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Bootcamp – Day Seven: The $10,000 Idea

Hey,

I hope you’ve been enjoying the bootcamp so far. Tomorrow
at 10am PST, I’m opening Learning on Steroids again–the
ultimate system for learning faster and achieving more.

Since I’ve been getting a lot of questions, I wanted to
quickly answer a few before I conclude with the $10,000
idea.

Q: How much does it cost?

A: $14 per month. There’s no commitment to future months.
Many of my students have stuck around for over a year,
but if money is tight you can definitely stay in for a
month or two, focus hard and graduate.

There’s also a 60-day money-back guarantee, so you can try
it out risk-free.

Q: How much time will it take?

A: The program is designed to SAVE you time. Most of the
tactics you can train them while you’re already studying.

Q: How is it different from your free stuff?

A: The program contains dozens of tactics I have never
shared before. In addition, we go into a lot more depth on
some of the bigger tactics like metaphors and w/d goals.

Now, for the $10,000 idea.

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Could a Simple Suggestion Be Worth $10,000?

The initial idea for Weekly/Daily Goals came from a story
I first heard told by Zig Ziglar:

“A young consultant approached one of the nation’s biggest
steel executives at the beginning of the 20th century.

He told the executive that he had an idea that would
make him an even richer man than he already was.

Undoubtedly the steel executive was skeptical. But he was
intrigued so he heard the young man out.

The idea was this:

‘Each night, before you go to bed, write down the six most
important things for you to accomplish that day. When you
wake up the next morning, begin working on #1.

Even if you never get to item #2, you can sleep knowing
you did your best and couldn’t have been more productive
using any other method.’

After this, he told the steel executive to try the idea
for a few weeks and if he felt it was useful, to send him
a cheque with whatever he felt the idea was worth.

Six weeks later the man received a cheque for $10,000.”

Now Weekly/Daily Goals is a little different than the
fabled list of six, but they both have the same property:
they allow you to focus mercilessly on what matters now.

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Common Stumbling Points with Weekly/Daily Goals

Here are some tips for making your weekly/daily goals
system stick:

TIP #1: Start with *easier* daily goals lists

A common mistake I see is people grossly overestimating
how much they actually accomplish on a given day. I suggest
instead starting with easier days you can definitely finish
and then get progressively harder.

TIP #2: Don’t add tasks to your daily list

Another mistake is feeling a list is “too easy” and then
adding more work. For the most part, this is a bad idea.
The power of this system is that you *can’t* do more work,
so you remain ruthlessly focused on the task ahead.

TIP #3: Keep a calendar to store deadlines.

Just having a weekly list isn’t enough to catch all your
tasks. Calendar’s are helpful for storing larger projects,
deadlines and events that don’t fit neatly into the system.

TIP #4: Make all work “checkmarkable”

Don’t do any task you can’t say with certainty whether you
are finished. Don’t put “Study” as a task, instead write
“Read Chapters 1-3” or “Create a notes summary”. All work
should be able to be checkmarked off your list.

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Thanks for following along during the bootcamp. Today is
the last official day of the bootcamp, but tomorrow I have
one more video module about taking action.

If you’ve enjoyed this free week, make sure you get a spot
when we open Learning on Steroids tomorrow. There are only
500 seats and registration will only be open for 72 hours!