CDC 6 Day 10

5-6p

05:00 - 06:00: Obj.Int.Setup

TRUE INTEGRITY & "N/A"s

Now that I have true commitment, and Landmark's definition of true integrity, it's time to start evaluating things in terms of real integrity.

CDH: "Consistent Discipline Hour": 1 Hr minimum of ROARS work on M-Th and 5 Hr minimum on Sundays.  This applies to every day during the challenge, whether it was a planned day off or not, regardless of emergencies, illness, etc.  There are no reasons.

What about being rational?  Simple - the goal is NOT 100%.  The goal is 70%.  If you have true commitment, then I'm pretty sure your life isn't going to get in the way sooo much that 70% is hard to achieve.

What about vacations?  A whole week just wipes out my integrity??  Sure - simply split up the challenge.  EX: CDC 7.1 & CDC 7.2 during Q3.  Or plan them inbetween challenges.

What about the snowboarding season??  Well, if you're only going for 4 Sundays, set an integrity goal that reflects that, and remember to set aside extra gap room for the Mondays that you're going to be recovering from all the snowboarding.  Frankly, 40% integrity as the goal is OKAY.

INTEGRITY IS NOT ABOUT "GOOD" OR "BAD".  IT IS SIMPLY A MATTER OF SOLIDITY.  IF YOU WANT 40% SOLIDITY, THERE'S NOTHING GOOD OR BAD ABOUT THAT - 40% IS 40% BECAUSE 40% IS 40%.

From here on out, there shall be NO MORE "NA"s in my integrity sheets (Size, CDH, Frame Discipline, etc) unless it's a sheet that specifically is dedicated to my true commitment integrity itself... and even then, those days should be cut from the challenge, not "NA".

This way, when I look at the percentage of CDH achievement over 90 days, I don't have to ask "How many days of the total challenge does the percentage actually apply to, though?"  It will simply be, "Of all business days in the quarter, CDH was achieved the exact percentage it says right there."  No further questions required.  

You look at the whole object of CDH and you get an exact percentage of how solid it really is, no reasoning or baggage to sort through, no audit required, just a clean and simple look at the real integrity of the thing.

Q2 CDC Day 62

12p - 1p

SUNDAY / MONDAY FLIP (see day 63 post.)

12:30 - 01:30: Obj.1.2c3 (23/12)

Don't Drink "To get through it" - Increase Size to Reduce Effort

Seeing pain as a good thing means you can burst intensity when you need it, and that's how effort is reduced - via the principals of the Effort Illusion.  Alcohol use trains you to create more effort for yourself in the long term, whereas bursting would reduce effort.

The challenges - whether power thinking or consistent discipline - are about progressing your mental workout.

It is fundamentally critical to always see 1-up pain as a good pain the same way lifting weights causes pain that's a good pain.

When you drink "to get through it", you are reducing this pain and therefore reducing your workout.

That's not good, but 1 day of not really progressing is not necessarily that bad either.  What's really bad is what it's saying: drinking "to get through it" says "THIS PAIN IS A BAD PAIN, BUT I CAN REDUCE IT BY DRINKING TO MAKE IT EASIER."

This is the same thing as saying: "It's better to work out with the 20 lb dumbbells because it hurts less."

Drinking 1 time to get through it when it really really really hurts is okay because it's like I'm asking you to lift a 50 lb dumbbell and there's just no way you're gonna do it without some help.  That's fine.

But ANY HABIT or regular go-to here is toxic.  It's cancerous to your continued growth, and it will sink your challenge, your chances of achieving your goals, and your dreams.

To beat the REAL CONSEQUENCES, you must grow quickly.  This means tearing your mind up again and again, day after day.  Pushing until the pain is extreme and then pushing even more until you're on the brink of passing out.  That's how you build up your mind.

The truth is, as of this moment, I've never even gotten close to 100 hours of ROARS in a LEAF work quarter, and every time I've tried it's ended in total collapse.

100 is the bare minimum needed to continue my current life path and purpose into my 30's.  And the only way to get there is through pushing myself and my mind harder, further, and enjoying it.  This work-out paradigm is essential to that!  You cannot succeed if you are giving yourself breaks that essentially say that pain is a bad thing.  The pain must always be good.

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: Re-implementing Bedtime Schedule

Bedtime Discipline Guidelines

8pm is the cut-off for hour long Sarah convo's.  You can talk to her after this time, but only with the goal of cutting it off within 30 minutes.

815 is the cutoff for longer intimate sessions - after 815 intimacy needs to involve tracking the time.  830-845 is "quickie" period - go for the goal as fast as possible, no exploring new things after 830.  845 is a cutoff of all intimacy.

830 is hard cutoff of ALL entertainment.  This INCLUDES new science documentaries, fascinations, and obsessions (like trying to teach myself the concept of imaginary numbers, exploring the 4th spacial dimension, watching advanced quantum theory lessons, etc.)  After that, ONLY re-watch documentaries in the space science folder.  I know you want new things.  I know the old things are getting boring.  That's the point!  Relax and enjoy.

9pm is bed time.  Always be IN BED by 9, with the standard "round down" grace period.

As I think of more things I will include them here.

This all depends on ending work and work related things (like "touching the stats") at 7pm.  Again, round down rule applies, but this MUST be done or I won't sleep well.

FRAME INTEGRITY MUST MEET 3/4 TO QUALIFY:
-NO work after 7:30
-NO entertainment after 8:30 (including NEW documentaries)
-NO intimacy after 8:45
-IN BED BY 9:00

Q1 CDC Day 31

5p - 6:30p

This ski season stuff is killin' me.

So hard to gain traction when Sunday's keep getting knocked out.  The snow is waay too good.

Things to do:

05;15 - 06:15: Obj.RotE1 (1/2)

Breakdown:
5 min setup (atm)
7 min size sheet
3 min meditation post
45 min Real Consequences

Meditation: How to properly do a sentient being meditation

Observe "IT".  In landmark's definition.  Sentient being means see your mind as "IT", being separate from you ("you" being the viewer, in this context.)  And for the duration, watch everything IT does.

"IT'S" ALWAYS doing something.  There is no moment where the vaccuum is a clear state.  SOMETHING always fills it.  You are to observe what IT is doing, what's filling it at all times.

Size Sheet: Frame Integrity Change

So one of the pillars of the CDC's Frame Integrity is tracking your size sheet hour by hour ("Used size sheet hourly?").

But so far, as long as you're only off by a couple of hours or so you feel fine marking "yes" as long as you went back and estimated your size.

This completely defeats the purpose of the integrity tracker.  The point of this tool is to keep you on track, to pull you back to the path every time you get lost.

So from now on, I can ONLY say "yes" to this if I truly tracked hour by hour.  And this means, every hour I MUST meet at least one of the below criteria, or I fail for the day.

-At least 1 mark in Re, 1-up, or 1-up 1-up

-At least 1 measure on size on a 15 min marker

-The hour legitimately qualifies for "NA" (no more than 2 allowed per day, or same story.)  

3+ NA's or A full "NA" day still means "no" to size tracking, regardless of the legitimacy, even if the challenge sheet lists the day's size as "NA".  It doesn't matter if it's due to a late lunch or no lunch or meetings.  

This is due to the fact that the frame integrity is a different mechanism than the other trackers.  It follows a higher standard of rules and is about the strength of the frame... it's not about the context (mental master, aNLP, etc.) or the content (dials, progression, deals worked, etc.)  It's not really asking how well you did today... you can get 100% with a size 3.5 day and not even a full hour of CDH to pass CDH integrity.  Likewise, you can kill it and really progress amazingly in a day and still get a 0% frame integrity analysis.  

The CDC is largely focused on building the frame, and the discipline to build this is going to take sacrifice.

Q1 CDC Day 1

Today isn't factored into hours -- it's a pre-setup day.

The Consistent Discipline Challenge -- Q1 2017

This challenge is all about SETTING THE FRAME.

The goal is for a 65% or better Frame Integrity on average, or better than 4 of 6 frame objectives hit every day.

The goal for CDH (which is basically 100% ROARS work now with the way everything is factored in) is 70% -- with that, hitting 60 hours over the quarter should be easy.  Even factoring ski days, that's a major step down from previous goals.  If you can't hit this during the ski season, there's little hope for your future.

This is basically the starter challenge into consistent discipline.  That's why the CDC's come with a Frame Integrity sheet -- it's the CDC's answer to the PTC's hourly size sheet.

Setting up the CONSISTENT DISCIPLINE CHALLENGE:

Need to set:
-Goals and objectives
-Q1 90DC Size, CDH, and ROARS hours.
-Q1 CDC Frame Integrity ("word integrity")

Goals and Objectives

-Based on 5 Sundays (10 total left after today.)

-EASY hour goals, per recent Tim Ferris training on youtube.

-Done

Q1 90DC Size, CDH, and ROARS hours

60 hours, based on:

(8 hours x 5 Sundays) + (1 hour x 44 M-F days) = 84 x 0.7 = 58.8, round up for challenge = 60.

0.7 is due to 70% integrity goal.  So now integrity plays DIRECTLY into hours.  5 LEAF AFTER LEAF hours are INCLUDED in the ROARS hours goal.

Q1 CDC Frame Integrity

Finished.

Tomorrow

What's left is to make the packet and get the initial setup done for Sunday's.