Purpose

This tournament takes the champion from each category and pits them against each other.

Round 1

1.       Develop my own personal response to “how are you,” that while genuine, is not as shallow as “fine.” Also consider the answer to this question each morning, affirming how I am, who I am, and what I am here for. (SOCIAL)

2.       Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing. (SPIRITUAL)

Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing. (SPIRITUAL)

3.       Get pop out of my life. (PHYSICAL)

4.       Establish a monthly meeting with my wife to set up our budget, our calendar, and monthly goals. (ORGANIZATIONAL)

Establish a monthly meeting with my wife to set up our budget, our calendar, and monthly goals. (ORGANIZATIONAL)

5.       Make time each week to have an adult conversation with my wife and talk about what is important to us. (MENTAL)

6.       Learn how to fly an R/C airplane (OTHER)

Make time each week to have an adult conversation with my wife and talk about what is important to us. (MENTAL)

7.       Give away an increasing proportion of my income: Read the biography of R.G. LeTourneau (MATERIAL)

8.       Give away an increasing proportion of my income: Read the biography of R. G. LeTourneau (FINANCIAL)

Give away an increasing proportion of my income: Read the biography of R.G. LeTourneau (MATERIAL)

9.       Plan a week in 2011 to go somewhere new. Put in the calendar, and plan for it as a goal (FAMILY)

10.   Plan ahead for business finances: Create a dream and bare-minimum budget for C2IT starting from the point I’m at now and out for the next 12 months. (CAREER)

Plan ahead for business finances: Create a dream and bare-minimum budget for C2IT starting from the point I’m at now and out for the next 12 months. (CAREER)

Round 2

1.       Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing. (SPIRITUAL)

2.       Establish a monthly meeting with my wife to set up our budget, our calendar, and monthly goals. (ORGANIZATIONAL)

Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing. (SPIRITUAL)

3.       Make time each week to have an adult conversation with my wife and talk about what is important to us. (MENTAL)

4.       Give away an increasing proportion of my income: Read the biography of R.G. LeTourneau (MATERIAL)

Make time each week to have an adult conversation with my wife and talk about what is important to us. (MENTAL)

5.       Plan ahead for business finances: Create a dream and bare-minimum budget for C2IT starting from the point I’m at now and out for the next 12 months. (CAREER)

Plan ahead for business finances: Create a dream and bare-minimum budget for C2IT starting from the point I’m at now and out for the next 12 months. (CAREER) (BYE)

Round 3

1.       Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing. (SPIRITUAL)

Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing. (SPIRITUAL)

2.       Make time each week to have an adult conversation with my wife and talk about what is important to us. (MENTAL)

3.       Plan ahead for business finances: Create a dream and bare-minimum budget for C2IT starting from the point I’m at now and out for the next 12 months. (CAREER) (BYE)

Make time each week to have an adult conversation with my wife and talk about what is important to us. (MENTAL)

Final Round

1.       Establish a mentor relationship with Steve Pierce and meet with him on regular basis for prayer, advice, and simple sharing. (SPIRITUAL)

2.       Make time each week to have an adult conversation with my wife and talk about what is important to us. (MENTAL)

Make time each week to have an adult conversation with my wife and talk about what is important to us. (MENTAL)

Overall, this was definitely much harder to choose between options than the other rounds. Everything listed here is important to me. They already survived the first round of scrutinization as I looked at them by category.

When it comes down to it, what’s most important to me now seems to be building into my wife’s life, and building into my own. Perhaps that’s because I’ve spent so much time working this business over the past few months that while it still excites and drives me, I feel a lacking in those other areas. It may change over time, but for now, these guys win the battle.