2019 OKRs

"I ain't in it for the fame, I ain't in it for the glory
I'm down to die for it, absolutely mandatory
Respect this hustle, respect this hustle" - Respect this Hustle, TI

​New year, clean slate. While I generally despise weak platitudes about “this is the year I want to get in shape” for new years resolutions, I fucking love OKR (objectives and key results) at work so I wanted to roll them out in my personal life. 

To see all my objectives and key results – check out this sheet. I’ll be updating the sheet once every 2 weeks for anyone that wants to track my progress. If I fail in any objectives, then I will fail publicly.

I’m not going to dive into the key results here but rather wanted to write out my objectives and insight as to why I choose them (for all of 2019 and then for 2019 Q1). If anyone else is doing personal OKRs, I'm looking for an accountability buddy so let me know (DM me on twitter @Dbrychcy).

2019 Objectives:
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• Level up my communication skills – I think effective communication is one of the most important attributes of great leaders, thinkers, friends, and significant others. I have mediocre communication skills and I am afraid that what I put out won’t be good. So to that extent I am going do force myself to communicate more in the hopes that it will help me communicate better. This means engaging more with communities I’m involved in (Farnham Street and start-up stuff in London) and pushing my boundaries (improv class, tweeting, more blogging). In the past 6 years I have crafted 1 (yes, one) tweet and written 5 articles on this site, in 2019 I want to have over 365 tweets and 50 blog posts.  
• Level up financially – I’ve been pretty blasé about my finances – which is generally good as a passive investor but it’s a bit of a mess right now. I have multiple accounts in multiple countries and its painful. I understand the power of compounding (though its power still astounds me), I want to be very deliberate with my finances and put myself on a path to success.
• Foster an aggressive growth mindset – I did a decent job last year with personal improvement (detailed here). I want to step it up another level and really push myself out of my comfort zone. This objective is all about learning, striving to be a better person, and becoming healthier/stronger/faster. 

2019 Q1 Objectives:

• Put myself out there – this quarter sets the tone for my communications target for the year. So I have signed up for an improv class, knocked 2 blog posts out, been active on twitter, and am going to do things that normally make me uncomfortable. I hope for this to continue.
• Get my finances in order – the most boring objective, but the starting point to leveling up financially. Going to consolidate and merge all my financial accounts and get my taxes for 2018 all cleaned up and done. Build a strong foundation.
• Epic Productivity – the most fun objective – this is essentially the things I want to be doing to “improve” myself. I’ll list my key results here as they are all fun, (1) Complete Codeacademy Python Course + build something; (2) Bike 50 miles in 1 day, run 15 miles in 1 day, swim 2 miles in 1 day; (3) Read 25 Books; (4) 10 Black ski runs; and (5) Complete a 5-day fast mimicking diet once per month

Looking forward to writing a lot more in the next year and hopefully not fucking up all my objectives too bad.