My Personal and Business Goals for 2026
- Donald V. Watkins
- Jan 1
- 1 min read
By: Donald V. Watkins
Copyrighted and Published on January 1, 2026
I always use the month of December to finalize my personal and business goals for the next year. Here are my goals for 2026:
Exercise my mind for 12 to 14 hours per day. I like to achieve this goal by: (a) working with my talented business partners around the world to advance the progress we have made on our commercial-scale infrastructure projects, (b) writing and publishing articles and commentaries on my digital news media platforms, and (c) interacting with industry trendsetters and pioneers.
Ramp up my lifelong preventive medicine protocols and routines wherein all major systems of the body and brain are examined by the most accomplished physicians twice per year.
Close one major AI deal in January, one major waste-to-fuel deal in Casablanca, Morocco in June, and one major waste-to-fuel deal in Tangiers, Morocco in September.
Complete a multimedia partnership deal in March/April. This will allow me to create and executive produce Netflix-quality films and documentaries of personal interest to me.
Expand my work in the CalExit project.
I wish each one of my readers good luck in implementing his/her personal and business goals in 2026.
After seeing #4 on your list of personal/business goals for 2026 -- I wanted to mention to you, that about a year ago, I met someone at the Miami airport who had read your articles on Southern Company. This person said that they really learned a lot from those articles and said that they should be used as inspiration for a television show about the utility/energy industry. They said that even though the context of what you wrote about included serious allegations, the way you wrote about it was very entertaining, like a TV writer. Just wanted to pass that along. Enjoy your articles and wish you success with ALL your goals for 2026.
I'm grateful for your frankness in sharing your personal goals, but surprised at your plans to "close a major AI deal in January" when the great Paul Krugman seems convinced that it's just another tech bubble, also doubtful about the CalExit project, but I love the film/documentary idea, here's the Krugman reference: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/technology-bubbles-causes-and-consequences.
Warren Buffett retired yesterday at age 95, leaving behind a $1 trillion legacy. I am 77-years-old and plan to retire at 90. At this juncture, I can outwork and outthink most people who are younger than me. My ultimate goal is to become the sole owner of one of America's 32 NFL teams. I want to achieve this goal for my parents, my siblings, and the teachers in the small all-black laboratory school I attended as a child on the campus of Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama. I have plenty of time, resources, experience, and opportunities to reach this goal. No event or person will stop me from reaching this ultimate goal.
on CalExit, I say Go For It and Good Luck. US politics has devolved into Bribery and Blackmail, both in service to Late-Stage Capitalism. I don't see either party trying to change that. Offhand, I don't see much that the US has to offer Cali.