65 goals for 2011 (Updated 12/7/2010)

I have started a yearlong mission… to accomplish 65 goals before 11:59 pm December 31, 2011

If you didnt see my last post please check it out... "A New Way to 2011"

I will be updating and tracking these so you guys can follow along! I will also be posting some pictures as well as my progress!


Green will indicate the goals I’ve completed!


Orange marks what I am in the process of completing!


So I give you my pledge:

 "I, Robert Cundiff will complete the below goals in order to be a more successful, healthy, upbeat, person. The goals are all relevant to my life as well as my families... I will not stray… Lets GET IT DONE!"

New way to 2011...

For years I had created vision boards, pictures of miles stones and achievements to remind me of the goals I set for myself.  Until recently, I didn't know how impactful those were... but, I have come to the conclusion that those were ultimately the key to successes I had experienced in my life...  Unfortunately, I have gotten away from them and as "the proof is in the pudding" goes, I have not been nearly as successful recently as I was in the past.

Did you know that 99% of Americans do not have personal goals that last past the second week of January? That's sad seeing that the goals are usually set the first week. 

The evidence that goals work and work incredibly well is irrefutable.

I read a story today that said:  In 1953, Yale did a study on their graduating seniors. They polled all of them to see who would be interested in a goal setting seminar.  Three percent of the seniors signed up and set goals for the three major areas of their lives: business, relationships, and health. They not only had specific goals, but they also had to know why they wanted it.

Perfection and Excellence...

It's been a few since I have wrote anything but, this morning heard something that I thought was brilliant and could not wait to share it with you all.

There's a great quote that's been attributed to Brian Tracy, Jim Rohn and others: "Ready, Fire, Aim!" At some point in life, we have to say it's "good enough" and take action.


At some point, we have to settle for "excellence" and go for it! I'm not talking about being sloppy or settling for mediocrity, but in most cases, excellence is good enough. Particularly if we are willing to fix our mistakes, learn from them and seek constant improvement, excellence is good enough.

iPhone improv... Really sweet video

I came across this video randomly messin around on youtube (what's new).  Anyway I thought you all might enjoy it!


Out...Cundiff

Sports Illustrated Nonsense... "The Bronze Age" (Updated)

"The Bronze Age?"

I have hated Sports Illustrated since the days of the "Jordan Feud", with that said I came across an article from SI in a Blog that I follow pretty consistently the other day. The basic premise of SI's article was how we prop up athletes quickly, build statues too soon, and glorify them as if they are hero's or more than that…"gods". The article goes on to talk about how only after 4 years of college we celebrate an athlete, or only after one contract year are we put coaches in the highest ranks. Well, correct me if I'm wrong but, doesn't the NCAA only allow an athlete four years of eligibility? These are not lifetime achievement awards for players, they are memorials of what they did while at that school. College players impact hard and fast, and if a college player stands out so much (in the case of Tebow) then really how long until a university or boosters prop them up? I'm mean Tim Tebow is only one of the top 5 college football players of all time.
Lets talk about the coaches... if you win a National championship, in Sabans case 2, or coach your team to one national championship game after another like Stoops, then, yes I think that the coach can be "glorified in a Sports sense" all they want, and as soon as they want.

Random thoughts in life's journey...

It's funny, I often times try to compare the state of my life as a 21-year old attending college and a 30-year old parent positioning my way through life... Each experience being accompanied by a certain degree of uncertainty about the future. At 21, I had hooked up with more than my fair share of girls, but I didn't know the first thing about dating, relationships, or real love (even though I thought I did). I had plenty of friends, but I didn't know anything about actually socializing. I'd never held down a job, and I didn't know squat about working. At 21, I knew absolutely jack-shit.

Well at 30, I still know jack-shit, but I know that I know jack-shit. Do you follow? In the 9 intervening years, I accrued experience and humility at approximately the same rate...

My Sphere of Influence...

Sometimes when I'm chatting with friends (like right now) I wonder about the sphere of influence that I have on them.  I'm not trying to say that I think I'm all amazing or full of awesomeness but, rather the crazy places life brought me to, and the actual affect I have had... the groups of friends, scattered across, whom I've had the privilege to meet.

On some level, a apart of me, the dreamer I suppose, feels that there is definitely a greater purpose to this... that perhaps, I may play some key role that allows me to connect with people from all over and influence them maybe just a little (maybe in the smallest way... just enough to gain thier curiosity), and not in a match making sense, although I hear there's a lot of money in online dating.

I suppose on one level, I might seem like a really confident and very forceful person in my opinions, but anyone who really knows me, knows that over the years I have really settled down and thats possibly because, believe it or not, I have seen myself screw up a lot, especially in the past few years here.