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....
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
DAY 4 - Time Invested: 4 Hours
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.
Monday, October 29, 2007
DAY 3 - Time Invested: 3 Hours
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:
The Good:
"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 what's DAY 3 all About You Ask:
- Finding a product to sell
- Securing a domain
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.
- 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?
"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.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
DAY 2 - Time Invested: 45 Minutes
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:
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!
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
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!
Saturday, October 27, 2007
DAY 1 - Time Invested: 4 Hours approx.
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:
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....
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.
- 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....
Still DAY 1 - So Far , So Good!
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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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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DAY 1 - Just Received Material
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
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
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