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Happy New Year!

Let’s just hope that 2010 is better than 2009… which shouldn’t be too hard.

This is the time of year when people reflect on what they’ve achieved over the last year, what they want to achieve in the long run and what they need to do this year to make it happen.

For me I do that all year round so today is just another day when I’m working while most of the rest of the world is still asleep and/or nursing a hangover. That in itself brings me up to my one and only resolution for 2010:

To work less, earn more and get more done (and make more money) through passive and automated channels. So to start with let’s see how many projects and businesses I have on the go, which ones are currently yielding better results, which ones have (currently functional and potential) automation – then start looking through the 80/20 glasses. If you don’t know what the 80/20 principle is then I’ll put a link to a detailed explanation at the end of this post.

Current live projects:

Visiboost – Internet marketing services for small and growing businesses.

This is my main project and looking to explode in 2010.  So far I have automated huge amounts of the information gathering and compiling and have yet to automate a lot more and streamline current scripts and processes.  – Priority and yield – very high

Social Media Optimisation and Training.

Creating social media platforms (custom blogs and accounts with industry specific networks) and training businesses on how to leverage these for growth. No current automation in place but there is plenty of potential to automate the preparation and information gathering process. The training is done in-person and cannot be automated. Potential to also explode in 2010 and is currently yielding high results – Priority and yields – very high.

Foreign Exchange (FOREX) Currency Trading

Highly speculative and high risk currency trading that when done sensibly using correct money management and leveraging can yield consistently high returns. I won’t go into detail about actual systems but the overall strategy is to trade a system that is consistently profitable and execute a large number of small trades that risk no more that 3% of the account balance.

This can be automated using special programming languages that trade 24 hours. The goal is to develop a trading system that is no less than 70% successful and automate it so that each trade only risks 3% of the account and no more than 3 trades are open at any time.   Priority and yields – very high.

That’s probably enough to keep going until this time next year, however there’s more. These are probably just as important as the above priorities:

Play my guitar every day - even if it’s just for 5 minutes. maybe develop a learning plan/schedule and get some jazz/Latin lessons to structure learning and practice.

Maintain a steady exercise pattern – currently I do a 10k run every week, don’t let this slide for any reason. A nice ‘carry on’ resolution there. Exercise is a way of life not a resolution.

Produce an album of my own music – this is something I’ve started on and left under a (virtual) pile of papers. I’ve recorded tons of snippets of ideas, time to weave them together – collaborate with someone else if necessary

See more live music – Try and see some live music at least once every month.

New Years Resolution – Keep Going, Focus and Streamline

So that’s 2010 all planned out for Dot-Dash Innovations Ltd. Nothing new – just keep going, focus more on what’s working and ditch what isn’t.

I love the 80/20 principle – and so should you

Happy New Year!

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