Q2 CDC Day 51

6p - ...

6:15p - 7:15p: Obj.Account (3/3)

Q2 CDC Day 49

8am - 9:45am

Memorial Day!

08:00 - 09:30: Obj.1.2c3 (17/8)

Q2 CDC Day 48

9am - 4:30pm

09:00 - 10:00: Day planning, break, setup, meditation.
10:00 - 11:00: Obj.1.2c3 (11.5/8)
11:00 - 12:00: Obj.Su.Lunch (4/8) ; med2
12:00 - 01:00: Obj.1.2c3 (12.5/8)
01:00 - 02:00: Obj.1.2c3 (13.5/8)
02:00 - 02:30: Break & med3
02:30 - 03:30: Obj.1.2c3 (14.5/8) - script editing (per below)
03:30 - 04:30: Obj.1.2c3 (15.5/8) - audio recording (per below)

Script / Audio Rec Advised - in middle of value leader video 1

When it gets to the counting sheep thing, between the chart, idea, and examples, it gets very dense in content.  There needs to be slightly more to the breakdown to segway the concept to the examples "I like to watch documentaries".

So it should be like, 

current:

CONCEPT - counting sheep to fall asleep doesnt work, im saying count sheep to stay awake.  

new:

Of course, I'm just using sheep to illustrate an example - you can use ANYTHING that will hold your attention.  As long as you pick the right kind of activity, it will work.

That being said, if you choose the WRONG activity, it won't work at all.  If it's not interesting enough to hold your attention, you'll end up thinking about all the normal stuff that keeps you awake.

If it's too interesting, you'll get too engaged and the activity itself will keep you awake.

So you have to choose an activity that is you can enjoy enough to stay focused on, but not quite enough that you'll stay focused on it without effort.  With things that are more boring, like counting the dots on your ceiling, you'll want set goals that you can get engaged with.  With things that are too exciting, like a nature documentary, you'll want to lower the volume and dim the screen brightness causing you to strain slightly to stay focused.

Personally, ...

This is a debated topic since experts agree LED screens damage sleep, which is why I have an auto-sleep feature so the TV shuts off after 30 minutes.

Next Up

So I've written the script and recorded the audio for the next round of additions.

Next up the audio has to be edited down.  There's 3 renditions already on the MAGIX @ the end, plus an extra optional addition for the "personally, ..." + the documentaries thing if you so choose to use either or both.

Then put it into the main mix and continue as normal.

AWS S3 Granting Access to Others

Use AWS' "IAM" Feature.

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/walkthrough1.html#walkthrough1-add-users

Q2 CDC Day 45

5p - 6:15p

05:15 - 06:15: Obj.1.2c3 (10.5/8)

Next Steps for Mental Mastery & aNLP

Finer & Finer Distinctions Are Needed

Find Jack Canfield's CD.

As you know, the mind is very complex, and so is mindfulness.

The more complicated something is, the more you need finer and finer distinctions.

More techniques, skills, values etc are required to excell.

Trash and folders is a technique and skill.  Absorbing is a technique and skill  Knowing when to use each is an understanding.  

Mastery of Mindfulness Means Conquering FLOWING Thoughts

My mindfulness sessions and hands on to the point where most of what i am observing is also very much my own construction.  Its very inception-y in the sense that i am creating and observing simultaneously.

The issue is, since its created by the meditation, once i leave its hard to keep it going as i have not been observing a natural flow of thoughts.

My goal is mastery with the natural flow.  So there needs to be a dramatic change in my frame on this.

Frame Change: How well you hold on is NOT the key.

THE KEY IS IN THE SNAP BACK.  "Catch & Take Control"

The most important aspect of mindfulness is snapping back often and being able to really gain wide control and awareness when you do.  But this can be 10 seconds or 10 minutes, that is less important because it WILL VARY based on the circumstances.

For instance, if you need to be very creative, you almost are REQUIRED to get lost in thought to some degree.  If you want to hold on, then you've at the very least got to look at a whole new way of doing that.

Frame Change: Value "Good Catch, IF" 10 to 1 Over Your "Grip"

This all means that there will be a lot of catch and release.  It means i can be scared to get lost for 5 minutes, and i cant be upset with myself for that.  It means i have to be more highly valuing the catch and snap back and continually looking forward, without car for how or why i got lost, how long, etc.  

Just gotta focus on getting more and more catches and more powerful focus upon snap back.

Moving forward, the only way I see to progress is to compare mindfulness to sight, due to the limiting qualities of trying to be 100% in the moment.

Its slowing and difficult to think when you are staring down every thought as it enters your mind the same way its almost impossible to win a fight while staring at a single point.

You have to bob and weave and use your vision as much as necessary to know whats going on, where the next punch is coming from, where the opening is to hit the guy... but you need to look around and cover up and allow your head to move to win the fight.  100% staring would not be competitive.

This is where the 20% attention to thoughts come into play.  Its been a debate due to the misnomer that mental mastery = >50%.

If mental mastery is about >50%, then were talking about an entirely different continuum.

Continuums:
-% of focus on the object.
-% of time with some degress of focus on object (aka % of the time you are thinking and KNOWING that you are thinking as Sam Harris puts it.)

Mental Mastery would then be about:
-the right amount of focus for each object.
-aware of the majority of objects.

This is just the first advanced distinction.  More than likely, additional distinctions will be needed for mental mastery.

So its important to understand the principal of comparing mindfulness to sight.  Thats how this distinction was derived and it may be very helpful in determining other distinctions moving forward.

Another distinction: "Snapping back" = bobbing and weaving.

The better you bob and weave, the better youe chances of winning right?

Similarly, when you have a powerful line of thought, you dont want to slow it down by trying to stare at it.

This concept right here is being produced with very little staring at the thought process.

So snapping back is not just a rule of thumb - its actually how to progress and how to achieve mental mastery to some degree.

The more you can see the thoughts, choose one, let it take the focus, and then snap back to awareness as soon as its helpful again, the better.

So its about see thought, let thought guide me with minimal awareness, then snap back once the next thought comes on and decide whether that one should guide me or be absorbed with a stare down.

Thats where it gets tricky.  But the principal is to catch as much as possible and want to drop % awareness sometimes and increase at other times.

Embracing & Absorbing vs. "Trash Can & Folders"

Absorbing everything is not smart.

That's only half the equation.

Most thoughts are random nonsense and can be disregarded as such immediately.

The ones that are persistent need to be absorbed.

Acid test may be "do i need to learn to work with this?  Will it be back if i try tossing?  Is it persistent?  Sticky?"

Start observing stickiness and make use of the "trash can and folders" again.  Both are tossing the thought aside.

Folder trashcan is a solid mindfulness tool.  It was more or less forgotten and replaced.  Now a days, i absorb.  These are TOTALLY DIFFERENT tools by their nature, so they play into mindfulness very differently, and they are both important.

It goes something like this:

Simple, half awareness noticing thoughts as they flow by, and not interfering = majority of the time.

Tossing thoughts into trash or into folders = majority of the minority.

Absorbing thoughts with mindfulness = minority of the minority.

It's time we reviewed the principals of mindfullness - I think you'd understand them better now and they'd guide you forward at this point.  Find Jack Canfield's CD.

Why Reprogramming Should Be At The Forefront - Intel NEEDED

Its not at the forefront like it should be.

It should be coming up as a solution every time i get stuck.

I dont even recognize when im getting stuck.

I write emails and delete the drafts and then write another email without really stepping in and modifying the programming.  I could instead change my mindset to be far for powerful.  If I asked what would cobey do? You can see how that could transform my behavior.

Transformation.  You need to become a mental transformer.  But youre laxking some intelligence here.  Take some time to think about HOW to so this in the practical sense.  Its not as simple as saying i gotta do it or putting in a reminder.

Q2 CDC Day 44

5p - 7:30p

-Software quote - Eric's boy
-Random lighting quote for 103k - guy u txt'd

Q2 CDC Day 43

5:30p - 6:45p

05:45 - 06:45: Obj.1.2c3 (9.5/8)

Q2 CDC Day 42

6p - 7:15p

06:15 - 07:15: Obj.1.2c3 (8.5/8)

Q2 CDC Day 41

9am - 6pm

09:00 - 10:00: Obj.Int.Setup (8/7)
10:00 - 11:00: Day setup and meditation
11:00 - 12:00: Obj.1.2c3 (3/5)
12:00 - 01:00: Obj.Su.Lunch (3/8) [10 min med]
01:00 - 02:00: Obj.1.2c3 (4/5)
02:00 - 02:30: Obj.1.2c3 (4.5/8) [Obj.1.2c3 granted 3 additional hours]
02:30 - 03:00: Break and Meditate [5 min med]
03:00 - 06:00: Obj.1.2c3 (7.5/8) [this is going to take a LONG time]

NOTE: Can use blog post for ROARS Mindfulness, don't need separate pad

NOTE 2: Script AND Product name change: JUST "GUIDE", NOT "VIDEO GUIDE"

Slides

-Need to make sure audio editing completed first right?

 -not necessary...

1. Get to slides

-What needs to be done with audio editing before i even start slides & why?

-Audio is close enough that it is ready for slides.

-This will also help fine tune edits - if i missed a repeating sentence, its caught when i put in the slide
   -Also, this way I dont need to have script open, as slides will show where I am, making all editing easier.

2. Figure out how to do slides

-Color theme to match web
   -will final web be white?
       -go with standard blue and orange theme.  Works and saves time,right?
          -yes.  fuck it.  web theme will adjust to fit the blue and orange theme later

-Working with animoto:
  -slides will NOT match up perfectly, just get them close so they snap in by using the time clock from your main editor
      -this is also 100x faster than trying to "preview" every slide... that would take FOREVER.
           -EVEN LIKE THIS, IT STILL TAKES 2X+ LONGER than the traditional slides method, since these slides are set to the AUDIO, not the script (the can't be edited much once rendered.)

-animoto tricks you into see "white space" that does not exist in storyboard mode.  see preview to clear this one up.

3. Preview & Evaluating how to do them right
-First mistake - this is not a simple copy and paste of the text.  That's BORING.
  -Even if you change the slide style every time, it won't be great.  It'll just be oddly hooking

-Rewatched X video - they are using WAAAY less words.
  -Basically...
     -Only a couple of highlighted words (selling points)
     -Diagrams and very basic images illustrating their idea (explaining with both pictures and words)
     -Thought out "PRESENTATION" of material.
     -Power-point style of .... wait... did you say... power... point..................
        -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Kr2oEwNsoM
           -Little "Jaimie loses his shit" freakout occurs.
              -Bro, the text effects aren't exactly "standard power point" and it's not like you wouldn't have to make your own pictures anyway.  That'd STILL be the hard part, dummy.  Calm down.

 4. Re-framing: Think of it as a presentation, or a "show" - look at it again using the above (first three points, not the powerpoint shenanigans.)

Put into practice... it takes FOREVER... but GRABS ATTENTION like no other.  AIDA FOR REAL.

Effective Immediately: Frame Integrity & "Showing up on time"

Showed up for morning ritual?

Only gets a "Y" if you are following schedule within 15 minutes (ex. Sunday: wakeup is 7:30 - only pass if on schedule by 7:45.  7:47 is NO GOOD!)

Showed up for workout?

Only gets a "Y" if walking through gym entrance doors BEFORE 3:38pm.

Showed up for all meditations?

Only gets a "Y" if final meditation is started BEFORE 6:08pm.

Showed up for CDH?

Only gets a "Y" if either blog post or meditation is started BEFORE:

-SUNDAY: 9:08am and didn't stop before 2pm.

-M-TH: 5:08pm OR 6:08pm (rule is 5pm unless a switch to 6pm is determined in advance.)

As far as CDH integrity, as long as you work an hour, you get a Y - 100%, no half-credits.  It's pass or fail.  Doesn't matter if you do it midnight to 1 in the morning -- the only consquence of this is that FRAME INTEGRITY takes a hit.

This way, I am switching to a more sensible system.  Instead of doing the confusing "I worked 12 hours, but only get 50% 'integrity' because I showed up 8 minutes late", I am doing the "I worked 12 hours and obviously got the "PASS" on the integrity for 'doing what I said I would do', however I didn't keep to my schedule so a got a "FAIL" on integrity for 'showing up when I said I would'.

Switching from a single, convoluted system, to a checks and balances SET of systems that work together in a way that makes perfect sense and doesn't cause issues.

"DO NOT WANT" Troll is a problem on Sundays

Q2 CDC Day 37

6:00p - 7:00p

06:00 - 07:00: Obj.1.2c3 (2/5)

Q2 CDC Day 36

5p - 6:15p

05:15 - 06:15: OBJ.1.2c3 (1/5) - Editing

Three days in a row?? Will you LOOK AT THAT!

Q2 CDC Day 35

06:00 - 07:00: OBJ.Int.Setup (6/6)

Q2 CDC Day 34

9:45a - 3:30p

First up is the goals and objectives.

By this I mean REALLY START BACK UP the entrepreneur game.

Meaning "How To Cure Insomnia" business engagement.

I want to get back into this so I am to start with an hour of this:

1. Figure out where I am, what's been achieved.
2. Where am I trying to get to?  What do I want to achieve?
3. If I were to guess at it, what does the path look like from here to there?
4. Once that's all been figured out, come back to this blog post and plan the rest of the day.

10:00 - 11:00: OBJ.Int.Setup (5/6)
11:00 - 11:30: Break
11:30 - 12:30: OBJ.Su.Lunch (2/8)
12:30 - 01:30: OBJ.1.2c2 (1/3)
01:30 - 02:30: OBJ.1.2c2 (2/3)
02:30 - 03:30: OBJ.1.2c2 (3/3)

Objectives and Goals

The point is to say what CAN AND SHOULD be achieved this quarter.  Plot those goals out and ACTUALLY achieve them.

1- Where am I?

The setup and foundations are done, but the content is just beginning.

-Server work was completed, URL and setup is good.
-Webtools are legit, wordpress is working well, design work is mostly done.
-Outline for what needs to be done is straight forward and setup to progress quickly to the money.
-Studio for good sound quality and quick editing is setup.
-Program & methodology for producing entertaining slides is setup.
-Video script is done

2- Where am I trying to get to?

I want the content all done by October 1st.

-The 19 objectives.
-Website / funnel works great.
-Product can be purchased by anyone and it's LIVE.

Birdseye - I just need to finish this first video, get it perfect and online, and then setup the funnel.  Then I have to clean up the products a little.  From there, once people can buy, start selling.  Once sales are up then clean up the products more.

3- What does the path look like from here?

See "LAUNCH OBJECTIVES" file in ROARS

Q2 CDC Day 29

430p - ...

LEAF After LEAF today

04:30 - 05:30: OBJ.LEAF1 (1/2)
05:40 - 06:40: OBJ.LEAF1 (2/2)

Q2 CDC Day 27: Momentum Sunday

12p - 5p

12:00 - 01:00 - motivational hour
01:00 - 01:30 - transfer of funds from chase card to BoA card.
01:30 - 02:00 - snack/break and meditation
02:00 - 04:00 - Obj.Account (2/3)
04:00 - 05:00 - Fixing mint stuff

Next Up

Next I need to do SETUP - Determining objectives.

From here, the steps to take are just about choosing objectives.

Momentum Sunday

This is "Momentum Sunday".

Q2 took a pretty big hit with weeks of helping Mom followed by a couple of weeks either trying to help Sarah or being too stressed out to work.

Now I am in a tough spot of essentially needing to jump back into Q2 as a fresh start of building consistent discipline since it's fallen apart.

However, due to the REAL CONSEQUENCES, it is essential that I not only do this now, but that I do is extraordinarily well.  I need to rapidly build discipline to get back to the forefront of the limits that I've stretched my comfort zone to in the past so I can stretch it farther.  I need to get to size 5+ avg, 80%'s avg, and at least 200-300 hours of ROARS work achieved, as well as a launch achieved, within the next 7 months.  That's all the time I have to make a solid impression on the re-evaluation and be able to continue down the path of financial freedom and entrepreneurship.

So, with that in mind, the goal of today is to start building momentum, with the goals clear in my head by the end of the day so I start really building discipline throughout the week at LEAF.

This is Momentum Sunday.  The Sunday where Q2, and 2017, started really turning around.

Officially Quit Nicotine

I have officially quit all nicotine products.

No more smoking or vaping as of 8:30am PDT 5/4/17

Friday got me - knew better than to drink lol.  Last nicotine = 5:30pm PDT 5/5/17

Q2 CDC Day 21

5:15p - 7:30p

5-6p - good fun w/ wells fargo's surepay.  Learned how EFT via bank account works.  It's kind of like 'wire or good fucking luck' when it comes to normal accounts.

6-7p - signed up for 0% interest card to balance transfer southwest to.