The 30 Day Challenge - Goal and Plan

The 30 Day Challenge kicks off tomorrow night at 7:00pm here in Texas. Now I know that’s not August 1st, but there’s a perfectly good explanation.  You see Ed Dale, who’s MCing this thing lives in Australia - and when he kicks it off Friday Morning, it’ll be 7:00pm Thursday, locally.

They highly recommend having a team, but that’s still a bit iffy. There was a Dallas thread under the Team forum at the 30DC site, but only one other guy’s been posting there since mid last month. Karl Johnson , so we’re currently slated to meetup at the Corner Bakery tomorrow at 7:00pm. Don’t know if anyone else is going to show up - although there were about 9 people on the original thread, and 4 of them Karl and I have Twittered to no avail so far.

There’s another team at 30DCSwatTeam.com that I might be working with - still in discussion.

With that said, here’s my 30 Day Challenge Goal:

Complete the 30 Day Challenge and Earn $5,000 online in the Month of August

I know that’s a lot more aggressive than the stated goal of $10.00, but what the heck. If I can do that, I stand a fairly good chance of being able to make this my full time job. It’s still a far cry from the 4 hour work-week, but It’s a step in the right direction.

- So, following my previous entry about How We Accomplish Anything , I have a pretty clear goal, and it’s SMART.

Specific : Earn $5,000 profit before Midnight, August 31st.

Measurable : Amount, $5,000

Attainable : Follow the plan, work the process, and it should be achievable.

Reasonable : Aggressive but reasonable IMHO

Time : Deadline, Midnight August 31st

So with my goal in hand, what is my specific plan?

1. Follow the 30 Day Challenge
2. Participate with a team
3. Commit at least 4 hours a day to the plan
4. As part of my Hour of Power - review my progress each morning
5. As part of my Hour of Wealth - blog my progress each evening
   
6. Network heavily within the program: Goal 20 good friends by 8/31

As the plan unfolds, I may need to modify my plan, since I’m somewhat at the mercy of the program, and the whole Team thing is still somewhat in the air. Still, it’s a pretty basic plan that I can follow and update/modify as needed.

I’d like to commit to earning $100 by the end of the second week, but I don’t know the program specifics, so I’ll wait a little longer before writing that one in stone.