Goals Mark the Path to Success

1. What’s your goal? (Aka why do you want to dance?)
2. How disciplined are you? (If you make a plan, do you stick to it, or change the plan to fit your whims?)

If the answer to question 1 is, “I wanna make lots of money!” this person needs to learn a few key ideas before entering the industry.

Yes, you can make lots of money dancing, but “making lots of money” is not a goal. Next they’ll say, “Okay I want to be rich!” Still not a goal. “Ok, I wanna be a billionaire!”

Unfortunately, just as our educational system fails to teach financial literacy, it also fails to prepare our youth to create a structured life plan. A multi-millionaire, who has years of experience, hundreds of high powered contacts, and a track record of successful businesses and investments could conceivably become a billionaire.

For someone just out of high-school, with no experience, limited education, few high caliber contacts, and no assets, billionaire status is not even a dream. It is a fantasy. A fantasy that, for nearly every person on this planet, will never come to fruition.

Every personal growth book that’s worth reading will stress extensively the importance of setting goals. Goals help you achieve your dreams. Goals turn fantasies into dreams. They turn dreams into a plan of action. Goals allow you to break down big problems into smaller, manageable pieces. If you don’t learn how to set and accomplish goals effectively, you might as well buy lottery tickets.

You need to have an out. A light at the end of the tunnel. Go pick up any book on personal success and they all have one thing in common. Goals. How to set them, how to achieve them. Long-term and short term. A good exercise is to imagine your life without any financial limitations. How would you spend your time? Would you create and lead a charitable organization? Pursue an advanced degree in archeology? Think about it.

Many people fantasize about having so much money they’d never need work again. And they wouldn’t work. And they won’t ever have that kind of money either. The very wealthy find ways to make money doing things they enjoy. Yes, most held jobs they didn’t enjoy at first, but they leveraged this time into assets, knowledge, and experience that allowed them to proceed to the next phase of their life plan.

For the time being let’s set some simple goals.

1. Complete the course“Stripping 101”within 48 hours
2. Locate a potential club and book an audition within 7 days
3. Gather necessary equipment and supplies within 3 days
4. Read all articles in the“Advanced Topics”section before first shift.
5. Make at least $100 during first shift.
6. Take notes after shift about what you did right, what you did wrong, what you didn’t understand. Also list any pertinent facts about the club, customers, staff, etc that may come in handy in the future.
7. Registerso that you can participate in theForums. Create your own topic and ask any unresolved questions from your 1st shifthere.
8. Set up your phone to send/receive electronic payments within 14 days.(You’ll learn how later in Advanced Techniques)
9. Presuming you liked your first club, book a second shift within 10 days.
10. Earn at least $150 on your second shift.
11. Read at least 3 entries fromBetty Says
12. Download and install DreamCalcwithin 14 days.
13. Enter your data into DreamCalcand play with various scenarios of spending, earnings, and career length. Complete by day 21

These are some simple goals that will get you through your first couple of weeks. Most of them simply require the self discipline to start and finish simple tasks. Once you’ve completed these steps, you’re on your way to a healthy career and a life full of fun and achievement. Goals are so very important that we can’t stress it enough. The process of creating good goals and completing them are often the only difference between successful people and those who look back on life with regret.

Don’t worry, we’ll come back to this later and show you everything you need to know about goal setting and personal success. Most important is to get you up and running, making money quickly. You can learn rest of material ‘on the job’.