30 days challenge. (19 July 8 TO 8 August 8)

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by munish

Don't give up, but don't shave your head again.

Well ..not having self destructive nature.. but those 7 days were worthy of hairs on my head.. lol

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by munish

We aren't goverened by our emotions, I suggest you read about subjective reality .

Otherwise the more you try ,more you will reinforce that nature and give power to your emotions.

Obviously reality is one but mind of the people perceive reality from the spectacles of emotions and past programming, is not the problem of reality itself !, you can give that nice name subjective reality. Laws of nature are always same for everyone

and we are emotional being and so perdictable. Strong tendancies of mind are dictators. If a person do certain things in certain situation.. there are 99% chances that he will do same if that situation happens again..

[shivraj]

Day 4:12 August 8

1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE
2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running: 2 km.
Yoga: 1 hr.
Gym : 1 hr.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE
1. Mindfullness meditation
2. Thoughts interval meditation

4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. FAILED
I DONT HAVE ANY MOTIVATION FOR THIS GOAL. I JUST NEED MODERATION IN INTAKE.

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

VOCABULARY: 100 NEW WORDS
SPEECH: 15 MIN.
ACCENT: IMITATION OF AMERICAN ACCENT

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Get mastery on following qualities:
1> Willpower : Test resistence to temptations and physical / Mental pain.
* WAKE UP AT 4:00 WAS LIKE HELL BUT I DID THAT... THAT'S RECORD OF WILLPOWER FOR TODAY.

2> Imagination : Imagine end result before start of work.
SUCCESS OF IMAGINATION : READ ATLEAST 300 PAGES OF HEAD FIRST C#

3> Persistence : Persist till total completion of work.
I AM GOING THROUGH VERY BUSY DAYS BUT I PERSIST FOR GREATER GOOD.

4> Concentration and Awareness : Live in Present , 200% focus on work at hand.
DONE
5> Fearlessness :
....FEARLESS FOR TODAY.

OVERALL DAY IS SUCCESSFULL. WON GOLD MEDAL

[hacker]

This is awesome Shivraj! You are an inspiration!

Do whatever motivates you, but be a bit gentle with yourself...

BIG GOAL: To eat an elephant.

How: One bite at a time ( Not whole elephant at a time)

My theory is : Pickup a small subset of habits. Daily achieve those. Celebrate those. And cement those. Then move to next set of new habits. And make sure you are still achieving previous habits.

[Ceros]

shivraj, you're an inspiration to us all. Especially to me, since I've got a whole list of 30 day challenges I'd like to start on, but haven't been able to do them yet.

Also, this post needs moe graphs.

[shivraj]

Day 5:13 August 8

1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE
2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running: 2 km.
Yoga: YES.
Gym : YES.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE
1. Mindfullness meditation
2. Thoughts interval meditation

4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE
1. Breathing Meditation
2. Alpha Meditation

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE
VOCABULARY: 50 NEW WORDS.
GRAMMAR PRACTICE.

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Get mastery on following qualities: DONE

1> Willpower : Test resistence to temptations and physical / Mental pain.
Resisted temptations of drinking coffee whole day. that's record of willpower for today.

2> Imagination : Imagine end result before start of work.
SUCCESSFUL IMAGINATION : Run 2 KM.

3> Persistence : Persist till total completion of work.
Total completion of coding of one Game using C#.

4> Concentration and Awareness : Live in Present , 200% focus on work at hand.
DONE

5> Fearlessness:
Today's understanding is : FEAR = FALSE EVIDENCE APPEARING REAL. Knowing facts are important.

OVERALL DAY IS SUCCESSFUL. WON GOLD MEDAL

[shivraj]

[993125002]

this guys got some balls!!! it is possible to change yourself through sheer grit. the last time i had any carbonated drinks or unhealthy food was longer than i could remember. i haven't been consistent with my exercise lattely though. keep it up Shivraj

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by Ceros

shivraj, you're an inspiration to us all. Especially to me, since I've got a whole list of 30 day challenges I'd like to start on, but haven't been able to do them yet.

Also, this post needs moe graphs.

My Inspiration is Steve Pavlina !

3) Also in 1997, I decided I wanted to exercise every single day for a year. That was my 1997 New Year’s resolution. My criteria was that I would exercise aerobically at least 25 minutes every day, and I wouldn’t count Tae Kwon Do classes which I was taking 2-3 days per week. Coupled with my dietary changes, I wanted to push my fitness to a new level. I didn’t want to miss a single day, not even for sick days. But thinking about exercising 365 days in a row was daunting, so I mentally began with a 30-day trial. That wasn’t so bad. After a while every day that passed set a new record: 8 days in a row… 10 days… 15 days…. It became harder to quit. After 30 days in a row, how could I not do 31 and set a new personal record? And can you imagine giving up after 250 days? No way. After the initial month to establish the habit, the rest of the year took care of itself. I remember going to a seminar that year and getting home well after midnight. I had a cold and was really tired, yet I still went out running at 2am in the rain. Some people might call that foolish, but I was so determined to reach my goal that I wasn’t going to let fatigue or illness stop me. I succeeded and kept it up for the whole year without ever missing a day. In fact, I kept going for a few more weeks into 1998 before I finally opted to stop, which was a tough decision. I wanted to do this for one year, knowing it would become a powerful reference experience, and it certainly became such.

From 30 Days to Success

What a commitment!

[shivraj]

Day 6:14 August 8



1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE
2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running: 2.4 km.

Yoga: YES.
Gym : YES.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE
1. Thought labelling Meditation
2. Mindful Meditation

4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE
VOCABULARY: 50 NEW WORDS.
GRAMMAR PRACTICE.

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Qualities: DONE

1> Willpower
2> Imagination
3> Persistence
4> Concentration and Awareness
5> Fearlessness

[shivraj]

Day 7: 15 August 2008



1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE
2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. half DONE
Running: 2 km.
Yoga: YES.
Gym : NO

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE
1. Interval Meditation
2. Zen Meditation: Koan = "What is sound of clap of one hand?"

4) Creative visualization DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. Fail
On the occassion of Indian Independence day(today), I am firmly decided to take independance from these two evils.. tea and coffee.. I'll not drink them from tomorrow again!

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech Fail


9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Qualities: DONE

1> Willpower X Low energy state of mind and body today
2> Imagination X Couldn't concentrate
3> Persistence yes
4> Concentration and Awareness Fuzzy state of mind today
5> Fearlessness yes

Overall Day was Moderately Successful. Won Bronze Medal

[shivraj]

Day 8: 16 August 2008



1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE
2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE
Running: 3 km. Progress: 0.6 km
Yoga: YES.
Progress:
1) Differential Relaxation.
2) Flow state of mind.

Gym : YES
Progress:
Improved strength of muscles

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE
1. Contemplation Meditation
Contemplation on what is true success ?
Come to the conclusion that Success is self realization, stabilization, have Super conscious state of mind and then do whatever you want to do, you will always succeed.
2. Gratitude Meditation: Thankful for every favor God has granted me.

4) Creative visualization DONE
All visualizations were successful.. Today is miraculous day!

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE


9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Qualities: DONE

1> Willpower
Run 3 km, That's record of willpower for today

2> Imagination
Most Successful Imagination: Read 200 pages of Head First C# and coding.

3> Persistence yes , I didn't give up even though very strong urge of quitting.

4> Concentration and Awareness . YES.

5> Fearlessness : Today's understanding is: Problem that does not kill me makes me stronger. Problem which can kill me then there is no problem.

Overall Day was completely Successful.

Won

[shivraj]

Day 9: 17 August 2008





Using Overwhelming Forces Strategy!

This is a battle I MUST win, regardless of the cost.
I not only want to achieve this goal but to absolutely dominate it.

1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE




2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running: 3 km.






Yoga: YES.


Gym : YES



3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE

* Who I Am Meditation - 30 Min.

4) Creative visualization DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE


8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE



10) Qualities: DONE

1> Willpower
Wake Up at 4 am was tough as I slept at 11:45 PM yesterday , That's the record of willpower for today.

2> Imagination
All Imaginations were successful.

I'll remember following quote forever!

`Imagination'

``The biggest thing is, nothing is impossible,'' Michael Phelps told reporters after the eighth gold was in his pocket. ``All it takes is imagination.''

3> Persistence YES.

4> Concentration and Awareness . YES.

5> Fearlessness. Today I conquered fear of future by making solid realistic plan for where I am heading towards. Today I set Goals for near future as well as for 5 years from now.
because..
Strategy + Tactics = Success
Strategy = Goals
Tactics = Tasks
“Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory…
Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.”


Overall Day was completely Successful.

WON

[shivraj]

Ok, One day break for this trial, today I am going on picnic with my friends.
This is important to refresh myself after streching to the limit.Of course Challenge is not failed. I'll resume it from tomorrow.

[shivraj]

Day 10: 19 August 2008



1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running: 3.5 km.

Yoga: YES.

Gym : YES

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE

4) Creative visualization DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

9) Daily read reading and coding DONE


10) Qualities: DONE

1> Willpower YES.

2> Imagination YES.
All Imaginations were successful.

3> Persistence YES.

4> Concentration and Awareness . YES.

5> Fearlessness. YES.

Successful Day.

[shivraj]

Day 11: 20 August 2008




1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running: 4 km.

Yoga: YES.

Gym : YES

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE

4) Creative visualization DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios NO

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

9) Daily read reading and coding NO

10) Qualities: DONE

1> Willpower YES.

2> Imagination YES.
All Imaginations were successful.

3> Persistence YES.

4> Concentration and Awareness . YES.

5> Fearlessness. YES.

Successful Day.

WON

[shivraj]

Day 12: 21 August 2008





1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running: 4 km.


Yoga: 1 hr.

Gym : 1 hr.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE
1. Thought Lebeling meditation
My analysis of thoughts is, Most of the thoughts are positive, some thoughts about achievements, future oriented, Some thoughts are of some dominant
patterns and tendencies. But I feel clarity of thinking nowadays. Thats the good news.

2. Mindfullness meditation

4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE
Wonderful Day .

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

VOCABULARY: 30 NEW WORDS
SPEECH: 15 MIN.
ACCENT: AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING.

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Get mastery on following qualities: DONE

1> Willpower : Test resistence to temptations and physical / Mental pain.
* WAKE UP AT 4:00 WAS TOUGH BUT I DID THAT. THAT'S THE RECORD OF WILLPOWER FOR TODAY.

2> Imagination : Imagine end result before start of work.
SUCCESS OF IMAGINATION : IMAGINED OF WONDERFUL DAY AND IT MANIFESTED !

3> Persistence : Persist till total completion of work.
I AM GOING THROUGH VERY BUSY DAYS BUT I PERSIST FOR STRONG CONVICTION THAT 'I CAN DO ANYTHING IN THIS WORLD, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, WITH GOD EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE'.

4> Concentration and Awareness : Live in Present , 200% focus on work at hand.
MANTRA I AM USING IS SO POWERFUL..

"If I can make it a 15 second, I can make it a minute
If I can make it a minute, I can make it an hour
If I can make in an hour, I can make it a day
If I can make it a day, I can make it a week
If I can make it a week, I can make it a month
If I can make it month, I can make it forever
"

5> Fearlessness :
Today's Understanding is:

Fear is sin.
Fear is worst than Death.
Fear is sickness.
Fear is virus of the soul.
Fear is what prevent you from achieving your goals and dreams.
Fear is biggest enemy.

NEVER EVER FEAR ANYTHING OR ANY PERSON .
IF YOU ARE AFRAID OF ANYTHING YOU ARE DEAD.
BE SMART DARE DEVIL.


....FEARLESS FOR TODAY.



My desires, motivations have not yet reached to escape Velocity needed to break free from habit patterns. But I am confident to go to that height where real TRANSFORMATION begins.

OVERALL DAY IS SUCCESSFULL.

WON GOLD MEDAL ,

[shivraj]

Day 13:22 August 2008



1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running: 4 km.

Yoga: 1 hr.

Gym : 1 hr.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE

1. Interval meditation .. Achieved Thoughtless stage for 15 seconds.
That's the big achievement for me... Sustained progress in this area, Hope to improve better.

2. zen meditation. koan = "What is your original face before you were born?"

4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE
All visualizations manifested in to reality.

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE
Wayne Dyer - YOU CAN DO ANYTHING

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

VOCABULARY: 50 NEW WORDS
SPEECH: 15 MIN. Practice.
ACCENT: AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING.

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Get mastery on following qualities: DONE

1> Willpower : Mantra for willpower is..
To getup in the morning: I will get up within 15 seconds. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... 14
yes I get up.

To finish the task in hand even when it hurts:

Rudra Gayatri mantra.(Sanskrit) Aum Bhur Bhuvah Swaha Aum Tadpurushaaya Vidvamahe, Mahadevaaya Dheemahi Tanno Rudra Prachodayaat.
It's so powerful that I have completed all my tasks when I chant that mantra.
Done

2> Imagination : Imagine end result before start of work.
Most successful IMAGINATION : Imagined Success in all tasks and nearly 99% succeeded. That's record of imagination for today.

3> Persistence : Persist till total completion of work.
Yes done.

4> Concentration and Awareness : Live in Present , 200% focus on work at hand.

5> Fearlessness :
Today's Understanding is:

Fear is necessary for the safety of the body but uncessary fear should be removed by whatever means.

....FEARLESS FOR TODAY.

OVERALL DAY IS SUCCESSFUL.

[Jokas]

I respect your effort and your challenge. I advise you to take a good rest as far as possible tough. I found by personal experience that it is not easy to keep a tigh schedulle of exercice and specially study without enough rest. If you sleep less hours you gain in time, but you can't use that time so effectivly (especially on studying new or difficult material) as you can we you have a good night sleep. Also your attention during the day is much less and you can lose good opportunities in your life or even put your life in danger (don't drive if you are sleepy!)
Well, said that I wish you success in your pursuits and good results on your plan. Go on!

[shivraj]

Yes, that's so true.. I had same experience in the beginning of the challenge. I found difficult to adjust my sleeping patterns. After little experimentation, I learned that 5 hour excellent quality sleep during night and 15 to 20 min. nap during a day is sufficient. Also I never push myself to the limit during exercise. I do what I can do without stretching myself too much. Also there is one side effect of Pranayama(breathing exercises in yoga) that you need less sleep, body recovers easily and fastly. whenever I feel some stress or fatigue, on that day I go to sleep early..

Thanks friend, really appreciate your concern.

[Jokas]

As for me I need at least 6-7 hours sleep per night but I can stretch it to 5 hours for a period of about 2 days, then I start feeling the pressure during the day. As I try to get a good balance of physhical exercise and mental study I think that is an important concerne. The ideal though would be 8 hours sleep per night. I feel the pressure specially on the difficult I sent to concentrate (reading, creative thinking, etc) not so much on the physical side. I found though that physical fatigue much interfer with your emotional performance. So I found out that I tend to be more negative and frustated toward life when I am tired and unrested.
I know physical exercice reduces substancially the necessity of sleep. I agree with that by personal experience, but as I can see you like yoga keep in mind the word of Budha: " Everything must be balanced in life". If you want to produce nice harmonious music the strings of the playing instrument must be tuned. Not too loose, not too streched. That's the philosophy I try to follow on my everyday life.
On the other side, we must sometimes push our limits or we will not develop. On my personal experience I know that is true on physical exercise. If I don't push a little everyday I keep always the same rythm.
I think the secret is to find your own balance. Since it is different for everybody it is difficult to find a general rule and that's why so many fail to find it. I think the key is to find it within yourself!

Keep going, never give up! Good luck!

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by Jokas

As for me I need at least 6-7 hours sleep per night but I can stretch it to 5 hours for a period of about 2 days, then I start feeling the pressure during the day. As I try to get a good balance of physhical exercise and mental study I think that is an important concerne. The ideal though would be 8 hours sleep per night. I feel the pressure specially on the difficult I sent to concentrate (reading, creative thinking, etc) not so much on the physical side. I found though that physical fatigue much interfer with your emotional performance. So I found out that I tend to be more negative and frustated toward life when I am tired and unrested.
I know physical exercice reduces substancially the necessity of sleep. I agree with that by personal experience, but as I can see you like yoga keep in mind the word of Budha: " Everything must be balanced in life". If you want to produce nice harmonious music the strings of the playing instrument must be tuned. Not too loose, not too streched. That's the philosophy I try to follow on my everyday life.
On the other side, we must sometimes push our limits or we will not develop. On my personal experience I know that is true on physical exercise. If I don't push a little everyday I keep always the same rythm.
I think the secret is to find your own balance. Since it is different for everybody it is difficult to find a general rule and that's why so many fail to find it. I think the key is to find it within yourself!

Keep going, never give up! Good luck!

I decided to go as fast as can go without crossing the limits of my performance. Sooner or later I will hit the wall but till then progress is much faster than I had thought off. When ever I'll hit the wall then I'll use strategy of "Progressive adaptation".. that's the genius of body. That's how people have conquered Mt.Everest, Michael Phelps have won 8 gold medals, Memory champions use this idea to improve their memory.
In this strategy you stretch just beyond your comfort zone without crossing your real performance limits. For example. In running it's called 10 PERCENT RULE.. "You never increase your mileage and pace more than 10% than previous week" Increase of mileage and pace more than 10% spells ENJURY.
But nowadays It's comfortable and enjoyable for me to almost increase mileage by 40 to 60 % daily ! I will go as far as I can go without enjury. That's my first priority.

For the philosophical point of view, I follow Buddha's saying.. "Follow your own path, Be your own lamp, Do not believe just because you have said to believe." Learning and growing is one of my value. I learn, experiments with what experts have said and I do what's right for me to do.

One big reason for this challenge is that I want to give myself a gift on my b'day.. It's in the next month.

[shivraj]

Day 14:23 August 2008



1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running: 4 km.

Yoga: 1 hr.

Gym : 1 hr.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE

1. Contemplation meditation

2. Gratitude meditation.

4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

VOCABULARY: 20 NEW WORDS
SPEECH: 15 MIN. Practice.
ACCENT: AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING.

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Get mastery on following qualities: DONE

1> Willpower YES

2> Imagination YES

3> Persistence YES

4> Concentration and Awareness YES

5> Fearlessness YES


SUCCESSFUL DAY.

[shivraj]

Day 15:24 August 2008





1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running: 4.2 km.

Yoga: 1 hr.

Gym : 1 hr.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE

Who I am? meditation. - 30 min.

4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

VOCABULARY: 30 NEW WORDS
SPEECH: 15 MIN. Practice.
ACCENT: AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING.

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Get mastery on following qualities: DONE

1> Willpower YES

2> Imagination YES

3> Persistence YES

4> Concentration and Awareness YES

5> Fearlessness YES


SUCCESSFUL DAY.

[munish]

Originally Posted by shivraj

Day 15:24 August 2008



1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running: 4.2 km.

Yoga: 1 hr.

Gym : 1 hr.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE

Who I am? meditation. - 30 min.

4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

VOCABULARY: 30 NEW WORDS
SPEECH: 15 MIN. Practice.
ACCENT: AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING.

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Get mastery on following qualities: DONE

1> Willpower YES

2> Imagination YES

3> Persistence YES

4> Concentration and Awareness YES

5> Fearlessness YES


SUCCESSFUL DAY.

Shivraj,

Congrats!!

Are you working on your purpose too ?

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by munish

Shivraj,

Congrats!!

Are you working on your purpose too ?

Thank you munish,

Yes, I am working on purpose of life too.

I believe our purpose of life changes with the understanding we get time to time. For some person purpose of life to make money and software
e.g. Bill Gates.. has now changed to Philanthropy and greater good to mankind.
Life, world changes and so do purpose..

My purpose of life Version 1.0 (with today's understanding) is,

"Explore, Learn to use my unique talents and using those talents become world no.1 in the domain of those talents."

'' My affirmation for that is.. God and I are the most invincible army in the universe, we will conquer whatever we want. ''

[shivraj]

25 August 2008 to 29 August 2008 : Day 16 to 20

Almost completed 70%

1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running: 4.2 km., 4.8, 5, 5 on 26, 27, 28, 29 respectively..

Yoga: 1 hr.

Gym : 1 hr. except on 27th August.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE

4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE

7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

VOCABULARY: 50 NEW WORDS
SPEECH: 15 MIN. Practice.
ACCENT: AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING.

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Get mastery on following qualities: DONE

1> Willpower YES

2> Imagination YES

3> Persistence YES

4> Concentration and Awareness YES

5> Fearlessness YES

[theSeeker]

Wow! ShivRaj, you are an inspiration. I've been a lurker for quite sometime on these forums... always soaking in the posts, reading, feeling charged & driven temporarily (probably whenever i could relate to the posts) but nothing concrete, no improvement would ever come off it because i seldom took action.

I had posted once in Feb'08 about my issues, but despite really good feedback from quite a few people, i've still not made much progress (nothing tangible anyway). Then i set & posted goals for July & failed! Instead of getting on with it (by implementing punitive measures or using an alternative strategy to put things behind me)... i chose to punish myself by losing faith in myself... that's why i stopped posting altogether (i hate listing out my issues, have others try help me out, and then not being able to improve well enough... feel terribly guilty, almost tormented ...i feel like i'm letting others down, letting myself down... feel so dishonest).
Your post was a shot in the arm, now i'm simply gonna set goals in terms of targets/objectives & set up some punitive measures in case i'm not able to meet them (nothing as dramatic as shaving my head, but certainly something unpleasant)... at least this way, i'll not feel dishonest, because i'll dutifully carry out the punitive measures in case i screw up.
I know that this surely seems quite a negative methodology to subscribe to but i feel this is what i really need right now (the old carrot/stick model)
Consequences for every action... compliance/non-compliance entirely upto me.

Thanks a ton, Shivraj. All the best for your Goals!

[shivraj]

Originally Posted by theSeeker

Your post was a shot in the arm, now i'm simply gonna set goals in terms of targets/objectives & set up some punitive measures in case i'm not able to meet them (nothing as dramatic as shaving my head, but certainly something unpleasant)... at least this way, i'll not feel dishonest, because i'll dutifully carry out the punitive measures in case i screw up.
I know that this surely seems quite a negative methodology to subscribe to but i feel this is what i really need right now (the old carrot/stick model)
Consequences for every action... compliance/non-compliance entirely upto me.
Thanks a ton, Shivraj. All the best for your Goals!

I believe, carrot and stick model can get you started but for long term motivations it's useless, sooner or later suppressed feelings rebels.
IMHO what works for me is setting incremental goals that gives feeling of improvements also daily visualization of final outcome is a great motivator.

There were very strong urges for me to leave the challange inbetween but I wanted to give gift of self discipline, health, improved knowledge to myself on my birthday, which is on 30th september. so I persisted. Challege was really tough ..

[shivraj]

30 August 2008 to 3 September 2008 : Day 21 to 24

1) Wake up at 4:00 am. DONE

2) Daily Running, Yoga and Gym. DONE

Running 50 min.

Yoga: 1 hr.

Gym : 1 hr.

3) Meditation 30 min. at same time and same place. DONE
4) Creative visualization - at least 20 min. DONE

5) Daily reading of self help books/ listen audios - minimum 10 min. DONE

6) Daily self hypnosis and affirmations. 15 to 20 min. DONE
7) No drinks - tea/coffee. DONE

8) Daily improve my English - vocabulary, grammar, accent, speech DONE

VOCABULARY: 50 NEW WORDS
SPEECH: 12 MIN. Practice.
ACCENT: AMERICAN ACCENT TRAINING.

9) Daily read 50 to 250 pages(depending upon type of material) of study book and do at least 100 to 125 lines of coding everyday. DONE

10) Get mastery on following qualities: DONE

1> Willpower YES

2> Imagination YES

3> Persistence YES

4> Concentration and Awareness YES

5> Fearlessness YES