Thursday, December 04, 2008
Day 3 of the 14-Day Challenge
For today, I promised to start formulating a strategy in and around the other tasks that were already on my plate. I guess the word "start" is the operative word here.
I'm starting to see connections between various unrelated assets I have and the ways I can put them together to reach my goal of creating a new, ready-to-launch income stream by December 15.
A domain name I have from a website that never panned out for me would work well with an infoproduct I came close to finishing, but never tied up the last loose ends of it. That's the leading candidate right now, and has the potential to lead to more.
Other ideas are still in contention, including a live seminar I have materials ready to roll out, but chickened out on putting the final planning (namely, trying to find paying participants for it) into it.
(Hmm... Anyone see a trend here? Infoproduct I never got around to finishing... Live seminar I chickened out on trying to produce... Smells like a fear of putting my work out there where the market can actually judge it yea or nay, doesn't it.)
I suspect that this two-week challenge will result in me finding that I have a lot more marketable options ready to roll out with a minimum of effort. The key, though, is finding and rolling out that first one to fulfill my challenge of having one ready by the 15th.
If I was lazy, I suppose I could claim success right now. I did, technically, obtain a new income source today as I added a new site that is paying for hosting on my hosting server. But that would eliminate all the fun I'm having trying to meet the deadline with something totally new.
And since the new paying site is owned by an existing client, it doesn't really feel like something new enough to answer the challenge. Plus, I'd like this new income stream to be a little more substantial than a single monthly hosting fee!
One thing I've found with this challenge is that it has me moving in higher gear. Like I mentioned last night, I'm pushing myself beyond my usual take-everything-very-deliberately, work style. I feel rushed, but it's an exciting rush rather than an unpleasant one. And I'm covering a lot of ground in a fraction of the time.
I'm noticing that my schedule gradually is clearing of nonbusiness tasks, too, as I cut through them more quickly. Some of them remain, but they feel like less of a blockage to my business efforts.
All in all, it's largely a matter of change in mindset. It's amazing what a deadline can do!
Tomorrow, the outside responsibilities are fewer than they were today. My goal is for the challenge is to take all the candidates, assess what needs to be done on each and decide my main objective and action plan for my remaining 10 days of the challenge.
Tune in tomorrow to see if I achieve it. And feel free to chime in with your thoughts as I pursue this challenge!
Jeff
For today, I promised to start formulating a strategy in and around the other tasks that were already on my plate. I guess the word "start" is the operative word here.
I'm starting to see connections between various unrelated assets I have and the ways I can put them together to reach my goal of creating a new, ready-to-launch income stream by December 15.
A domain name I have from a website that never panned out for me would work well with an infoproduct I came close to finishing, but never tied up the last loose ends of it. That's the leading candidate right now, and has the potential to lead to more.
Other ideas are still in contention, including a live seminar I have materials ready to roll out, but chickened out on putting the final planning (namely, trying to find paying participants for it) into it.
(Hmm... Anyone see a trend here? Infoproduct I never got around to finishing... Live seminar I chickened out on trying to produce... Smells like a fear of putting my work out there where the market can actually judge it yea or nay, doesn't it.)
I suspect that this two-week challenge will result in me finding that I have a lot more marketable options ready to roll out with a minimum of effort. The key, though, is finding and rolling out that first one to fulfill my challenge of having one ready by the 15th.
If I was lazy, I suppose I could claim success right now. I did, technically, obtain a new income source today as I added a new site that is paying for hosting on my hosting server. But that would eliminate all the fun I'm having trying to meet the deadline with something totally new.
And since the new paying site is owned by an existing client, it doesn't really feel like something new enough to answer the challenge. Plus, I'd like this new income stream to be a little more substantial than a single monthly hosting fee!
One thing I've found with this challenge is that it has me moving in higher gear. Like I mentioned last night, I'm pushing myself beyond my usual take-everything-very-deliberately, work style. I feel rushed, but it's an exciting rush rather than an unpleasant one. And I'm covering a lot of ground in a fraction of the time.
I'm noticing that my schedule gradually is clearing of nonbusiness tasks, too, as I cut through them more quickly. Some of them remain, but they feel like less of a blockage to my business efforts.
All in all, it's largely a matter of change in mindset. It's amazing what a deadline can do!
Tomorrow, the outside responsibilities are fewer than they were today. My goal is for the challenge is to take all the candidates, assess what needs to be done on each and decide my main objective and action plan for my remaining 10 days of the challenge.
Tune in tomorrow to see if I achieve it. And feel free to chime in with your thoughts as I pursue this challenge!
Jeff
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