CDC 6 Day 36

8:30a - 5:30p

15m Med
09:00 - 10:00: Obj.1.2c (37/40.5)
10:00 - 11:00: Obj.1.2c (38/40.5)
11:00 - 11:30: Break + 5m Med
11:30 - 12:30: Obj.1.2c (39/40.5)
12:30 - 01:30: Obj.1.2c (40/40.5)
01:30 - 02:30: Su.Lunch (6/10)
02:30 - 03:00: Chores
03:00 - 04:00: Obj.1.2c (41/40.5)
04:00 - 05:30: Obj.1.2c (42.5/40.5)


Out sick yesterday, recovering today, want to recover from breakdown and get back on track.  Restore integrity.

To prevent similar breakdowns, I have modified to morning ritual.  NOTE MEDITATION IS NOW REQUIRED AND COMES BEFORE REVIEW PACKET.

NEW Morning Ritual

Discipline Requires for Integrity:

• Be out of bed by 4:35am M-TH / 7:05am SUN
• Have drank water and started shave/hair by 4:40am M-TH
• Have started shower (or long teeth) by 7:10am SUN
• At least 5 minutes of workout M-TH @ gym.
• At least 5 minutes of meditation:
• M-TH - Must be completed by 7:00am
• SU - Must be completed by 8:00am

There is NO ROUNDING: 5:06 & 7:11 are no good.  You are either starting your day with a bang or you are not.

You MUST meet all requirements - including 5 min workout minimum (M-TH) & 5 min meditation (Everyday).

Additional Commitments

No more circle plus on Saturdays for the remainder of Q2 please.

No more Rust prior to lunch on Sundays.

Video 2 Nearing Completion

The video is now 100% filled with slides / video.

The powerpoint slideshow (particularly the first 10-20s of it) needs a little work still.

Still need to do a full watch through and make any last minute tweaks.

But... that's about it.  We're pretty much done. 2-4 hours and it's a wrap.

The New Daily Power Hour

Morning Ritual will now be more important, as the power hour is being incorporated into it to make use of the drive to work as the meditation time.

This will cause me to start work immediately upon arrival, so I fit "normal person" protocol and this prevents me from spending extra time that I dont have:

1. There will be a greater sense of urgency to complete the morning ritual and power hour in timely fashion, as every minute after the 6am leave time will cost me more time in traffic and hurt the meditation.
2. I won't be able to relax when I get to work and end up taking much longer to complete the power hour just because "that's how long it took me to get going".
3. I will naturally encounter a more flowing meditation as I will need to focus on driving as I meditate, so there's less of the "crazy manufacturing and grip upon it" issue that I've become concerned it limiting me.
4. Since Schwitters took the closet, any alternative strategy would be weird and harder, so this allows me to gain instead of lose, which are my two current choices.

So moving forward, my morning looks like this:

4:30 - 5:30 or 5:45: Morning Ritual

5:30 - 5:45 or 5:45 - 6:00): Power hour

5:45 or 6:00: 5 min breathing med + Leave for work (and everything med while you drive.)

This can allow me to be more disciplined as well.  For instance, I can say 6:00 is the cut off, and in worst case, 6:10 is a HARD CUT-OFF of any power hour activities - so if I slack in the morning, that means no power hour.    MUST be meditating by 6:10, no exceptions.

In this way, discipline leads directly to motivation.  The frame becomes more and more important.

Q4 2016 PTC Day 24

05:30p - 6:15p -- The Return of Word
06:15p - 07:15 -- Obj:1.2 Hr 1/4

Video Slides

http://preview.themeforest.net/item/x-the-theme/full_screen_preview/5871901

Also note!!

It is CENTERED ON THIS PAGE.

You know, the way you want YOURS to be?  Maybe have a look at their code...???? lol

...

1. Music.

Motherfucker.  Of course it has some simple, discreet, yet charming and inspirational music.

Fortunately there's free music out there... where the fuck was it again?


2. Easy creation of slides will make the ACTUAL creation of all slides possible within 1-2 hours easily (at least to a PASSING level).... So all I need... is the software.  And I have 1-2 hours to find it, install it, and learn how to use it.

Started by googling:
easy, animated video slides

...Seems promising.  Animoto is on there... hmmm

3. Tested animoto.  It's legit as FUCK, full 1080 d/l and will fit right on into my videos.  I can time to the second, only prob seems to be a 40s max but i have to agree stalling for 40s would be WAAY boring.

$44 for 30 days.  Make sure you cancel.

The Return of Word

Let's talk framework for a second...

My consistent discipline is getting worse and worse.

My goal was to be doing a morning ritual EVERY DAY at this point.

I'm supposed to be solid as fuck right now.

The power hour shouldn't be this thing you come into where you need to "re-establish" the context every morning... which then falls apart soon after starting.

And I certainly shouldn't be dealing with days like today and yesterday where my content (1 up hour by hour) is being flooded with trolls to the point that I'm barely pulling in "4"'s.

With a weak frame, context can only be so strong, and it buckles under pressure.  And as context goes, content flows into the new shape that the context has broken down into.

STRONG DISCIPLINE REQUIRES A STRONG FRAME.

You've read it a 100x -- you can't be an entrepreneur if you can't even start your day powerfully -- and this is all the proof you need.

More importantly, this is why being completely unreasonable to following through with "your word" is so important.

And it's a DIRECT correlation.  50% integrity of showing up to ROARS and I feel lucky if I get 1 of 2 hours in.  My goal becomes to "really" get started by 6.

Is it a coincidence that I also happen to be doing a morning ritual 50% of the time, and tracking size between 7a-10a and 1p-3p 50% of the time?

Easy to justify things with meetings, month end, deals, blah, blah, blah.  Harder to deny that hard 50% #'s across the board probably are causing each other.

The morning ritual sets the frame, but it doesn't complete it, it just sets it up.  It's completed by the 15/10/5 meditations, the 5 times you log your size, the clock in at 5, and the push to complete whichever of the 19 objectives you choose within the budgeted time frame.

Now that you see the significance of word again, it's time to get this back into your head:

YOU HAVE NO CHOICE.  YOU ALREADY CHOSE.

Your word MUST be followed as soon as you realize that following it is in question.  There are NO EXCEPTIONS.  It's not that I expect perfect integrity, but it IS that I expect an attempt to follow NO MATTER WHAT if you're in a situation where you are aware of it.

You shouldn't have any problem doing this.  You're legit.  You embrace pain and suffering.  You're willing to lose sleep and get super stressed out to follow through on discipline.  You just lost your way when it comes to what giving your word means (as defined by Landmark) and why it's important.

Time to come back to the path.  Without your word, the path disappears under the overgrowth of the jungle.  With solid word, it's like a perfectly paved road.  It is time to commit again.

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE FRAME FIRST.  THEN -- AND ONLY THEN -- DOES EVERYTHING ELSE COME INTO PLAY.

There's a reason that Sundays are WAAAY better now.  It's the framed structure you setup.

So just going to say it...

If you don't do your morning ritual you are warping your WHOLE DAY.  And there's NO WAY to fix it.  If you do everything else perfect, the frame will be pretty good... maybe 90, 95% good... but it'll still be warped.  YOU MUST START YOUR DAY WITH A SOLID FRAME, THE SAME WAY YOU WOULDN'T SKIP ON FOLLOWING THE SUNDAY STRUCTURE.

Q3 PTC Day 78

9:30a - 6:30p

9:30 - 10:00 -- coffee, planning out day
10:00 - 12:00 -- conceptual time -- 2 hours of discussing what's next, where to motivate, how to motivate, etc.
12:00 - 12:30 -- laundry
12:30 - 1:30 -- lunch
1:30 - 3:30 -- United ROARS & LEAF Q4 - Set goals, make new packet, make new google spreadsheets, dig deep into motivations, and create the Q4 2016 PTC.
3:30 - 4:00 -- break
4:00 - 5:00 -- web design
5:00 - 5:30 -- begin animator search
5:30 - 6:00 -- Make "actual #'s" personal balance sheet for September.

Habit Gravity & The Significance of a Morning Ritual

"

8/21/2016	4	4.75	4.75	NA	3.5	4.25	AUG Goal:	4.625		NA	Y	Y	NA	NA	50%
8/28/2016	3.75	4	4.25	4	3.5	3.90	AUG AVG:	4.25		R	R	R	Y	R	90%
9/4/2016	NA	3.75	4.5	3	4.25	3.88				R	NA	Y	Y	Y	62.50%
9/11/2016	5.5	4.25	4	3.5	4	4.25				R	R	N	N	R	60%
9/18/2016	4.25	3.5	4.75	4	3.75	4.05	SEP Goal:	4.75		N	Y	N	R	N	30%

"

The above table shows a time period long enough to know for certain that habits have been set in place.

You can see what kind of habits those are.

They will continue indefinitely unless changed.

And change WILL TAKE ANOTHER 30 DAYS.

That means you WILL START Q4 NATURALLY SMALL.

Starting to ramp up for Q4 now is important.  Vacation time is NOT important, I'm not overwhelmed or over worked.  I've been working 40-50 hour weeks which pretty much IS a vacation for me.  I feel fresh.

So it's time to start Q4 now.  Like last year when I had a ramp up week.  Except this time Q4 ramp up week is also the final week of Q3.  And like any ramp up week, the scores don't factor in to Q4's final #'s.  They just factor into Q3's final #'s.

...

Morning Ritual.  Let's review and make a Q4 decision on whether or not it will be word, and if it is word, then the significance of word must be reviewed.

It's pretty clear that I've lost all grasp on Landmark's concept of what it is to give your word and the significance of it.

WORD:

The point of giving your word, as landmark defined, is to take the human BS out of the picture completely so that all that remains is the sentient being.

It's saying that when you wake up, it doesn't matter if you are 99% adamantly against doing a morning ritual.  It means that none of that even factors in.  It means that the sentient being takes control and walks the human through the motions regardless of what it's thinking or what it's feelings are, or how strong all of that is.

As long as it's not crazy, the choice WILL be followed and won't be reasoned with, stopped, or delayed on account of the human nature that is tethered to the sentient being within.

It's the only "true integrity" because it's the only integrity that will not be reasoned with.  It's true discipline.

And THAT'S what I've lost completely.

As long as that's not important to me, the morning ritual is a lost cause.  So it's time to choose.

Traffic: Affiliation / Advertising, How to reach out

Rediscovered this little gem on socialnetworkingchallenge.blogspot.com and it's pretty much the whole game right here so I figured I'd repost.

Kind of neat that I've spent years becoming an excellent cold caller :).

Web Design

Quote from one of the January '15 posts:

"...like...

FIX INSOMNIA
-video-  ("cure insomnia" opt-in on the right)
\/
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TOP 10 REMEMDIES FOR SLEEP NOW
\/
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BLOG CONTENT SNAPSHOT LINKING TO BLOG STUFF, maybe featured article snip
\/
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(Some content here that basically re-interates solving the insomnia problem, basically another hook that is designed to leading them back to the main idea at the top, probably more text-oriented than video oriented, maybe leading them to an article that sums up the video in text and has an opt-in page on it)
\/
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INSOMNIA NEWSLETTER (so they can opt-in)
\/
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SLEEP TRACKS
\/
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ABOUT US
\/
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FOOTER (w/ links)"

GOALS

This is the project for the rest of Q3 (meaning this week since this is the last week) in the spirit of ramping up for an EPIC Q4.

I have a list of 19 OBJECTIVES.  The goal will be to complete them all in Q4 so I can get to traffic in early 2017.

Part of the goal will be to sort other obstacles and objectives into a list of "to do later" so I train myself to stay consistent to the objectives at hand.

19 Objectives.  12 weeks, 10 Sundays, 150 hours.  Can I pull it off?

How will you complete them on time?

If this were a school project and it was DUE by 12/21/2016, how would you make sure it gets completed?

Let's get in the mentality of making an EPIC Q4.

NO MORE EXCUSES -- if any task is worthy of more time, and that'll set you behind, then get a "good enough" draft version done and list the additional stuff / final draft that you want to do as a new objective to be completed at a future date.

Q4 is going to be about completing EVERY item on the list.  Even if they all look like SHIT and only work on certain PCs and need more work... get them DONE.

Any set backs, additional objectives, obstacles, etc. go on the list for getting done AFTER these 19 core objectives.

This will keep me pushing for a large size instead of using new obstacles as an excuse to fall behind.  As long as I can allow that to happen I'll NEVER be successful as an entrepreneur or get to the size I need to be at to succeed as a business owner.

By making it my goal to get a "first pass" version of every item done within a time period, I'll have a much better idea about how to set my goals for the final draft versions, since I'll have dabbled enough in everything to get a good sense of the scale of how much work lies ahead.

Use this for help guiding you:
http://entrepreneurisback.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-future-of-goals-true-path-direction.html

...and make final goals on this page (and make them WAAAY sexier looking, please):
http://entrepreneurisback.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

Other goals for THIS WEEK:

• Make the Daily Review sheets (BOTH, ROARS, and LEAF... and make a packet for Roars that is BOTH + ROARS + REST OF PACKET, and a packet for leaf that is BOTH + LEAF + REST OF PACKET.)
• Morning Ritual more clearly written out step by step (including time for washing hands and mouth-guard, putting on music, etc) so that starting Monday, October 3rd, Q4 follows MY WORD 100%.  

Morning Ritual Addendum + CDH Reminder

Morning Ritual Addendum

"Wake and Vape" voids the ritual.  If you vape before your shower, you've failed the ritual.  

The ritual is:

1. Get out of bed without snoozing.

2. Drink half water pre-workout.

3. Start workout within 5 minutes of getting out of bed (5 min for water + music.)  Do not vape.

4. Drink half water post-workout and jump in shower ASAP.
Optional: Begin a meditation going into the shower.

5. Done.  Vaping now allowed.  Goal is to HAVE LEFT for work by 5:30 every day, but anything after the shower is currently "Post-Ritual" and up to you.

CDH Reminder

At 7:00PM, you must start winding down your mind.  CDH activities must stop immediately, thinking about work needs to go away.  7-8 is RE-TIME, 8-9 is BEDTIME.

Week 3 Review -- Fail Morning Ritual, Fail As An Entrepreneur.

Last week I did the implementation of wordpress and the background coding that makes it work.

At 2 hours out of 5, and only the first 20% or so of the implementation, I am going to call this a pretty heavy failure.

The wheel rolled backwards this week.

1. Do not drink on thursdays.  If Nick or anyone invites you to anything non-friday / saturday, say NO.  Seriously.  Just say no... because that was not worth it.  Instead of getting myself back on track, this was the excuse to lose the week entirely.  No bars on week nights, period.

2. Losing integrity is not an excuse to be reasonable about "all word-given items".  Think about what this means!!  Would you give your word to someone to do something, and then when the time comes, not do it just because you broke your word to someone else?  Can you imagine how someone else would feel if you said, "Sorry man but I've been bad with keeping my word the last few days, so I just said fuck it."  WOW!!

If someone said that to me, I would say they can't be relied on for anything.  And that's EXACTLY what this troll does to your word -- it completely destroys it.

WHAT A TROLL.  This is the "I don't need to follow my word 100% because..." troll.

Good "AKA"s for this could be "The Word Burier" or "The Integrity Destroyer"

This is a direct indicator that you are losing your code and going off the path of success.

This is always a troll, as by my very definition of the word, it transcends the very idea of being justified.  It is NEVER okay not to follow your word just because you haven't lately!  The ONLY time it's not okay to follow your word is if you have real reason to believe it is irrational, which can usually be tested by the question, "Will I go back and change my word in writing due to this reason?"

Biggest area this troll is beating me up on is the morning ritual.

The morning ritual, at least Monday - Thursday, is THE WORD.  It should be followed to a T, 100%, regardless of whether or not you need to take a dump or if you started out off course.

Smoking or watching something or sitting and thinking or dream chasing or WHATEVER is not a reason not to follow the morning ritual.  These are ALL trolls.  Once you catch one, you have no choice.

It sounds dumb but this morning ritual defines the day and therefore it is destroying you.  YOU CANNOT START YOUR DAY WITH FAILURE.

If you go off course, you are likely to stay off course, but ALL word is still in effect, and as soon as you catch yourself "being reasonable", you MUST pull yourself over to your word.  Yank yourself into a plank or pushups and only do 10 pushups or 1 minute planks.  I don't care how well you do it -- the morning ritual is about defeating your human mind and the trolls as a way of starting your day.  If you can't win on something this simple, how can you expect to win during the work day?  How do you expect to be entrepreneur material.

I will say that again...

The MORNING RITUAL is about starting the day as a big person by beating back the trolls & small-size habits right away.  You cannot expect to be an ENTREPRENEUR if you can't even start your day powerfully.

And by setting a strong context every day, you will find you stay on track more throughout the day and get back on course quickly if you fail a day in the middle of the week.

Here's some new updates to my word (this is OFFICIALLY my new "choice")

-The word on morning ritual is this:

1. I will not snooze, I will not hesitate, and I will do every item on the checklist as it is listed, regardless of what other obsticles arrise.

-And here's a new choice I give my word to:

2. Any morning I fail my word, I will set the "morning ritual failed" Alarm, which will remind me at night to review this page.  When the alarm goes off, I will review this very page.

At the end of the day -- any failure of word is OKAY as long as it's a one time thing, and best to be learned from.  As long as it becomes in the past and you go for integrity the next time, you'll be fine.  But if you don't understand deeply that failures cannot be allowed to stack -- that the futher you get from your word, the worse off you will be -- do not expect to be successful in life.  This is essentially "the pulse of success"... you cannot ignore one failure after another the same way you can't ignore one missing heartbeat after another.  You must understand, and uphold, this concept on a very deep level and very thoroughly.