As we enter 2009, one important step is to review your successes of the previous year.  My wife and I had a wonderful and full 2008 and are looking forward to more in 2009.  Below is a list of some of my important accomplishments and goals that I achieved in 2008.  I share this not to impress you, but rather to give you a picture of the types of things that you too can do!  You can achieve more than you imagined in 2009.

Travel:

• Lived for 4 weeks in Istanbul, Turkey
• Vacationed on Mediterranian in Turkey (article)
• Visited remains of ancient Ephesus & Heirapolis
• Vacationed in Prague, Czech Republic
• Visited Krakow, Poland
• Walked on the Great Wall of China
• Olympic games in Beijing (article)
• Vacationed at Wisconsin Dells with family

Business:

• Had Public Launch of Success Professor blog (article = Lessons From my First Two Months Blogging!)
• Registered domain name, changed hosts, grew audience
• Averaged over 100 visitors a day by December
• Over 750 RSS subscribers
• Grew home business affiliate program by over 30%, even with four months off
• Earned over $10,000 from home business affiliate program

Volunteer:

• Served on leadership team of growing church
• Conducted full audit/update/ turn around church financial data

Work:

• Submitted, had accepted, and presented an academic paper at a professional conference
• Visited Bangladesh and set up student internship program
• Continued blog for my students
• Taught my two largest classes ever
• Grew my program to be the third largest at our school

Personal:

• Lost 14 pounds (article on how I did this coming soon!)
• Paid off 15% of mortgage (article on how I did this coming soon!)
• Paid off student loan
• Read 21 books (see my top 10 books)
• Entered a fishing contest and won 3 of 10 categories
• Saw the musicals: Wicked (article), Cats, and Hairspray
• Caught a Master Angler Carp (prize winning size fish)

Most Important!

• Expecting a baby for end of April!

Top Posts of 2008

10 Easy Steps to Get Started with Twitter
6 Steps to Plan Your Week For Success
Simplify Your Budget
Start Your Day with a Power Hour
You Must Fail – 6 Lessons from Michael Jordon

Thank you all for your support!  Help us start the new year by Stumbling your favorite article, and recommending this blog to your friends!

Happy New Year!

The Success Professor – Danny Gamache

Tags: Accomplishments, Blogging, home business, Personal Development, success, Travel

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