100 Day Challenge starts tomorrow. Don't forget folks- this starts tomorrow. I already wrote mine up and have pasted them below. I am tempted to add more though, maybe "memorize 1000 Spanish words or "get rock hard abs" - lol - but it is theoretically possible. Lot's can get done in 100 days.
So this is your last day to slack off. Tomorrow, we get our asses in gear.
1. Work on my own business writing projects (as opposed to client projects) at least once each day. Specifically, I plan to work on my "venture acceleration for solopreneurs" ebook and related materials and would like it to be publication ready by the completion of the challenge.
2. Spend at least 30 minutes cleaning and organizing my apartment every day. I am somewhat "domestically challenged" and though this doesn't sound like much, I started this about 10 days ago and it is making a difference.
3. Burn more calories than I consume six days a week. I was going to say "lose 10 pounds" but behavioral goals always work better and in theory at least, with even a slight "calorie" deficit I should lose weight. This goal also allows for a "binge day" recommended by many dieting experts.
4. Became an early bird. Right now, I am a night owl, and it is causing problems because I have customers on the east coast and in Europe. My definition of "early bird" may be a little more lax than others, but if I could start getting up by 7AM it would be a big accomplishment for me.
Originally shared by Rob Gordon
100 Day Challenge: September 8th to December 17
Summer's almost over entrepreneurs- time to get our asses in gear. This year, we are repeating our "100 Day Challenge" where we state publicly what we intend to accomplish in the next 100 days - whether in our business or personal lives, and then do our best to make it happen.
When we did this last year, we waited until there were exactly 100 days left in the year,and then announced it just a few days before. There were a few problems with this: first, it didn't give people enough time to think about their 100 day plan, and second, nothing really gets done in the last few weeks of the year anyway, so we were really giving ourselves less than 100 days.
This year, we are putting a little padding into the system. The challenge won't begin until next Tuesday, September 8th (the day after Labor Day in the U.S. - generally recognized as the end of Summer) and will conclude December 17 - one week before Christmas Eve. So for all practical purposes, this is the same as asking "What do you intend to accomplish in the remainder of 2015?
Lots of things can happen in 100 days. Napoleon, escaped from his prison on Elba, assembled an army, marched to Paris and recaptured the French government in less than 100 days. During President Roosevelt's first 100 days in office he reformed the American banking systems and took the first steps to end the great depression. Einstein came up with his special theory of relativity in less than 100 days while working in the Swiss Patent Office and having to hide his work from his boss so he wouldn't get caught.
If all these great things can happen in 100 days, then surely our little companies and ventures can make significant progress in 100 days.
The rules are simple - there are no rules. This can be a goal you wish to accomplish, a habit you would like to break or make, an activity you would like to do on a consistent basis - whatever. Just tell us what you intend to accomplish in 100 days the comments here, and commit that you really are going to try.
I have been told that best results for challenges like this is to just have one major objective, have it be as specific as possible and do it every day if possible. I think I am going to have two or three though, which I will post shortly - so someone else can start. If you are not quite ready yet you have almost a week to think about it, but let us know as soon as you can.
What would you like to get done (or do consistently) in this 100 days?
Go Getem Rob.
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