet issues, and national security.
- become the head of a major non-profit organization such as the Red Cross, Peace Corps, America’s Promise etc.
- something else not on this list 🙂