Goals for 2012

I'm no Jim Collins and this wont be a post filled with BHAGs. Rather, I just want to lay out a few macro bullet points about what I'd like to accomplish over the next 12 months. This will be my acid tester. A little strip that I've placed out there for everyone to poke at...and maybe hold me accountable to.

Goals for 2012 {1-5 Corporate, 6-8 Personal}

1. Create a sustainable trade in the EuroDollar Future's market. Not just taking blind risk {e.g. "Let's buy that spread because it feels cheap."} instead, making educated assumptions on risk and return and trading it with a directional bias at all times.
2. Manage my electronic trading more efficiently. Whether that is my auto-traders, auto-spreaders, or just my click trading, I want it to be done with more streamlined efficiency. I want to be able to watch the code work as planned and react accordingly if something gets derailed. 
3. Profits: I'd like to hit the % break by the end of Q3 2012. This will require at more effort than I'm currently exerting and wont be an easy goal. If we can achieve this prior to Sept 30, 2012, I'll have a legitimate shot at a personal financial best for a fiscal calendar.
4. Grow as a team. I've mentioned that we're adding another member next week. My goal is that he doesn't make a dime for the first three months. REALLY. The last thing I want is someone that thinks they have it all figured out. However, I do want him to succeed, and to wildly pass even his personal goals and aspirations. This will only be possible it we {the three of us} can figure out how to work as a team and how to build each other up and not destroy the boat we're all sailing on. I want to be an integral part of that growth and mentoring.
5. Begin to ask the question(s) about what the next steps are. Do we expand in terms of personnel? Allow ourselves to take on customer funds? What is the next level of our trading experience? 
6. Write MORE. I maintain a couple of blogs and a pair of Twitter accounts. I want to make sure that I respect what's in me to write and actually put most of my thoughts {trading related} on here.
7. Continue running. Specifically, I want to run the Illinois Marathon {Champaign, April 27-29} in under 3 hours. That should allow me to qualify for the 2013 Boston Marathon. I also want to run Chicago, however, its too far away for me to pick out a finishing time as of now.
8. Finally, I want to do some type of educational growth in my life. Whether that is continuing education or a refresher course or perhaps heading back to school for some type of graduate work, I'd like to reengage with learning.

That's it. I'm sure there are a bunch more. However, as I try to distill them down to the macro themes, these are the ones that keep emerging. Hold me/we/us to them.

as a fun link, read this Jim Collins post...it just makes sense

~LH