Last night we went to see Up. It did live up to its expectations. The weird thing is I felt it was more of an adult, rather than a typical 3D kiddie cartoon flick. It was about an old man who promised his wife that they’ll embark on an adventure. And when his wife died, he decided to pursue the adventure and lived the dream of his wife. Pretty simple story but was definitely touching and inspiring.

Although it was quite farfetched, I somehow associated Up’s story with the inspiration I had upon seeing The Secrets. Again, the main thought was simple, positive thoughts and feelings results to positive endings. If you want something so bad, all you got to do is believe in it so hard that you can actually see yourself in it, touch it, and feel it.

So what’s in it for today’s post? I’m getting there. One of the tips that The Secrets has given is that if you have goals/dreams, write them down and each morning remind yourself that someday (you don’t have to worry how) the universe will eventually conspire and make those dreams come true (yeah, cheesy I know but I believe in it).

I still remember the very first job interview I had here in Dubai. Wore my black suit, fixed my tie in the mirror and said to myself, “I’m going to be big here in Dubai”. I don’t know if I was joking or was setting myself on a mission. I bet it was the latter.

In the spirit of lifting my dreams in a house hoisted up in balloons of hopes, here are my SEO wishlist that I’m hoping to achieve in the next 2-3 years of my career:

1. Achieve rankings, priority targets, and long-term goals for client projects of my present company.
2. Be an expert of one web metrics package (preferably Google Analytics).
3. Acquire working skills on web designing and development.
4. Be an expert of one CMS package (preferably Joomla or Drupal)
5. Be a trainee/junior of one of the top people in the industry. I wouldn’t mind if Rand, Aaron, Danny, Rae, Bill, or Todd will read this. Been dying to have an “Adopt-a-junior-SEO-to-train” kind of program. I hope this comes true.
6. Master the co-relation between SEO and Social Media. Have a concrete cause-and-effect map of SEO and SM processes.
7. Do a collaborative project with leading online media people in the Middle East.
8. Have a speaking gig at one related conference to the industry.
9. Acquire one long-term consultancy project to work with.
10. Enjoy a meaningful journey towards learning everything in the industry.

Actually the last one was kinda cheesy but I do hope I’ll enjoy the ride while learning all these things. You know the feeling that you’ll be somebody and go somewhere someday?

Well wish me luck folks…Oh any advice you would want to share for an aspiring kid? I need all that I can get.

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