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So what's DAY 5 about You Ask:
- Sales Copy (writing)
- Requesting Feedback
- Website Layout
- Website Tracking
The Good:
- In depth information
- Lots of details and HOW TOs
The Bad:
- Very time Consuming!!!
- It says it takes 30 to 60 minutes to find a certain number of Joint venture partners when it took me closer to 1.5 hours
Today took me a lot of time, I have been working on my 2020 Challenge from 9:30-5. And more later. Not sure if this is full time yet but I will update you. Even at full speed and a lot of time I am slipping behind.
Something Deep:
"Nothing we do amounts to much, yet everything we do has significance beyond our comprehension." Blaise Ryan
Continued from day 3:
The idea of things mattering and then not mattering at the same time.
There are two schools of thought on this:
1. Subjective Reality and Quantum Physics.
2. Objective Reality and no physics.
In scenario #1 Nothing is real and nothing matters because it is all made up. If you have seen the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know" http://www.whatthebleep.com/ you will have a taste of this. According to #1 our perception is very limited and we see the world as "we" are and not as it is.
Some genera's of spirituality go even further to say that the world is all an illusion and completely made up. We make up the rules, we create everything.
Believe it or not, there is scientific evidence to back this up.
If you would like more detailed information, one of my favorite books is "Busting Lose from the Money Game" By Robert Scheinfeld. He explains this model far better than I ever and It is one of those life changing books. So do yourself a favor and READ IT. To Bust Loose from The Money game and at the same time understand Subjective Reality.
Then there is scenario #2, Objective Reality and No physics.
In other words, everything we do DOES matter and the world and what we see out of our eyes is completely real. For example, people who presribe to the "law of attraction" believe that what we believe or the thoughts we hold in our mind will be attracted or pulled to us. Which does fully apply to #2 in the concept BUT in real life it does because most people who practice the law of attraction can't empirically prove that they get what they attract. Does that make sense?
I hear people say that they believe in the secret and law of attraction but then when they get a headache they become a victim of the headache. IF they really prescribed to the law of attraction they could attract and "create" something else instead of being controlled by it. I mean everyone does this all the time, we say we believe one thing but don't fully live it. Heck I say I believe things all the time, but I really don't, because if I did, I would do them, wouldn't I? Its not rocket science.
So depending on what you believe, things matter and they don't matter. In Subjective reality you can do whatever the heck you want to do because its all made up. Morals, values, ideas, are all made up so you can really break the bank and have a good time, guilt free!
In Subjective Reality, things do matter and there are consequences to our actions. If we have an affair on our marital partner, the consequence would be hurting them and that would feel "very real". If we hit someone with our car an objective realiter could say that it isn't real and doesn't matter, but it still may feel real? Duh.
I do personally know people that live in a world of the "world not being real" and it works for them. Robert Scheinfeld lives in that world and it works for him, the same rules don't apply :) That's why I insist you read his book. I know two other men that live very interesting lives in the world of subjective reality. Their names are Chad and Issac, they are making a movie on Subjective Reality called "Leap Beyond Illusion". It features Dan Millman from "The way of the peaceful Warrior" and Gary Renard from "A Course in Miracles" www.theleapmovie.com. These men live lives most people dream of in their own Subjective Reality.
Steve Pavlina has a great blog that talks about this in depth:
http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2006/05/subjective-reality-qa/
Love you!
STAY TUNED!!
Tomorrow I will share a new segment from my "Quarter Life Crisis" series with some hot, spicy and highly entertaining details in the new developments of my personal life. You'll love it, I promise.
No! of course not.
But the 2020 Challenge is time consuming. Right now, I don't have a "day" job. I can spend much of the day working on this. For someone who is working full time, it CAN be done, but it will take a warrior do or die attitude.
Let me put it this way, for the FULL TIME employee, It would be very intense to do this in 20 days. But it is possible, and FUN! I find it fun anyway.
Once I get further into things I will update you more....
So what's DAY 4 About You Ask:
- Redesigning your product with help from outsourcing.
- Finding potential partners to promote your offering for FREE.
The Good:
- In depth detail on outsourcing and lots of HOW TO.
- Great details on how to find Joint Venture partners.
- Excellent content for today.
The Bad:
- Straightforward, nothing I can think of.
Something Deep:
"Are you utterly fulfilled, right now? If so, then you are unmoved by stress, and your life unfolds as openness. But if you are not totally fulfilled, then you feel a strange lack. When this "something missing" motivates you, then you create suffering in the world, for everyone you know, and for yourself.
You are probably, to some extent, being moved by this feeling of essential lack: you want more security, affection, more understanding. Also, to some extent, you are opening as love; your thoughts and actions are spontaneously welling up from your open heart of depth. That is, you are living some percentage of your life as clench and some percentage as gift."
"Spiritual growth involves living more and more of your life as an offering of love. As you learn to open as every moment, you life springs from the open love who you are at depth. when you live as love, then you give love to the world, resonating others so they, too, open and being to live as love...." David Deida, Blue Truth
STAY TUNED!!
In the next day or so I will share a new segment from my
"Quarter Life Crisis" series with some hot, spicy and highly entertaining details in the new developments of my personal life. You'll love it, I promise.
I am reviewing but not getting in to grueling details of every task for every day. I find that boring and redundant. And what I am after is the bottom line and the "juice." Isn't the point so much better than reckless blabbing? If I blab recklessly PLEASE let me know. If I am a TOTAL bore let me know as well by commenting, o.k?
So what's DAY 3 all About You Ask:
- Finding a product to sell
- Securing a domain
I know this sounds simple and it is, but it took me longer because I am a perfectionist and wanted to find the "perfect" product. Today really doesn't need to take 3 hours, I just chose to put 3 hours in.
The Good:
- The support forum is excellent and I find it helpful.
- Michael seems to be actively involved in the support forum which shows a level of integrity.
- It was enjoyable coming up with a product.
- The manual has good detail in terms of navigating sites and website How to's.
The Bad:
- There could be more detail (in the manual) about the ACTUAL PROCESS of researching and developing a product. Especially for people that know nothing about business and marketing.
- Since selecting the "right" product is the "crux" of the quest, I think there needs to be more coverage in this section.
- Godaddy.com is recommended for domains, I have heard mixed reviews about them, any ideas?
Something Deep:
"Nothing we do amounts to much, yet everything we do has significance beyond our comprehension." Blaise Ryan
Wow, for me this is a deep one and very significant I might add.
Nothing we do amounts to much in this large universe. Everyone agrees with that no? And in the end it doesn't amount to much, just a series of events strung together.
YET, Everything we do does indeed have significance and every thought we think is creating our future. From the environment to religion to politics it all does matter in some way, and we see evidence of this every day. Action, reaction and consequence.
Most people deny or ignore this, that what they do effects anyone or anything at all. And some people ignore it with good reason because it may or may not be true depending on what you believe....
Soon I am going to share some highly coveted information with you, not tonight though because it takes to long to get in to. But I promise, if you look into what I am going to share with you, this concept of what "matters" and what doesn't will become crystal clear.
Night.
STAY TUNED!!
In the next day or so I will share a new segment from my
"Quarter Life Crisis" series with some hot, spicy and highly entertaining details in the new developments of my personal life. You'll love it, I promise.
So far I have invested 45 minutes on my DAY 2 exercises in my 2020 Challenge .
Being the keener that I am, I decided to start DAY 3 today and have done half of the work done for that day.
So what's DAY 2 About You Ask:
- Finding a product to sell
- Deciding on a proper sales transaction method
Clickbank vs Pay Pal
Interesting topic, and very controversial I'm sure. I love controversy though so if you have an opinion on it, enlighten me. :)
Something Deep:
"In the midst of the story of your life,
you can open now." David Deida - Blue Truth
We all have "stories" about ourselves, our lives and who we are as humans.
Deep Huh? I kill myself with my profound spirituality. ;)
In all seriousness...
We tell ourselves stories all day long.
I AM: Canadian/American/European, shy, tall, short, happy, sad, fat, skinny, different, the same etc. Of course, after years of "story telling" we start to believe the things that we tell ourselves. And then here we are.
My interpretation of what David mentioned above:
In the midst of all our "identities" and "who we think we ares". We have the choice to OPEN in the moment. Open as love, and just be with that.
Have you ever tried to kill a story dead in its tracks? With "affirmations", "positive self talk" or even resistance? How did it work for you? I thought so... It usually doesn't.
That is why opening NOW is CRUCIAL, after all, all we have is now, like I discussed in my very first post.
An exercise I love:
Be with the story and breathe deeply into your belly, relax your jaw and any other tension in your body. Any feelings that come up, open to them and feel them without resistance. Feel everything, open everything, open your body and heart. I practice this all day long when I can.
By the way, I'm sharing what works for me, take it or leave it.
Until tomorrow,
Love you!
Hi Folks! ------> Bottom line in case you aren't going to read the whole post:
Cynics BEWARE:
The 2020 Challenge is NOT a hair-brained "get rich quick" scheme. So you can relax, Don't get your undies in a knot yet.....
Yikes, 12.23 am and mission accomplished!! Just over four hours.....
So here are the goods...
I don't believe in the whole concept of "good" and "bad" but for clarity's sake I will bend the rules.
The Good:
- I thoroughly enjoyed Michael's sense of humor, I giggled a bit.
- No hidden gimmicks or blatant up sells that I noticed.
- Easy to read, comprehensible.
- Nothing noticeably shady (see below), if anything the material is quite genuine.
The Bad:
- It is still sales, and some techniques for selling, in my mind, are questionable.
- I think there may be some lack of information, but that's what the forums are for. I will say more about that later when I get going.
- There were a few typos. And at the expense of sounding anal, which I am by the way. If you put out print material and are coined an "expert", for goodness sakes, EDIT, EDIT and EDIT!!!
Well, I'm going to bed, but before I do I have to say I am impressed.
I think the bottom line here is it is not a scheme or "black hat" trick that some weirdo concocted. Michael seems like a regular man providing value. But that remains to be seen....More tomorrow.
Something Deep:
"You see, I want a lot.
Perhaps I want everything." Rainer Maria Rilke
Sound familiar?
Well it sure as hell sounds familiar to me!
It never ends, and whoever disagrees with my bold statement can publicly challenge me.
The yearning never ends, until A. We get to a highly evolved place where it does end (which isn't the people reading my blog, no offense!) or
B. We come to some degree of acceptance.
Regardless, no matter if we get what we want or not, we we always end up with a degree of dissatisfaction. Our partner rejects us, our children ignore us, our family doesn't appreciate us. We are unsatisfied.
We get the new house, our partner gives us love how we want it. It is only a moment and we know that moment wont last long. Those moments never do.
Sooner or later the love, bliss, acceptance is snatched away, as quickly as it came.
There is a place for everything, and if you have seen "The Secret", www.thesecret.tv, You know we CAN have what we want in life.
We can, most definitely, live powerfully and a life we love. Yet within that there will always be YIN and YANG. Tsunamis, hurricanes and upheaval will always exist. As well as a calm lake, or clear blue skies.
In this whole self development "positive thinking" revolution surrounding "The Secret" people fail to see that the lives of the characters in the movie don't always work. Some of them are blissfully happy but things don't always work, there will always be YIN and always be YANG.
More about that tomorrow....
Hello Again,
I'm still reading, its taken me 1.5 hours or so to read 1/2 of the 250 Pages of the 2020 Challenge manul.
So Far:
Good Content
Michael seems down to earth and amiable (if you don't know what amiable means Google it)
Straight Forward
Easy to Understand
Simple
I have read a million and one e-books, sales pages, internet marketing pitches etc.
20/20 (so far) is definatley not looking shady at this point. So thats a good sign, every other program I have come across didnt pass the first filter. Yikes!
The world needs more up-liftment and life-supportive practices!
Wouldn't you agree?
I mean heck, I'm no angel or saint, ask those around me. But I do do what is right for me, and that includes acting in integrity to the best of my ability:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrity
Something Deep:
"If theres nothing left to burn, you've gotta set yourself on fire."
Ill be back with more later.
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Hello Friends!
Just received the 2020 Challenge material and am going to dig into it now, will get back to you tonight with more detailed info and scrupulous review.Something Deep:
"Again and again it defeats me
This reliance on others for bliss."
John Welwood
As you can see to the right of you ------> I am a whopping -$80,000 in the hole. Yikes!
Yikes seems to be my favorite word as of late. Outdated but effective none the less.
A quick overview:
Most people think I am nuts. Family and friends would say I am crazy. I have always pushed the envelope and lived dangerously, so to speak. Not in a bad sense according to me. I just march to the beat of my own drum.
Built a successful and lucrative business by the age of 22 retired until 25, then watched the business crumble before my very eyes. All the while my marriage crumble as well. So here I am on the verge of personal bankruptcy, living out of my new yellow Mini Cooper and eating dry saltine crackers for all three of my daily meals. Shhhhhhh, not really only eating saltines, but dramatic, yes?
What defines a Quarter Life Crisis ?
Well, lets see....
Under 30, check.
Total babe, check.
New car, check.
Driving across two countries by myself, check.
Self-development seminars from all over the globe, check.
Spending money I don't have, check.
Attending first rave and rolling on E, Check.
Flirting with post man, check. That was a joke by the way. He he.
BTW, If you don't know what rolling on E means Google it.
I don't even want to list all the nutty things that I have done lately because if I do everyone will have the cold hard facts. And if everyone has the cold hard facts the truth would come out about me. I mean, as humans we spend most of our time trying not to look bad. Myself being the prime candidate of trying not to look bad. And trying to look "good". Sound Familiar? By acknowledging to all my wild shenanigans everyone would know the truth about me. And that my friends, would be a disaster. Yikes! You understand, don't you? I knew you would ;)
Anyways, I am not going to get in to details of the current downfalls of my life. And if you are really dying for more details then post a request and I may divulge further.
2020 Challenge:When I paid my $247 I didn't get a user-name and password, sigh. So I had to email support and ask "what the heck happened". Michael, or his auto-responder, was very prompt in responding, hence the term "auto"responder. Some mis-hap had taken place and so he asked me to email him my reciept. Which didn't get past his spam filter. Sigh again. So here I am waiting in agony for my $20,000 to start rolling in.
I am really open minded, I do all sorts of weird wild things. So I am going to give old Michael the benefit of the doubt. Unlike those other skeptics out there, life is too short to be skeptical. I have a really hard time trusting though other promotional blogs for some reason, they just seem shady. Not me, I may be shady :) But I am the real deal, through and through. I know that seems contradictory and it is. What I mean is that my escapades may seem shady, but I have a good heart and want to speak my truth to the world.
So my commitment is: Make this $20,000 in 20 days in the 2020 Challenge or die
trying. And if I can do it so can you!!!!
Something Deep:
"Whenever you find yourself of the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect". Mark Twain
How do you live your life? With your head down and blinders on? Or open as love, giving your gifts to the world whether your neighbor likes it or not?
Formerly known as "Get Rich or Die Trying".
Personally, I spent the last 5 years "trying" to get rich. And the only place it got me is Here and NOW.
Time goes by, and it goes by and it goes by. And we as humans spend our time looking and searching. A niggling emptiness somewhere inside our bodies that is "looking" for something greater, something more.
We think a "good job" will fill it. Or being "financially free". Or getting married and having the "right" partner. Then we think kids will fill it. And all you parents out there know as well as I do that that's a laugh, HA! So we have kids, and on and on it goes. What we don't realize is that niggling feeling doesn't go away!!! Yikes, scary thought isn't it?
Ekart Tolle once said "The Power is in the Now".
What does that mean, you ask?
Well, look back on your life, and you will see that its just a series of events all glued together. You get older, you get more wrinkled and you don't Really have that much to show for it, do you? I mean you may have stuff, I have stuff, but "who cares" because it doesn't really mean anything in the end. A whole pile of stuff and alot niggling emptiness, huh. Sound good to you?
What am I really saying here? Well, a whole lot of nothing, I'm not saying anything. And that's the point. I find being in the MOMENT and the NOW is a lot more satisfying than "chasing the dragon". If you don't know what that phrase means, then Google it.
The $20,000 thats coming in to my bank account isn't going to stop that niggling. Because I can guarantee you, as soon as that 20k pops in to my account, I am going to look at it and ask: "Whats next"
Silly. Isn't it?
Have to run!
Love you!! MUA.
