{"id":436,"date":"2011-01-14T09:17:18","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T17:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scotthyoung.com\/members\/?p=436"},"modified":"2011-01-14T09:18:48","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T17:18:48","slug":"ass-kicking-email-rock-your-30-day-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/members\/?p=436","title":{"rendered":"Ass-Kicking Email &#8211; Rock Your 30-Day Trial!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,<\/p>\n<p>Today is about going from getting started, to making sure you<br \/>\nfinish. I want to share how some of the Learning on Steroids<br \/>\nmembers are rocking their 30-Day Trials, as well as how you<br \/>\ncan make sure yours lasts.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this email:<\/p>\n<p>1. I discuss Benny Lewis&#8217;s *Fluent in 3 Months* interview.<br \/>\n2. 30DT progress and examples from the group.<br \/>\n3. How to make sure your 30DT sticks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>First, if you haven&#8217;t already, please make a new post about your<br \/>\n30 Day Trial in the FORUMS:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scotthyoung.com\/members\/?page_id=10\">https:\/\/scotthyoung.com\/members\/?page_id=10<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Too many people sit on the sidelines and accomplish nothing with a<br \/>\nprogram like this. You need to stop reading and start taking action.<br \/>\nThis program is about TRAINING rapid learning tactics, not just<br \/>\ndiscussing them!<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Today I want to discuss a great interview I did with Benny Lewis,<br \/>\nwhich is part of your first month&#8217;s package. The audio quality isn&#8217;t<br \/>\nperfect, but I can assure you that the information is well worth it.<\/p>\n<p>Benny Lewis is a friend of mine who writes a blog detailing his<br \/>\n&#8220;missions&#8221; or language-learning, travel-hopping adventures. His<br \/>\nbroader mission is to become fluent in a new language, with no<br \/>\nprior experience in just three months.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest, when I first heard about Benny, I thought it was a<br \/>\nscam too. I&#8217;ve been working on mastering French, so the idea that<br \/>\nsomeone could do that in under three months seemed impossible.<\/p>\n<p>That was until I met Benny.<\/p>\n<p>Benny speaks 8 languages, acquiring 7 of them in under 7 years.<\/p>\n<p>He breaks down his method, which I would call a total immersion<br \/>\nmethod for learning. For Benny, and potentially for you, learning<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t need to be an isolated activity. It&#8217;s a lifestyle.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to access the Benny Lewis interview you can do so from<br \/>\nthe CONTENT page under BONUSES:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scotthyoung.com\/members\/?page_id=42\">https:\/\/scotthyoung.com\/members\/?page_id=42<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Even if you aren&#8217;t interested in foreign languages, I think Benny&#8217;s<br \/>\nstory has strong implications for all types of learning. I&#8217;m just<br \/>\nbeginning to wrap my head around the possibilities this has for<br \/>\nlearning *other* subjects.<\/p>\n<p>Also, check out Benny&#8217;s new blog. He&#8217;s constantly taking on new<br \/>\nmissions to learn languages rapidly and has his own guide on<br \/>\nlanguage learning that I highly recommend:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fi3m.com\/\">http:\/\/www.fi3m.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Like many of you, I&#8217;ve used this program to run my own 30-Day Trials<br \/>\nIn fact, I&#8217;ve documented a few of them in the forums already. If you<br \/>\nmissed my past video talking about my first trial, and how you can<br \/>\nstart yours, check it here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/7StkiJ\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/7StkiJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>What are some of the other members doing? Here are a few examples<br \/>\nfrom past Learning on Steroids members to give you some ideas!<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For my 30 day trial&#8230; I am going to use weekly and daily goals<br \/>\nto get things done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Commit for 30 days incorporating flow-based notetaking into<br \/>\nmy classes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m doing trial #1 [Weekly\/Daily Goals]&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Keep an activity log for 3-hours per day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to do all my readings BEFORE class.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;25 Metaphors per day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>These are just a few of the example trials I&#8217;ve heard. Start<br \/>\nyours today if you haven&#8217;t already.<\/p>\n<p>And please WRITE ABOUT YOUR TRIAL IN THE FORUMS! That way we can all<br \/>\nencourage each other and participate in the community here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scotthyoung.com\/members\/?page_id=109\">https:\/\/scotthyoung.com\/members\/?page_id=109<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Sticking Points<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a quick list of some suggestions for 30DTs:<\/p>\n<p>1. *Remembering* to do your trial is key.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to forget to do your trial work, especially when you&#8217;re<br \/>\nbusy.<\/p>\n<p>If you keep a daily goals list, I suggest adding your trial work to<br \/>\nthat list every day. If you don&#8217;t you might want to consider<br \/>\nmarking down your work on a calendar, agenda or some other place to<br \/>\nhelp you keep track.<\/p>\n<p>2. Keep it specific on a daily level.<\/p>\n<p>Try to write your trial so you know *exactly* what you&#8217;ll be doing<br \/>\neach day. Saying you want to practice a certain technique isn&#8217;t<br \/>\nuseful unless you know how that breaks down to what you&#8217;ll be doing<br \/>\neach day.<\/p>\n<p>3. Make it easy, make it simple.<\/p>\n<p>As I say in the video, people underestimate the difficulty of<br \/>\nsticking to a trial for 30 days. That&#8217;s why I recommend picking<br \/>\nchallenges that feel a tad too easy, because they&#8217;ll be more likely<br \/>\nto last long-term.<\/p>\n<p>Second to that is keeping things simple. Having a trial which can be<br \/>\neasily summarized in a sentence or two will have fewer complications<br \/>\nthan one which requires pages of documentation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading, here&#8217;s what you need to do:<\/p>\n<p>1. If you haven&#8217;t started your trial yet, pick one and start today!<br \/>\n2. Document your trial in the FORUMS in 1-2 sentences.<br \/>\n3. If you HAVE started your trial, congratulations! 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