{"id":434,"date":"2011-01-14T09:15:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T17:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotthyoung.com\/members\/?p=434"},"modified":"2014-10-05T17:22:10","modified_gmt":"2014-10-06T01:22:10","slug":"ass-kicking-email-get-started-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/?p=434","title":{"rendered":"Ass-Kicking Email &#8211; Get Started Today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Today is all about getting started.<\/p>\n<p>In this email I will:<\/p>\n<p>1. Share with you a video to give you advice in getting started.<br \/>\n2. Offer other options for people unsure where to start.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully you&#8217;ve had a chance to read over some of the material.<br \/>\nI also hope you&#8217;ve given some thought into what 30-Day Challenge<br \/>\nyou will be pursuing during this month.<\/p>\n<p>If you still aren&#8217;t sure, this email should give you everything<br \/>\nyou need to get going.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;I&#8217;m Joining the Program Too&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t just sit on the sidelines giving advice&#8211;I actively use all<br \/>\nthe tactics and suggestions I offer in this course!<\/p>\n<p>When I first started this program, I created a video discussing how<br \/>\nI was using the format of the program to learn French. The video is<br \/>\na bit old, but I&#8217;m happy to say it worked&#8211;I was able to reach a<br \/>\nlevel of conversational fluency in French.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the video here to get some advice on starting your own<br \/>\ntraining efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Watch here (~6 minutes): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UM-SUtp6Dug\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UM-SUtp6Dug<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Where Should I Start?&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>If you just joined, there may only be\u00a0 3 implementation guides.<br \/>\nConsidering most of the content is still coming up, it can be hard<br \/>\nto pick the best challenge to start with.<\/p>\n<p>But, as I mention in the video, you don&#8217;t *need* to use an<br \/>\nimplementation guide as the basis for your 30-Day Trial. Any tool<br \/>\nyou want to implement in your life will do, and you can still use<br \/>\nof all the coaching, feedback, advice and community to make it<br \/>\nstick.<\/p>\n<p>The most important step is picking a trial and actually training.<br \/>\nReading won&#8217;t make you a ninja. Neither will it make you a jiu-jitsu<br \/>\nlearning master. Only starting a trial and working on it can.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;10 More Ideas for 30-Day Challenges&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>What are some of these &#8220;alternative&#8221; challenges outside the guides?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve put together a quick list of 10 possible 30-Day Trials you<br \/>\ncould use to improve your learning. So now, you have no excuses!<\/p>\n<p>#1 &#8211; Weekly\/Daily Goals &#8211; (Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/qFRHoU\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/qFRHoU<\/a>)<br \/>\n#2 &#8211; Fixed-Schedule Productivity &#8211; (Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/fx7srm\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/fx7srm<\/a>)<br \/>\n#3 &#8211; Getting Things Done System &#8211; (Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/psuFer\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/psuFer<\/a>)<br \/>\n#4 &#8211; Predefined Study Schedule &#8211; No cramming, just consistency.<br \/>\n#5 &#8211; Read Ahead Habit &#8211; Commit to reading ___ pages per day.<br \/>\n#6 &#8211; Deep Practice Habit &#8211; Complete ___ hard problems each day.<br \/>\n#7 &#8211; Teach to Learn Skill &#8211; Explain to other students every day.<br \/>\n#8 &#8211; Ruthless Organization &#8211; Keep binders storing all tasks.<br \/>\n#9 &#8211; Internet Reduction &#8211; Keep Facebook, email etc. to once per day.<br \/>\n#10- Two-Flow Creative Skill &#8211; (Read here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/DkESSb\">http:\/\/goo.gl\/DkESSb<\/a>)<br \/>\n&#8211;Now: Take Action!&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what you need to do:<\/p>\n<p>1. 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