Goals

If I'm going to do this, then there should be a goal in mind at the end.. otherwise how can I measure if it was a success or a failure?

So the goals I've choosen are:

1. Higher performance rating than in my previous tournament
2. Higher percentage result than in my previous tournament
3. Higher position than in my previous tournament

This means I am aiming for:
1. Performance rating higher: was 1473
2. Percentage result higher: was 4/6 = 66%. Since it will be a 5 round tournament this means 3.5/5 or better.
3. Higher position: was 4th=

It is probably wishful thinking to expect that I will achieve all 3 goals so lets define my level of success as:
3/3 goals: Very successful
2/3 goals: Successful
1/3 goals: Somewhat successful
0/3 goals: Fail

Now let the training begin, and we will see what the result is in a very short time....

I'm not going to aim specifically for a higher rating, the rating system here is too slow (new lists every 6 months) - a better performance is a good goal. My rating is 1400, and should go up slowly as a result of better performances. Both my previous tournament and my next tournament are U1700, but the next one should be harder as it is more popular.

A list of my previous results, most recent at the top, oldest at the bottom:

(Performance rating, result, score)
1473, +2=4 -0, 4/6
1688, +3 =2 -0, 4/5
1580, +1 =1 -1, 1.5/3
1473, +2 =0 -3, 2/5
1249, +2 =3 -2, 3.5/7
1311, +3 =0 -2, 3/5
1370, +2 =0 -2, 2/4
1477, +3 =0 -1, 3/4