Khoa Bui - The Online Entrepreneur

After months of testing, building and refining, I’ve finally launched my new product called “The 3 Step Goal Setting System”

As you are probably aware, I’m a huge goal setting fan and I’ve been setting alot of goals and achieving them.

I built this easy to use system so that it can help people go from a goal setter to a goal achiever. One of the biggest problems I’ve found with various goal setting tools out there is that it depends too much on motivation which ends up fading in the long run.

My new system has enabled me to help me purchase my home by the river and fly me around the world all within a year. It’s worked for me and I hope it can work for you too.

Find out more here:

http://www.the3stepgoalsettingsystem.com

Today I’m proud to announce that I’ve been featured in LifeHacker Australia. Since I launched my video “The 3×5 Box Organiser Method” it has gained alot of responses and attention from the media.



I’ve been a reader of Lifehacker for a few years now and just in case you don’t know what LifeHacker is, it’s a huge website that provides quality information, tips, advice and strategies in improving your life. The website alone inspires hundreds of thousands of visitors each day.



I never thought the day would come when my face would appear in this great community website.



What I also find most interesting was this.



It was an idea conjured in my head. Implented in 1 day. I was not motivated. I only had a few hours sleep before hand. No planning. No preparation. A non perfect video.



On the flip side of this.



In the video, I pulled out the card that said “Just produce the non-perfect product and tweak later”



I had no idea it would be featured in a popular website!



Here’s the link:



http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2009/01/19/organise_your_life_with_a_3_by_5_file_box.html



Thanks LifeHacker!

Let me ask you a few questions:

• Do you have too many things to do but so little time?
• Do you find it hard to focus on your projects?
• Do you feel sometimes that you seem to have too many ideas but just never end up getting them done?
• Are you a great starter but a terrible finisher?

If you answered yes to the above questions, then you are not alone.



Introducing The 3×5 Box Organiser Method. This concept has been around for quite sometime and many successful people such as Dan Kennedy uses this method too!



I’ve been applying the 3×5 Box Organiser Method in my life and so far, I’ve received excellent results from it.



I found with personal experience that if I write down the things I want to complete on a digital file on my computer, I only complete maybe 20% of the tasks on the list, or sometimes I even completely ignore the document.



I was so inspired yesterday with an instant idea I congured up only 24 hours ago, to record a video that gives you “how to” information in organising your life - using the 3×5 Box Organiser Method. This method has helped me taken massive action in getting my projects done and also most importantly helped me focus on the most valued tasks.



I found that the 3×5 Box Organiser Method also helps you store various ideas on a physical database so it actually frees up your brain space so you can absorb more information.



Call me crazy if you want but I must admit, there’s something powerful behind this method and the act of physically seeing your idea on a single 3×5 index card activates some unknown force.



Anyway, I’ve recorded a 5-6 minute video on how to set up the 3×5 Box Organiser Method, how to use it and also a few examples.



Enjoy!

One of the most frustrating things you can ever do is simply have too many projects to do, starting them and never finishing them. Also, when you have too many projects, you jump from one project to another and end up repeating the cycle. As a result, you never finish the projects and end up where you started from… but a list of incomplete projects that costs alot of time and money in the process.


But there must be a better way to keep track and stay focused right? Yes there is. It’s called The One Page Business Plan.


This particular type of planning I believe is very important to setting goals and achieving them. Since I’m a big fan of goal setting, I’m always on the lookout for new ideas and techiniques to get me where I want to go faster.


I admit that one of my limitations is not that I don’t have any ideas, but that I have too many ideas to implement. So far, all of the projects that I have achieved and finished is only a minute fraction of all the ideas that I conjured up over the years. However, one of the biggest drawbacks of having too many ideas is that you can really get lost in the mist of things and you get busy chasing after the next shiny object.


You become an excellent starter but a terrible finisher. I’ve been there… many times. However, one thing I realised is that an idea that has been started and never finished is the same as an idea that never existed in the first place. The true antedote to this is focus!


The One Page Business Plan is a very effective way of keeping you focused and on track. To describe the one page business plan, there are three boxes:

• 1. Where am I now?
• 2. Where do I want to be?
• 3. How will I get there?

In the first box, “Where am I now” you describe exactly where you are at this current time in two separate headings “Strengths” and “Weaknesses”. For example, you can say you have excellent computer skills and know how to generate income online but in the weaknesses heading, you can write you don’t know how to build a website.


In the second box, “Where do I want to be?” you describe exactly where you want to be in 3 - 5 years. You also need to write down critical things you MUST have in place within 12 months. For example, you can write, I wish to live in a four bedroom, two bathroom, house only 5ks away from the beach, swimming pool where I can practice to become a professional swimmer. Critical - Need to get internet business up and running by the end of the year.


Finally, in the third box, “How will I get there?” you write 5 different strategies in which you believe will get you there. In each strategy, you have a separate box and write down the steps in which to achieve each of those strategies. For example, strategy 1: start an interenet business that generates income for me. Step 1. Research my passions. Step 2. Decide what I am good at. Step 3. Ask someone to build a website on what I am good at. Step 5. Write everyday to generate traffic to the website. Step 6. Setup affiliate products and my own products.


The great thing about the One Page Business Plan is that it’s all on one page and you can pin it up at your office or where you can see it often. Most importantly, it keeps you focused and on track to achieving your goals.