Paul Brodzinski

Love the idea of experimentation/gamification, so let’s define a few ideas and really give them a go.

1. Swing Trading
2. Affiliate Marketing by building a few brands
3. Understanding digital marketing

I need to get rid of at least 15 pounds in the next 2 weeks, so here’s the start of another glorious experiment. I’ll log my progress here day-by-day, so there’s my accountability for all my fans out there 😉

I’ll start tomorrow 8/4 and go from there following these rules:

1. One Gallon of water/day
2. Track everything in LoseIt on my phone
3. IF every day, restricting myself to an 8-hour feeding window (12-8pm)
4. Only eat at mealtimes
5. Eliminate starches and sugars
6. Eat at a caloric deficit
7. HIIT in the morning, Heavy weights in the evening
8. Plenty of good sleep (with pink noise experimentation)

8/4 – looking good so far. Just water and coffee until lunchtime!

One thing I’ve learned is that chasing too many goals will leave you in one of 2 states…ready?

State 1 – Paralyzed
Whenever you get enough time and energy both available in the same place, you basically think about the goals/hobbies/activities that you want to do, pick one (somehow) and execute on whatever plan you have to achieve the goal.

Problem is…
You brain wants to do all of them, all of the time so is unable to clearly pick one out the pack. Or else you have so many that your brain starts to prioritize or even categorize them even further so you’re left spinning.

State 2 – Unsuccessful/Unfulfilled
You do one, but knowing that you have a laundry list of others, you feel a sense of emptiness, that fuels your apathy – that you’re not doing them all justice. In addition to that, you get the sense of futility that you can’t possibly get to all of them so why even bother!

What to do…? Follow me here…
The number one technique here is (as Warren Buffet clearly states) – pick a very selective, limited set of goals to work on at any one time. That doesn’t mean that you’ll never get to those other goals – it just means that you’re narrowing your focus. So, you have 3 choices here:
1. Pick something easy (your brain doesn’t know the difference)
2. Pick something small/short-term – in order to gain some success and build momentum
3. Pick something that will give the biggest impact

I’m going to combine four of my obsessions into an experiment.

1. Wrist watches
2. Super heroes (and scale statues of them)
3. Dungeons & Dragons
4. Gamification

This grand endeavor will be an attempt to combat …