WARNING: It will take roughly 20 minutes to read this soon-to-become Gold thread.
(I have created a different execution thread a week ago, but it was of a very low quality, with minimal detail and written in a terrible mental state. Therefore, I am abandoning it and creating this thread that gives a complete image instead)
I know, I sound arrogant. But what's the point of doing something that you don't believe in? Deep down inside, I believe I will succeed and this thread will help hundreds of people struggling with various challenges that limit their ability to succeed in life. I want to help others by helping myself.
As most of you know, I had been struggling with limiting beliefs, anxiety and depression for most of my life. However, things turned around when I changed my approach and began experimenting with providing free value to people, if you would like to find out more about how I strangled depression by providing free value, please read this Notable thread.
I can finally scream my lungs out - I NO LONGER FEEL THAT I HAVE A DEPRESSION.
However, there's something disgusting going on below the surface and this is the reason why I have created this thread. I have completely messed up habits and routine that severely limits my ability to achieve great things in life. I have only opened up to 2 people in real life and both of them were surprised that I am still not insane, why? You will soon realize. I treat this forum as my family and will be as transparent as possible.
Solution: I have 1 particular advantage. I have been going to gym since 14 and doing MMA for couple of years until three years ago. So, I still have a lot of muscle and great foundation, I just need to lose that damn weight, here is what I am going to do:
2. Social Media Addiction - How much time I spend on Facebook, doing nothing but chatting to random people about nothing? Like 5 hours a day. Yes, 5 hours of my life is wasted on a daily basis. I plan or re-claiming this lost time. Not only that, but I constantly stare at my phone and checking Facebook to see if I got any comments, likes or messages. It kills off my productivity.
Solution: There's no other reasonable solution, but going cold turkey. Although customers use social media to contact me and I should respond them as soon as possible, I can not be wasting time constantly staring at my computer and phone screens. Here is what I am going to do:
3. Sleeping Pattern - What's this? I don't have a schedule. One day I sleep for 4 hours, binge watching YouTube videos about aliens until the morning and the next day I sleep for 12 hours. My body doesn't know what the hell is going on, I am pretty sure it feels like on a never-ending carousel that stops and begins at different intervals.
Solution: I must have a proper sleeping and waking-up schedule and my body will slowly adapt to a proper, steady schedule and reward me with a better mood and performance. Here is what I am going to do:
4. Finding Friend With Benefits - I told you, it's going to be a very transparent execution thread. Why I bring this to your attention? I haven't had any sexual contact for more than 3 years now. Why? Mostly because I feel fat and not attractive, regardless of the fact that women still show interest in me. What's interesting, however, that there's a research stating that lack of sexual contact can cause severe health problems that I should avoid.
Solution: Let's be realistic - there are plenty of women not interested in long-term commitment, apart of fun time together. So, I will do my best in hunting them down and sealing a deal. Here is what I am going to do:
5. Anger Issues - Oh, boy. This is a HUGE thing at the moment. I am angry ALL the time. I am like a sponge absorbing negativity and losing my control at the smallest of things. I raise my voice at my mother that 100% supports and believes in me. I raise my voice at my dog that does stupid dog stuff and I am sure people hate being around me as I talk behind peoples' backs and bombard them with my negative life outlook. Not only that, but it backfires in multiple ways - causing emotional eating, smoking weed to lessen the tension inside of my head and other stupid behavior. This is a HUGE roadblock that has almost lead to a suicide in the past.
Solution: Do you see where the above-mentioned goals fit? As soon as I fix my diet and begin eating Keto, weightlifting and boxing, I will feel like a BEAST. Slowly, my muscles will reappear again and with each lost kilogram a portion of self-confidence and positiveness will resurface. Add to this no more feasting on a negative publicity and less jealousy caused by social media and my fixed sleeping patterns and we have a pretty awesome cocktail of success already. Top it up with more sexual contact and I am pretty sure anger problems will be the thing of the past. In addition to this, here is what I am going to do as well:
So, I will introduce the following services and properly market them to my audience using free material they love so much, services will be as follows: in addition to writing CVs and Cover Letters, I will also offer creating LinkedIn profiles and preparing for interviews. In addition, I will also offer business plan writing services (have 2 large-scale accountants willing to partner with me - they will send me business plans and I will send them people that don't yet have accountants and reach out to me for a business plan), academic project editing services and anything else that involves writing stuff in English for target audience that is mostly not native English speakers living in English countries. How I will do this:
Here's the desert. I have 1 particular business idea in mind. It is scalable and based on various market tests - customers are waiting with their cash waving at me. I know, there will be many various challenges to overcome, but I have tested demand and even friends working in local companies informed me that they noticed my advertisements (tests) and that management saved my number and was particularly interested in it. My phone was buzzing like mad. I didn't expect such a reaction. But I didn't execute. Why? Laugh as much as you'd like, but I got scared of such a positive reaction. I left it as a 'desert' for the future. I have completely ignored 80/20 rule.
Ok, I can not turn the time back. So, I shouldn't cry on what could've happened if I'd started when I had validated the market, which was a year ago. I can only change what I do from now on and here is what I am going to do:
It's 4:30 am and I am pumped as hell. I will wake up at 8am tomorrow and create a schedule that will be posted on here and explained. I will then create targets for a week that will be crossed as soon as I reach them and at the end of a week I will provide a summary of my achievements, health and how I feel in general. You will be able to track my progress on a weekly basis and see empirical evidence of changes (profit, body change, etc). The point is, to crawl out of a current hellhole into a daylight and set a trail for others to follow.
(I have created a different execution thread a week ago, but it was of a very low quality, with minimal detail and written in a terrible mental state. Therefore, I am abandoning it and creating this thread that gives a complete image instead)
I know, I sound arrogant. But what's the point of doing something that you don't believe in? Deep down inside, I believe I will succeed and this thread will help hundreds of people struggling with various challenges that limit their ability to succeed in life. I want to help others by helping myself.
As most of you know, I had been struggling with limiting beliefs, anxiety and depression for most of my life. However, things turned around when I changed my approach and began experimenting with providing free value to people, if you would like to find out more about how I strangled depression by providing free value, please read this Notable thread.
I can finally scream my lungs out - I NO LONGER FEEL THAT I HAVE A DEPRESSION.
However, there's something disgusting going on below the surface and this is the reason why I have created this thread. I have completely messed up habits and routine that severely limits my ability to achieve great things in life. I have only opened up to 2 people in real life and both of them were surprised that I am still not insane, why? You will soon realize. I treat this forum as my family and will be as transparent as possible.
HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT CONTAMINATE MY LIFE
1. Being Overweight - I currently stand at 178cm and 125kg. During my struggle with depression I have developed a toxic emotional eating habit. Each time I feel stressed, I grab a chocolate bar or eat a box of ice-cream. In fact, it is 01:30 am here and 30 minutes ago I was contemplating about ordering a doner kebab with extra garlic sauce. I stopped before pressing payment button. Tears began rolling down my cheeks. I couldn't believe I am so weak. It became like an automatic response to dealing with stress. I felt like a shit...every time I go out to town I try to hide from people, because I feel I look like an ugly fat creature. Even when driving a car, I put a hood up and even a cap hoping people will not see how fat I am. I have been living with such extreme tension for more than 3 years now. That's enough. I am going to change it and no, I am not going to wait for damn New Year - I am going to begin my change from today.
Solution: I have 1 particular advantage. I have been going to gym since 14 and doing MMA for couple of years until three years ago. So, I still have a lot of muscle and great foundation, I just need to lose that damn weight, here is what I am going to do:
- Ketogenic Lifestyle - I can't eat carbs. As soon as I do, I feel sluggish, anxious, angry and very negative. Not only that, but it causes severe bloating and weight gain. I will buy keto strips next week and stick to >20g of carbs per day while maintaining a caloric deficit. Bear in mind, this is not diet. It will have no start and no end date - I will make it my lifestyle.
- Gym - I will go to my current gym until 6th of January. After this, I will join another gym for 10 weeks and participate in their 'body change' competition that lasts for 10 weeks. I am naturally competitive, so I am pretty sure this will produce shocking results. Also, winner takes home €1000 cash prize, so why not to try kill 2 birds with a single shot?
- Boxing - I just found out that there is a boxing club with killer workouts close to my home. Instead of charging €5 per training, they only charge €2 and there are a total of 3 training sessions per week, 1 hour each. I heard these sessions are insane, like a pure 1 hour of cardio. Plus, I will also improve skills needed to protect myself on the street.
2. Social Media Addiction - How much time I spend on Facebook, doing nothing but chatting to random people about nothing? Like 5 hours a day. Yes, 5 hours of my life is wasted on a daily basis. I plan or re-claiming this lost time. Not only that, but I constantly stare at my phone and checking Facebook to see if I got any comments, likes or messages. It kills off my productivity.
Solution: There's no other reasonable solution, but going cold turkey. Although customers use social media to contact me and I should respond them as soon as possible, I can not be wasting time constantly staring at my computer and phone screens. Here is what I am going to do:
- Set Certain Times - Most of my customers are working, so I will set 4 different times when I check my social media with a purpose of replying to messages and comments. I will do so when people leave for a job (9am), at lunch (1pm), during commute hours (6pm) and when they come back home and relax in front of a TV (9pm). I will block all access to social media outside of these hours and dedicate 1 hour (9 - 10pm) for chatting with acquaintances.
- Block Temptations - I will turn a flight mode on my phone and block Facebook access on my Desktop by using a Cold Turkey software.
3. Sleeping Pattern - What's this? I don't have a schedule. One day I sleep for 4 hours, binge watching YouTube videos about aliens until the morning and the next day I sleep for 12 hours. My body doesn't know what the hell is going on, I am pretty sure it feels like on a never-ending carousel that stops and begins at different intervals.
Solution: I must have a proper sleeping and waking-up schedule and my body will slowly adapt to a proper, steady schedule and reward me with a better mood and performance. Here is what I am going to do:
- Going to Bed at a Certain Time - How genius! Yes, it's that simple. I firmly believe that if I hit a sack at let's say 11pm every evening and wake-up at 5am, my body will adapt and I will soon no longer need an alarm clock to wake-up and when 11pm approaches my body will send signals that it is time to shut down. Anyways, I believe after gym workout in the morning and boxing session in the evening, I will be pretty tired, so closing my eyes and enjoying comfortable bed shouldn't be an issue, lol.
- No Technology 1 Hour Prior to Sleep - Instead of bleeding my eyes on social media and falling asleep with my earbuds on while listening to YouTube videos, I will grab a book for 40 minutes and spend the remaining 20 minutes meditating. While in bed, I will concentrate on breathing and counting my breaths until I fall asleep, instead of worrying about worse case scenarios and filling my subconscious with junk.
4. Finding Friend With Benefits - I told you, it's going to be a very transparent execution thread. Why I bring this to your attention? I haven't had any sexual contact for more than 3 years now. Why? Mostly because I feel fat and not attractive, regardless of the fact that women still show interest in me. What's interesting, however, that there's a research stating that lack of sexual contact can cause severe health problems that I should avoid.
Solution: Let's be realistic - there are plenty of women not interested in long-term commitment, apart of fun time together. So, I will do my best in hunting them down and sealing a deal. Here is what I am going to do:
- Prospect for Leads - I have some warm leads, some of them are like 10 years older than me, but who cares as long as they are good, right? lol.
- Contact and Qualify Potential Leads - I will grab a cup of coffee or tea with them to see where they stand and if they are in a position to offer what my biological body needs.
- Overcome Objections - I will use my creativity and communication abilities to overcome their objections and present me as the best option, lol.
- Close the Sale - I think the most difficult part is closing the first 'sale'. Afterwards, it will be pretty straightforward, ha-ha.
5. Anger Issues - Oh, boy. This is a HUGE thing at the moment. I am angry ALL the time. I am like a sponge absorbing negativity and losing my control at the smallest of things. I raise my voice at my mother that 100% supports and believes in me. I raise my voice at my dog that does stupid dog stuff and I am sure people hate being around me as I talk behind peoples' backs and bombard them with my negative life outlook. Not only that, but it backfires in multiple ways - causing emotional eating, smoking weed to lessen the tension inside of my head and other stupid behavior. This is a HUGE roadblock that has almost lead to a suicide in the past.
Solution: Do you see where the above-mentioned goals fit? As soon as I fix my diet and begin eating Keto, weightlifting and boxing, I will feel like a BEAST. Slowly, my muscles will reappear again and with each lost kilogram a portion of self-confidence and positiveness will resurface. Add to this no more feasting on a negative publicity and less jealousy caused by social media and my fixed sleeping patterns and we have a pretty awesome cocktail of success already. Top it up with more sexual contact and I am pretty sure anger problems will be the thing of the past. In addition to this, here is what I am going to do as well:
- Meditation - I talk a lot about its benefits. I advice my friends to practice it, but I never do it myself. Why? Probably because I was lazy. I will begin meditating 3 times a day, one session in the morning, another in the afternoon and the last one directly before hitting a sack. Each session will be no longer than 10-20 minutes of pure meditation.
- Gratification - In addition to counting breaths until I fall asleep, I will also count the things I should be thankful for, such as vision, hearing, two legs, two arms, two eyes and so on - and repeat it until I fall asleep.
- No Work Day - With all this strategy in place, I will save like 30 hours of working time a week and my productivity will skyrocket. I believe I will deserve a full day off. I will use this day to grab my dog and go for a walk in the forest, mountains or at the seaside and think about my prior week performance and brainstorm ways of how I can improve it the following week. I think nature and fresh weather will treat me with its own benefits.
So, I will introduce the following services and properly market them to my audience using free material they love so much, services will be as follows: in addition to writing CVs and Cover Letters, I will also offer creating LinkedIn profiles and preparing for interviews. In addition, I will also offer business plan writing services (have 2 large-scale accountants willing to partner with me - they will send me business plans and I will send them people that don't yet have accountants and reach out to me for a business plan), academic project editing services and anything else that involves writing stuff in English for target audience that is mostly not native English speakers living in English countries. How I will do this:
- Business Cards - Thanks to my continuous generosity and its effects, I have a good amount of people willing to help me out. I will design 3D business cards using the most luxurious material possible (hey, the most expensive option is only €30 per 500 business cards) and send like 40 business cards to 10 people in Ireland and England. They will then hand them to their friends, leave in the shops and so on. The remaining 100 I will leave in my local shops. I will order more and every time I make a new contact, I will kindly ask them if they would be willing to help me spread the word by distributing few business cards in return of a favor for them.
- Social Media - Now, only Lithuanian community in Ireland knows me. I will begin offering value packages that worked so well in Ireland in other countries, such as UK, USA, Australia and so on and slowly build my brand there. I will then begin advertising my services using creative copy-writing techniques and various posters. In addition, I will change my Facebook cover with a cover that advertises what services I offer - so my stalkers turn into customers, lol.
- Networking Events - I am not a fan of hanging out with strangers, but this will be a perfect opportunity to get out of my comfort zone, build business contacts and spread the word of what services I provide.
Here's the desert. I have 1 particular business idea in mind. It is scalable and based on various market tests - customers are waiting with their cash waving at me. I know, there will be many various challenges to overcome, but I have tested demand and even friends working in local companies informed me that they noticed my advertisements (tests) and that management saved my number and was particularly interested in it. My phone was buzzing like mad. I didn't expect such a reaction. But I didn't execute. Why? Laugh as much as you'd like, but I got scared of such a positive reaction. I left it as a 'desert' for the future. I have completely ignored 80/20 rule.
Ok, I can not turn the time back. So, I shouldn't cry on what could've happened if I'd started when I had validated the market, which was a year ago. I can only change what I do from now on and here is what I am going to do:
- Website - I will design a simple, yet professionally looking website using Wix. The purpose of this website will be lead collection and writing blogs that later will be shared on social media, other websites and various forums. I have a very solid domain and will run various Google Ads, by analyzing @Andy Black techniques and when the money starts pouring-in, I will outsource it to him completely.
- Social Media - I will create a Facebook group and a profile with my company's name. I will add as many people as possible on my profile and engage my audience on both Facebook group and profile. I will be actively involved in related discussions and run various Facebook ads.
- Business Cards - Similarly like above, I will use my network to distribute business cards that will be produced from the best possible material. I will spread the word as much as possible among my contacts and their friends.
- Virtual Office - I am not native English speaker. So, in order to have the best possible shot at this, I will hire a virtual receptionist from Ireland that will answer all phone calls and send me required documents via e-mail. He/she will deal with customer service coming from English speaking people. In addition, I will have a prestigious address that will be used on my digital platforms and business cards and all of my postage will be forwarded to my home address from a virtual office, meaning I will not need to commute 100km one way to collect them.
- Guerrilla Marketing Techniques - I will use all sorts of creative techniques, from hiring poem writers to write catchy posts to visual designers to design catchy visual design with a potential of going viral. The point is to be as unique, fun and remembered as long as possible.
It's 4:30 am and I am pumped as hell. I will wake up at 8am tomorrow and create a schedule that will be posted on here and explained. I will then create targets for a week that will be crossed as soon as I reach them and at the end of a week I will provide a summary of my achievements, health and how I feel in general. You will be able to track my progress on a weekly basis and see empirical evidence of changes (profit, body change, etc). The point is, to crawl out of a current hellhole into a daylight and set a trail for others to follow.
Buckle up and thank you for reading this thread and being part of my journey!
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