The 14-Day Action Challenge

​Over the last 5 years, I've read through thousands of studies, articles, and books hunting for small actions that produce BIG results.

I've collected 10 of the most effective, and best researched actions into the 14-day Action Challenge.

Months into my journey, I found myself "stuck". Even then, the physical strain was still taking it's toll. Each day was a challenge to endure the pain of hiking 20 miles with 80 lbs of survival gear.

In a small town in Louisiana, I found my worst enemy: Comfort.

I was being hosted by a very relaxed friend. It was one of the few times I had comfort on my journey. I spent days relishing the relaxation and recovery time. I knew if I stopped for too long, I would never reach my goal: Seattle, Washington.

Every day that passed I knew I needed to get going, but the comfort of having an actual bed and the blistering Louisiana summer kept me thinking twice.

After days of guilt-ridden procrastination, my frustration reached a boiling point. I felt like I was letting laziness take over. I HAD to move on if I was ever to feel good about myself.

The day that I left, it was my self-directed anger that drove me back onto the road... except I decided to drop by a Pizza Hut on the way out of town.

After all, burning 8000 calories every day, I HAD to eat like a fat kid just to keep the pounds on! I spent 8 hours gorging myself on three whole extra-large pizzas and finding every excuse to not continue on.

Feeling disgustingly full, the time came to move on but it was now 11PM. The manager said, "You Don't Have To Go Home, But You Can't Stay Here."

Somewhere in the depths of my brain I received an answer, and my right foot moved seemingly on it's own.

I asked again. A slightly louder answer came to my mind, and my left foot moved.

I kept asking that question until the answer changed. The answer didn't come from my mind, but from my body. My left leg moved forward, shook beneath me, and I collapsed onto the ground.

Almost 23 hours of strenuous physical exercise had passed. 106,000 steps with barely a thought of giving up or stopping.

In the days prior to that, I couldn't have imagined walking down a driveway. Let alone walking the equivalent of 2 marathons ​with ​half my bodyweight strapped to my back.

It didn't make sense how a single little question could transform me from being defeated, hoping for an extra moment of comfort, to a machine capable of super-human efforts.

I later learned why...

Finding and asking that question lead me on a path to discover Action Skills. Simple actions that take very little time or effort to use, but change everything about how you ACT.

This sparked an obsession that drove me to reading thousands of scientific studies, articles and books, hunting for those small actions that produce BIG results. What I call "Action Skills".

Later on my journey, I realized how powerful this one Action Skill was. I was sitting outdoors at a cafe in Silicon Valley. As an entrepreneur from a small town in Florida, it was like I was in Hollywood.

The cafe was abuzz with entrepreneurs working on the next big idea, and meetings of founders, venture capitalists, and programmers. I felt out of place with my "walked here from Florida" t-shirt and big rucksack. 3600 miles into my journey, I was still traversing 100% on foot and doing small fundraisers.

A gentleman who was walking away from the counter came up to me and asked the first question most people asked me...

We chatted about the journey, but as an entrepreneur, I was always fascinated with other people's business. We started talking about his business, and he began talking about how he was stuck.

He said:

I walked him through the process I accidently discovered in Louisiana. Then, I went to a separate table to finish up on my own work. Four hours later, as I was getting ready to leave, he ran up to me with a fiery enthusiasm.

It didn't work for just me, but it worked for other people too (and many people since).

This moment made me curious about why that worked, and how I could apply it to everything in my life. One deceptively simple question meant the difference between returning in shame, or transforming my journey. It meant the difference between another day of struggle, and the best work you've done in months.

We all want outcomes, be it walking 20 miles or raise another $100 million. What most often keeps us from getting the outcomes we want out of life is us, standing in our own way.

These action skills, like that question, and the ones I will share in the 14 day challenge get you out of your own way, and let you act like the person you really want to be.

Action Skills work because they quickly strike at the heart of a challenge. The question "Can I take the next step?", when you learn exactly how to apply it, becomes a powerful tool of motivation.

Motivation Is All About Confidence

By focusing your mind on the next step, this questions nearly eliminates the need for James Bond levels of confidence. This question side-steps the need for willpower. It activates an intrinsic motivation that snowballs into a torrent of engaged effort that triggers flow.

Applied in the right way, it will even block self-judgement and procrastination because your brain won't be able to think about anything other than progress.

These Action Skills are what I've taught in workshops over the last 3 years as I've traveled to 26 countries. I've taken the most powerful lessons from those workshops and distilled them into the Action Challenge.

Over 14 days, you'll develop 10 Action Skills that enable you to:

• Stop procrastinating on that project you've been putting off.
• Get more done, with less mental effort so you don't feel mentally drained by the end of the day.
• End your work day with enough energy and positivity to bring your all to the rest of your life.
• You'll be able to leave work at work so you be fully engaged with your friends and family.
• Come home from work with a sense of peace, knowing you got everything done.

Each week day, you'll learn a new skill that can transform your life. You'll receive a short Action Skill training so you can start using it in less than 10 minutes. You'll also receive deep dive lessons into exactly how to apply the Action Skill, when to use it, and why it works.

You'll have access to a Facebook group, where we'll do daily accountability check-ins and where you'll be able to ask any pressing questions that you have.

For our Elite members, you'll have interactive group coaching calls throughout the challenge, access to the Elite member's group chat, and  my private cell number for private accountability and questions.
For the Fast-Action Takers who invest in the Action Challenge Elite, they'll receive a 30 minute one-on-one coaching session with me (normally $500) as a bonus for being one of the first 5 Elite members.

P.S. I spent years of my life struggling with procrastination, brain fog, anxiety and just wasting so many opportunities. I don't want you to live a life of regret. The Action Skills you'll learn are scientifically backed and evidence based, which means you don't have to believe me. They'll work for you as sure as advil helps a headache. Join me for this 2 weeks of powerful learning and action. You've got nothing to lose.