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| Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing. ~ Unknown This time I am taking different approach to my 30 days trial which is starting from 3 september 07 and end at 2 october 07. My 30 days challenge will consist of 6 missions each of 5 days with specific set of goals.I call them Mission I-M-POSSIBLE 1 TO 6.. This will be kind of The 'Quantum Leap' Approach where you tries to force intense activity by setting a goal that will need a 'quantum leap' in activity to achieve it. I never compare myself to others as it is surest recipe for unhappiness so, Objectives of MISSION I-M-POSSIBLE are : 1) To redefine word IMPOSSIBLE to IMPROBABLE and to POSSIBLE. 2) To do something that I thought Impossible to do for me. 3) To break my physical, mental, spiritual limitations without any injury. “The difference between the possible and the impossible lies in a person's determination.” ~Tommy Lasorda My Mission I-M-POSSIBLE -1 is as follows: -------------------------------------------------------------------------- MISSION NAME : I-M-POSSIBLE 1 MISSION DURATION: - 5 DAYS START: 0600 HOURS ON 3/09/07 END : 0000 HOURS ON 7/09/07 MISSION GOALS: I)PHYSICAL LEVEL: i)Running: Run 8 Kms daily [current level : 4 Kms] ii)Yoga : 1 hr. Yogasane(body postures) and 1 hr. Pranayam(Breathing Techniques) [current level : 1 hr total] iii)Going to Gym for 1 hr. [current level: very irregular] iv)No tea/coffee v)sleep:5 hrs :: 2300 hrs to 1600 hrs vi)Diet :Raw vegetables and fruits for breakfast. and normal lunch and dinner, Drink 2 glass of Milk everyday. II)MENTAL LEVEL: i) BOOKS TO READ: 1)The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey 2)The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 3)Read best of stevepavlina.com articles ii) AUDIOS TO LISTEN: 1)THE ROGUE WARRIORS STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS: A Commando's Principles of Winning by Richard Marcinko (a Navy commando and creator of the legendary SEAL TEAM SIX) 2)Sybervision - Neuropsychology of Self-Discipline 3)Jack Canfield -The Success Principles MAKE NOTES ON BOOKS AND AUDIOS AND WRITE ACTION STEPS TO TAKE IN DAILY JOURNAL... iii)Vedic Mathematics basic 'sutras' and it's applications iv)German Courses | Deutsche Welle - Level -1 completion III)SPIRITUAL: i) Daily meditate for 20 min.X 2 times (morning and evening) ii)Read Bible, Bhagvad Gita and Quran (if available) and find common teaching of all religious books IV) PROGRAMMING : 1)Write 30+ C# programs in 5 days 2)Read Inside C# by Tom Archer [CURRENT LEVEL: 1/3rd book completed] 3)Revise C,C++,Core JAVA 4)Complete W3SCHOOL HTML,DHTML,XML,JAVASCRIPT TUTORIALS ** complete all goals with 80/20 law ** ** For mindset listen hypnosis audios by Mr.Paul Scheele before going to sleep and after awakening in the morning ** Do or do not... there is no try. ~ Yoda ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Please give me suggestions if you have any. I will post my daily progress report in this thread. Last edited by shivraj : 09-02-2007 at 04:44 PM. |
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| Day 1 [3/09/07] of M-I 1 Today's successes: 1. Ran 6 km's 2. Listened neurosychology of self dicipline audio. 1 tape 3. Yoga 1.5 hr 4. meditation Todays Lessons Learned : 1. Smart work is must. 2. Accurate time estimation is utmost important. 3. Concentrate on one task at a time. 4. Must improve Willpower and Imagination. 5. Kisss (keep it simple and smart and sweet) I will not repeat same mistakes tomorrow and no matter what successfully complete 5 day's Mission. |
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| Incredible success today I successfully completed following things today: 1.Running: 8 kilometres 2.Yoga :2 hrs 3.No tea/coffee 4.sleep:5 hrs 5.Diet :Raw vegetables and fruits for breakfast 6.Read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho ~ incredible fable 7.Listened THE ROGUE WARRIORS STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS: A Commando's Principles of Winning by Richard Marcinko ~ I will experimental with his principles 8.Vedic Maths - 10 sutras 9.German Courses | Deutsche Welle - Level -1 (half) Tomorrow I will finish that 10.Meditated for 40 min. 20 X 2 times 11.wrote 15 C# programs 12.Completed w3school HTML tutorial in 3.5 hrs. YES ! I CAN DO THAT ! NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE I WILL REPEAT MY TODAYS SUCCESS STORY TOMORROW.... |
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| I have completed most of the list (80%), 20% failure is due to improper time management and overly ambitious goals.. Now I have got lots of confidence on my abilities which was crucial for my 30 day trial..(25 DAYS ARE REMAINING NOW ) Most important thing i have learned is from Rougue warrior tape .... "Some people say that fear, anxiety, jealousy,depression ..etc are just a part of human nature... Human Nature???? .. well, F**k human nature, If want to become successful and stay successful YOU HAVE TO RISE ABOVE HUMAN NATURE !!! " My Next Mission I-M-POSSIBLE - 2 STARTS FROM TOMORROW (8/7/07) |
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| MISSION NAME : I-M-POSSIBLE 2 OR "Quest of Excellence" In this mission i have decided to do Quality Work than just Quantity of work... I will rate my work on the scale of 0 to 5 for quality of work i will do. QUALITY INDEX(Q) 0 -No/Incomplete Work 1- Poor quality or execution of plan 2- average 3- good 4- excellent 5- outstanding (if going extra mile and applying new ideas or knowledge or have breakthru ) Quality of a day will be weighted mean of rating of all things i have done in a day. Weights of things will be as follows: Things to do | Weight(W) ------------------------------------ Most Important 3 (No matter what) Important 2 Unimportant but suppose to do 1 QUALITY OF A DAY WILL BE CALCULATED AS FOLLOW: QUALITY OF A DAY = (Q1W1+ Q2W2+....QiWi) / (W1 + W2 +...Wi) MISSION STATEMENT: Work Perfection leading to work excellence leading to outstanding performance in my all work. MISSION DURATION: - 5 DAYS START: 0600 HOURS ON 8/09/07 END : 0000 HOURS ON 12/09/07 MISSION GOALS (PROMISES): Following are Promises (Goals) I make with Myself : 1)Running: start from 8 kms and by the end of 5 days I will able to run 10 Kms. Yoga: 1 to 2 hrs Diet: Balanced diet Sleep: 5.30 hrs [ WEIGHT - 2] 2)Daily meditation for 20 min.X 2 times (morning and evening) [WEIGHT - 3] 3)No tea/coffee (somewhat addicted to tea and coffee..) [W - 3] 4)$1200 WORTH Bill Bartmann’s "The Billionaire’s Secrets to Success" is a proven method he used to achieve some remarkable things in his life. COMPLETE STUDY AND ACTION PLAN [WEIGHT 3] 5) BOOK TO READ : THINK AND GROW RICH TAPE TO LISTEN: The Science of Success: How to Attract Prosperity and Create Harmonic Wealth Through Proven Principles by James Authur Ray Make notes and mindmaps in my journal and write action steps to take [WEIGHT - 2] 6)Learn German Courses | Deutsche Welle [WEIGHT - 1] 7)FIND PURPOSE OF LIFE IN 20 MIN. EXERCISE 8)Study: 1)COMPLETE C AND DATASTRUCTURE BY DESHPANDE, KAKADE WITH CODING 2)HTML, JSCRIPT 3)WRITE 30+ PROGRAMS IN ANY LANGUAGE. [WEIGHT - 3] 9)Daily Prayer [WEIGHT - 1] 10)DAILY IMAGINATIONS (VISUALIZATION TECHNQUE) [WEIGHT - 1] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please do guide me and put comments, I will be so grateful. |
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| I failed miserably last 2 days.I was so lethargic to do anything planned. I was artificially stretching my mind and body with the sheer use of willpower, I underestimated the power of subconcious mind. I was stretching rubber and after loosing grip on it, rubber obtained it's normal size... water level reached it's normal position After lots of soul searching I found that I was missing following things 1. Big picture of life.. my long term goals, short term goals 2. My values to live by. Priorities in my life. 3. Not decided about my Ideal life Even after failure of 2 days I am not discouraged. Both success and failures always teach you something.I have learned my lessons. It's all start over again for next 30 days with the understanding gained. I have to put my mind on the things helpful for my goals and off the things which I dont want... First thing is I will prioritize my values, goals, drives I'll set goals for my life....List of my long term,short term goals Clarity of purpose .. No matter what happens I will fullfill my promises(Goals) with myself and God. I will never entertain any distractions, as a young man I have lots of distractions around.... Most important promise I make with myself is I WILL NEVER LIVE MEDIOCRE LIFE NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.I WILL LIVE LIFE OF ACHIEVEMENTS FROM THIS POINT FORWARD. My Values / motives in Life: 1.Self Mastery/Self Actualization,Supremacy, Inner Happiness and peace of mind in all situations 2. Life Long learning,Knowledge and Growth 3. Creativity ,Imagination, Fulfilment of dreams 4. World Class Professionalism 5. Preparedness for opportunities, Entrepreneurialship 6. Warrior Spirit, Never say die attitude 7. Open Mindness and flexibility for change 8. Zeal, Enthusiasm 9. Reliability 10.Honesty 11.Love 12.Fluency 13.Philanthropy My new 30 days trial begins from tomorrow(10 september 2007) and end on 9 october 2007, this time I will be successful no matter what !! first Mission I-M-POSSIBLE 1 IS,,, MISSION NAME: I-M-POSSILBE 1 OR "FLIGHT OF PHOENIX" DURATION: 5 DAYS : 10 to 14 september MISSION OBJECTIVE: 1)LEARN "EVERYTHING" ABOUT SUCCESS IN LIFE FROM BEST PEOPLE/GURUS/MASTERS IN THE WORLD THRU ARTICLES, BOOKS, AUDIO PROGRAMS, CD'S DVD'S, PERSONAL MEETING.... 2)Brutally honest ANALYSIS OF MYSELF AND OF MY LIFE 3)LEARN EVERYTHING ABOUT GOAL SETTING AND SET GOALS FOR LIFE 4)CREATE 'MUST DO LIST' FOR 3 MONTHS ATLEAST ACTION PLAN: 1.READ/LISTEN/WATCH FOLLOWING ARTICLES/BOOKS/AUDIOS/VIDEOS: 1)Jack Canfield -The Success Principles 2)The rogue warriors strategy for success: A Commando's Principles of Winning 3)Bill Bartmann’s "The Billionaire’s Secrets to Success" 4)The Science of Success 5)Bob Proctor - Success Puzzle 6)Earl Nightingale - The Essence of Success 7)John Maxwell - Your Road Map For Success 8)The Goal Achiever - BOB PROCTOR 9)Lessons in Mastery - Tony Robbins 10)Brian Tracy's ultimate goal program 11)Zig Ziglar - Goals 12)Bob Proctor - The Science of Getting Rich Seminar [DVD] 13)Psychology of Winning - Dennis Waitley 14)The Secrets to Manifesting Your Destiny [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] 15)STEVE PAVLINA'S ARTICLES ON GOAL SETTING ,SELF DISCIPLINE AND SUCCESS IN LIFE Listen,read, do exercies , make mindmaps and write action steps to take in my journal. 2)Brutal analysis myself and my life to the present.. swot,risks,regrets,successes, failures etc. 3)write 'must do list' for 3 months atleast 4)Write Goals and action plan for life. 5) 5 DAYS GOALS: 1) DAILY RUNNING,YOGA,MEDITATION 2) LEARN TIME MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES 3) Read Algorithms and data structure by Horowitz, Sahni (Photoreading) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please Guide me and give suggestions, Thanks Last edited by shivraj : 09-09-2007 at 05:37 PM. |
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| At first I thought 'Wow, that's crazy and impossible. Can he even do it?' And you did. Well done, shivraj! |
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| Thank you friends, you are very supportive Todays success story, Intention of a day was "COMPLETE WORK" SUCCESSFULLY Today's successes: 1) Running 10 kms. nonstop (personal record) 2) Yoga ~ Yogasane (1 hr.),Pranayam (1 hr.) 3) Meditation ("Thought watching meditation" - 20 min., "Who I am meditation" - 20 min.) 3) Programming: wrote 20 C# programs also revised C# concepts. 4) Photoread Algorithm and DS ~ Sahni, Horowitz first 7 chapters with atleast 50% to 60% understanding.. (need to read again) 5)Completed Bill Bartemann's ~~~~ 1) Bill Bartmann's Nine Steps to Set and Achieve Any Goal DVD and CD 2)Bill Bartmann's The Ten Steps to Overcome Any Failure DVD and CD " The Billionaire Success Kit... $1200 With this complete kit, you will have the tools and resources to turn any business venture into a success. This kit includes the national best-seller "Billionaire Secrets to Success" book, three pre-recorded workshops on DVD and CD, workbooks, and more. Link: Bartmann Business Institute - Billionaire Success Kit " Mind Map of 1) Bill Bartmann's Nine Steps to Set and Achieve Any Goal DVD and CD 2)Bill Bartmann's The Ten Steps to Overcome Any Failure DVD and CD is here >>> ![]() Last edited by shivraj : 09-13-2007 at 06:21 PM. |
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| ...this has sparked me; I look forward to torching my goals... |
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| Today's Intention: Present Moment awareness . No thought of past or future just living in present. If mind wonders bring it to present again. Today's Prayer: THANK YOU GOD. Thank You for your grace. Today's Affrimation: Day by day, In every way I am getting better and better. Today's Promises: (1) Read/Listen following audios and make mind map and contemplate on them and write action steps to take in my daily journal : 1)Read articles on goal setting, purpose and self discipline by Steve 2) John Maxwell - Your Road Map For Success. 3)The rogue warriors strategy for success: A Commando's Principles of Winning. 4)Brian Tracy's ultimate goal program. (2)Write BETTER plan for next Mission I-M-POSSIBLE 2 |
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| Lessons I have learned since I am doing this experiement are overwhelming.. We can do anything we want. So called limitations only exists in mind. I have been successful in breaking many of my physical, mental and spiritual limitations.I am going to take next Mission I-M-POSSIBLE 2 from tomorrow. Here is the Mission Plan: MISSION NAME: MISSION I-M-POSSIBLE 2 or "ROAR OF THE LION" MISSION DURATION: 5 DAYS (15/9/07 TO 19/9/07) START: 0600 HOURS ON 15/09/07 END : 0000 HOURS ON 19/09/07 MISSION STATEMENT: I will have excellence in my all work. I will make new personal records of Willpower,Tenacity and Concentration of Mind. MISSION GOALS (PROMISES): 1) 100% complete all incomplete goals of previous missions 2) Physical, Mental, Spiritual Levels : PHYSICAL LEVEL: 1. Running: 10 kilometers 2. Yoga : 2 hrs. - Practice: (Yama,Niyama for whole day),Yogasane (1 hr.),Pranayam(1 hr.) 3. Diet: Raw vegetables and fruits for breakfast and drink 1 liter milk . 4.Sleep : 5.30 hrs 5.Learn acupressure from video tutorial and books, internet and experiement with it. MENTAL LEVEL: 1) Learn and remember all creativity techniques from CREATIVITY TECHNIQUES from site : |






