A few months back I was out in NYC meeting with some great young minds, and it was there, in that SoHo loft, I heard about "The Speedboat Theory" for the first time. I'm going to attempt to share this concept with you, and if you have any questions – please just leave a comment, because I'm interested in what you have to say about it.

First you take all your goals and dreams and define the one goal that if attained can enable success in all areas. Make sure it is a goal and not a dream, because goals are attainable and measurable, dreams generally are not. Here's an example..

Let's say your list of goals looks something like this;

• Put 2 kids through college
• Travel 5 times a year
• Buy a bigger home
• Have more time with family
• Drive a nicer car
• Double your business
  
• Learn a language
  
• Get more exercise
• Make Jenny from the third grade eat her words

The idea is to decide on the one goal in the list that can make all the others attainable.. Naturally, being a self admitted chronic entrepreneur I'd select "double my business" and I'd focus on that. Doubling my business would allow me to have the resources in needed to attain the material possessions, and doing it successfully would include having the time freedom to do the other things as well.

I know what you're thinking, and money isn't always the answer. 5 years ago I might have inserted "moving to Buenos Aires" where "double your business" is on the list.. By moving to Buenos Aires I'd slash my living cost and be in an environment more susceptible to what I want to accomplish.

Anyway this is just an example but you get the picture. You take that one goal and sit it down next to you in your speedboat. Then, focus on getting that boat to where it's going as fast as possible.

Summed up in one sentence, The Speedboat Theory goes like this; If your metaphorical speedboat is charging for success, all your dreams and goals will manifest in the wake.