Skye's Journal--Boot Camp

Project: SKYE'S VISION

Warrior Path for Life: I stand for myself and all people being powerful warriors and creators in life, and I stand in the face of anything and everything.

Life Mission: My mission is to guarantee a future for mankind of life, freedom, creation and prosperity. In order to achieve this mission, I am taking on three major challenges, 1) preventing world war, 2) reinventing education and 3) reinventing government. I will achieve this mission by creating and disseminating powerful self-guidance technology that will liberate men from the inner conflicts that have kept them compromising and suffering in life, and result in their natural evolution into powerful conscious creators. I will know I am walking my path by the size of the fears and/or discomfort I take on day in and day out to achieve my mission. I will lead a powerful army of self-leaders, wealth warriors, who see the vision, the possibility for the world, and feel responsible for creating it.

Life Vision: The more I see myself standing in the face of anything and everything to achieve my mission, the more I see a world where children are raised from a new paradigm of self-authority, a new model that naturally results in children being powerfully guided by honor. I see a world of natural conscious creators, who are free internally and externally to create. I see a world free of suffering, a world free of compromise, a world without limits, a world without war.

Project Vision Target: November 17, 2003. My vision for the future is ever more clear and powerful. I find myself at most hours of the day living inside of a vision so powerful that nothing holds me back and I am driven--a man on a mission. I have just completed my last boot camp for the year, and the boot camps for the first 4 months of 2004 are already sold out. Wealth & Honor is about reach the book stores, poised to be a best-seller. The boot camps are nearing such a level of mastery and power that 95 percent of the graduates eagerly sign up to take on leadership or volunteer positions. 200 boot camp attendees in 2003, and 50 are signed up for the level 2 boot camp for January 2004. There are 200 paid members at the Wealth Warrior Academy, and 20 very active affiliates. There are 10,000 people signed up for the email newsletter at the Wealth Warrior World, 2,500 of which have created their own free web journals like this one. The paid version of the web journals is working smoothly, and is generating a powerful stream of income. I am working under contract with many of the boot camp graduates who have taken on both volunteer and for-profit ventures with the Wealth Warrior Academy. I have begun a coach training program for graduates who are ready to take their skills to a higher level of mastery, and become a certified Wealth Warrior coach/consultant. At the boot camp sales table, there are Warrior Path workbooks, Inner Conflict diagram workbooks, printed ebooks, audio tapes, video tapes and other Wealth Warrior products on sale. (to be continued...)

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How to Best Challenge / Support Me: Post, post, post. I love new challenges, ideas and suggestions, and I love to feel like I am accountable to... the world. Hold me accountable for literally doing all in my power to liberate the minds of men, end the suffering of the world, prevent world war, transform education and government, etc. I am driven by the pressure of such great responsibilities. Expect the most from me and challenge me. This is the last dance, this is my one chance, my one life, my one small window of opportunity. All there is--is NOW.

How to Not Challenge / Support Me: No limits here. I am open to all criticism, ideas and feedback.

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	Wealth Warrior Academy Home Page \| Members Area Home Page \| Web Journal FAQs My Journal Photos \| My Personal Photos \| My Art Work \| My Web Page Journal Photos \| Journal Entries \| Challenge Me! \| Email Me Project: SKYE'S VISION Warrior Path for Life: I stand for myself and all people being powerful warriors and creators in life, and I stand in the face of anything and everything. Life Mission: My mission is to guarantee a future for mankind of life, freedom, creation and prosperity. In order to achieve this mission, I am taking on three major challenges, 1) preventing world war, 2) reinventing education and 3) reinventing government. I will achieve this mission by creating and disseminating powerful self-guidance technology that will liberate men from the inner conflicts that have kept them compromising and suffering in life, and result in their natural evolution into powerful conscious creators. I will know I am walking my path by the size of the fears and/or discomfort I take on day in and day out to achieve my mission. I will lead a powerful army of self-leaders, wealth warriors, who see the vision, the possibility for the world, and feel responsible for creating it. Life Vision: The more I see myself standing in the face of anything and everything to achieve my mission, the more I see a world where children are raised from a new paradigm of self-authority, a new model that naturally results in children being powerfully guided by honor. I see a world of natural conscious creators, who are free internally and externally to create. I see a world free of suffering, a world free of compromise, a world without limits, a world without war. Project Vision Target: November 17, 2003. My vision for the future is ever more clear and powerful. I find myself at most hours of the day living inside of a vision so powerful that nothing holds me back and I am driven--a man on a mission. I have just completed my last boot camp for the year, and the boot camps for the first 4 months of 2004 are already sold out. Wealth & Honor is about reach the book stores, poised to be a best-seller. The boot camps are nearing such a level of mastery and power that 95 percent of the graduates eagerly sign up to take on leadership or volunteer positions. 200 boot camp attendees in 2003, and 50 are signed up for the level 2 boot camp for January 2004. There are 200 paid members at the Wealth Warrior Academy, and 20 very active affiliates. There are 10,000 people signed up for the email newsletter at the Wealth Warrior World, 2,500 of which have created their own free web journals like this one. The paid version of the web journals is working smoothly, and is generating a powerful stream of income. I am working under contract with many of the boot camp graduates who have taken on both volunteer and for-profit ventures with the Wealth Warrior Academy. I have begun a coach training program for graduates who are ready to take their skills to a higher level of mastery, and become a certified Wealth Warrior coach/consultant. At the boot camp sales table, there are Warrior Path workbooks, Inner Conflict diagram workbooks, printed ebooks, audio tapes, video tapes and other Wealth Warrior products on sale. (to be continued...) Project Completion Goals: Project Milestones: How to Best Challenge / Support Me: Post, post, post. I love new challenges, ideas and suggestions, and I love to feel like I am accountable to... the world. Hold me accountable for literally doing all in my power to liberate the minds of men, end the suffering of the world, prevent world war, transform education and government, etc. I am driven by the pressure of such great responsibilities. Expect the most from me and challenge me. This is the last dance, this is my one chance, my one life, my one small window of opportunity. All there is--is NOW. How to Not Challenge / Support Me: No limits here. I am open to all criticism, ideas and feedback. go to latest entry Please Be My Ally! Enter in whatever challenges or support you want to give me in the box below, then hit the Post Your Challenges/Support button. What you write will be posted to this page and emailed to me only if you enter your name and valid email address. Thanks for being my ally! Name: E-Mail:(double check email address!) *Your Challenges/Support for Me:* U
	My Journal Entries: Saturday, April 05, 2003 at 04:29:40 (PST) Mission & Vision: The strangest thing... Last night I dreamt that someone had given me $20,000 just because they believed in what I am up to with the WWA. Then the same day, a friend was making out a small check to me, and I joked than he could make it for $20K--and he did, saying pay it back whenever you can! All of a sudden with those checks in my wallet, I felt a sense of urgency and opportunity but most of all ain incredible sense of RESPONSIBILITY for driving this thing forward. I was even more careful spending money on little things, because the money wasn't "mine to spend," it was earmarked for the cause, the mission, the business. I began envisioning using the cash in ways that would free up more of my time to create, etc. Everything started falling into place. The dream was an awakening in more than one way--I actually physically woke up. I am present to the fact that this sort of thing (people giving $ to what they believe in) happens all the time, and how could I be welcoming this into my life? Why am I not attracting this and how could I be? I have not been visioning like I used to, neither ritually or spontaneously. Thursday I did quite a bit, the day I was writing the book. It is so powerful and it changes who I am in the present. This is a big benefit of what the freedom I journaled about yesterday will create. The freedom and space for spontaneous vision. For many reasons I do not have that now, much having to do with being in a relationship w/Deborah and her expectations me--and how I manage that. But there are many more opportunities opening up for vision, such as the weekly R&D calls I am now starting to have w/my team, the morning journalling that I'll be doing more of with the WPGS, the Tvox, etc. Actions & Challenges: As part of my worldclass CEO warrior path, I have as a standard that I work on the business plan once per week... well I must be working specifically on identifying a vision every so often, not just the business plan. In fact I could create a whole warrior path around being a visionary. Yes, this is what I shall do. I shall begin it now. Skye Friday, April 04, 2003 at 14:14:38 (PST) Mission & Vision: Well, I've been waiting for the last of the kinks to get worked out of the Warrior Path Guidance System--the new web journal coaching tool I'll be using rather than this one soon. I've been waiting, and not journalling... What's up for me lately: I wanna be FREE!!! Here's what that's looking like for me now: 1) Deborah and I are "transforming" our relationship. We'll still be close of course, but I'm going to be free. I've seen how I've made little compromise after little compromise in the relationship, and I no longer have the time to really be by myself, think, envision, travel alone, etc. Well, now I do, baby! 2) The lease is up 6/30 and I'm hitting the road! My main focus will be completing my book. I'm gonna likely do Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Cali, New York, BRAZIL!, and possibly Hawaii and/or Costa Rica! 3) I'm contemplating not scheduling any events for the summer. Events would tie me up and I just wanna be free! 4) I'm creating a summer for writing, research, exploration, fun, adventure, music, poetry, dance, celebration and spontenaiety! In order to create this I MUST have a residual income high enough to pay for my travel and living expenses. What that looks like for me primarily is increasing ebook, ecourse and event sales. Actions & Challenges: I am going to create a Warrior Path for this summer using the WPGS. Skye Monday, March 17, 2003 at 06:33:26 (PST) Mission & Vision: been at the yoga conference for 4 days... when I get back, I'll be doing this journalling from the fancy new alliancewebs site. gotta hurry and get home. lots of boot camp followup work to do, as well as get my 4 book-writing days for March! Actions & Challenges: Skye Thursday, March 13, 2003 at 04:43:45 (PST) Mission & Vision: Well... since making the upgrade to the boot camp and the technology about the role of deeper fears with inner conflict, many things are becoming much more clear. We suffer due to our compromises, but we compromise to avoid dealing with our deepest irrational fears. WW coaching has limited value to the extent that people don't clearly see how everything they are is essentially what they created to deal with their fears. Once people see this clearly, then coaching moves to a higher level. Speaking of coaching, I now have designated coaches to coach other boot camp grads, and 2 new technologies to keep everyone together and passionate. This thing is taking off! Actions & Challenges: Email grads about coaching structure, etc. Skye Tuesday, March 11, 2003 at 06:36:15 (PST) Mission & Vision: Wow! The boot camp rocked, and now it's time to kick things into a higher gear. Several grads have already signed up on ThunderWake and signed up for the Warrior Path Guidance System, so I instantly have several allies who will be running w/me. Several have taken on R&D projects for the WWA and several have volunteered to be sponsors of the 2-day workshop. I see my daily and weekly rituals/schedule changing as a result of the changing responsibilities and momentum. I see myself replacing several of the integration sessions and meetings I do with Deborah--replacing these with meetings/calls/WP-Journaling. I simply have much larger demands on my time now--which is GREAT! I thrive under pressure, especially the kind of pressure that is a result of being in a race, on a mission, etc. Actions & Challenges: This morning I have scheduled to make a list of all the critical things that must be done ASAP. Skye Wednesday, March 05, 2003 at 04:20:17 (PST) Mission & Vision: I reread what I'd posted yesterday, saw I hadn't done my PR and completed it to date prior to journaling here. Well, the big day is tomorrow, so it's crunch time. There is a lot of work to do mentally and materially. It's going to be a great event, many upgrades. I did get two last minute cancellations yesterday, both were the guys from outside the country, but the show must go on, and the show will be great. Both would likely not have cancelled had I implemented a more complete system of following up with people, making sure their air fare, etc has been completed and that they are ready. An event like this scares people and they can sabotage it for themselves. Actions & Challenges: Scheduled to upgrade the followup system prior to the boot camp to prevent dropouts. Already scheduled all the work there is to do today. Skye Tuesday, March 04, 2003 at 03:32:18 (PST) Mission & Vision: Yesterday I was not present to the boot camp being so close. My default way of being is relaxed and cool--especially when in situations that would frighten, upset or trigger reactions from other people. One of the biggest events of my life to date is now less than 3 days away and I've not been feeling the pressure or the passion that much. It's not as much of an unknwon as it was the first time, and thus there is not as much fear, but still! These people are jumping threw hoops to attend my boot camp, and I have an opportunity to change their lives forever. If I don't take full responsibility for the vision I see, who will? This is a tremendous opportunity I have with these people. It's huge. And it may be my only oppoortunity with them. Actions & Challenges: Live today and everyday as the boot camp leader, the Worldclass CEO, the best-selling author and the masterful teacher I am committed to being. Begin the progress report now and see how much I can add to it prior to the end of the day. Skye Sunday, March 02, 2003 at 19:22:40 (PST) Mission & Vision: The new web journal application that Richard and I are developing is going to be amazing. It's going to be everything that graduates of the boot camp and workshop will want on their journey of creating a warrior path for their life. 3.5 days until the boot camp! There's a lot of work left to be done, but it's all coming together. Actions & Challenges: Scheduled to create new banners for the new web journal app tomorrow. Scheduled to get all of the rest of the boot camp docs upgraded, created and printed tomorrow, so Deb can make the copies. Skye Friday, February 28, 2003 at 03:41:54 (PST) Mission & Vision: I got the article for Carl half-completed. I'll finish it this morn. Less than 7 days until the boot camp. Will I be ready? Yes. Looking forward to the 6 months after the boot camp, I see I'll be asking/creating/generating/enrolling graduates to steo up and fulfill on the WWA mission, as I will already have hug time commitments to ILP, a leader training program. They will see by my example that I invest heavily in my own training and I follow someone else's program. Actions & Challenges: Finish article for Carl. Make swift progress today with the boot camp. Skye Thursday, February 27, 2003 at 03:33:42 (PST) Mission & Vision: Sleeping in the last two mornings has allowed me to stave off a cold. Now I'm back to my early morning rituals. It feels good. 8 days to the boot camp. Time to kick it into really high gear. I owe Carl a newsletter article. I am going to get that completed this morning, so I can then focus exclusively on the boot camp for the next 8 days. Actions & Challenges: Write the article quickly. Skye Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at 08:03:03 (PST) Mission & Vision: I finally transferred my passionate expression standards from this journal to my Warrior Path document. I can't wait until the new web journal technology is completed and I can manage all areas of m Warrior Path from the internet. I'll be completing the last of the actions required on my end today and meeting w/Richard to night to create the next steps. We'll have this thing up and running by the boot camp! Yesterday, I was behind schedule on my morning integration and I turned on the Rage. I see this being a powerful way to go thru morning integration when I'm doing it by myself... OR maybe I should be doing it by myself more of the mornings. Recently I have been setting standards in my relationship w/Deborah. I no longer will tolerate any whining or complaining from her, and things are already beginning to change. I used to complain about her complaining, or more accurately, I tried to coach her on it all the time. That wasn't working so well. Now I have simply raised the bar. I had raised the bar before, but I would coach her whenever she complained. That just gives her attention and also often digs her into a defensive position about complaining. So, I simply refuse to hear her not being powerful, and if she wants to communicate, she must be powerful in that communication. Actions & Challenges: complete the alliance webs work. Skye Monday, February 24, 2003 at 14:53:42 (PST) Mission & Vision: Two powerful follow-thru tools and alliance-building tools are in the works and will be ready for BC grads by the boot camp. Both will empower grads to follow thru at a much higher level and to keep the passion and excitement alive. Preparing these will be in addition to preparing everything else for the BC. The thought enters my mind: will I be able to pull off this BC the way I did the last one? Or should I change it up to make it more of a level-1 event (whereas now it seems to me to be a level 1&2)? These Qs will be answered in the next 10 days. I feel no pressure just because I never do, but if I was feeling more pressure, I might be stepping the preparation up a notch. In addition to everything else, I am committed to doing Landmark's powerful 6-month leadership program. It is the next level and I want to be operating on the level of a world leader, world-class CEO and best-selling author. They will hold me acctbl to being that... but I am still having reservations... Actions & Challenges: Write down the positives and negs and make a final decision now. Skye Saturday, February 22, 2003 at 03:36:55 (PST) Mission & Vision: I made those calls that I spoke of in my last entry. And so I have 2 more "most inspiring" events to add to the week. I took a stand for my relationship w/Jim and w/Ron, both boot camp grads, and the big insight I got was that if I am lacking ANY passion in my life, it is because I have not been standing for my grads or others or myself as I said I would. After the boot camp, neither I nor anyone can go back to the way things used to be AND not suffer. The bar in life has been raised. Period. Last night, sitting in an intro to ILP, I felt the fear of volunteering to speak. I was seated amoung some of the most open, expressive people--leaders, and for me, volunteering to speak when someone else is in charge reminds me all too much of highschool. In the moments of fear in my seat, I verbalized my stand and what I was feeling that I stood in the face of. It managed my fear quite well and it also called me to speak. But more than that, there were 2 others in the room who had seen me at the boot camp, and they saw me as a boot camp leader. They expected me to speak. The power of having allies! It's great to have people who see you for all you can be in life, but these people had seen me be that at the boot camp--actually seen me. This is what everyone at the boot camop walks away with. Actions & Challenges: Last night I took an application to be in ILP--a powerful leadership training program. I cannot wait. I will take the steps requested of me today to move forward with the app. Skye Wednesday, February 19, 2003 at 15:11:45 (PST) Mission & Vision: Further insights into times when I am lacking passion. The 5 most inspiring times of last week: 1) when Lisa said she was sending Ashley, my 14 yr old neice, to the boot camp 2) When I told Jon how I'd not been standing for him or for myself, and then took a stand 3) When I expressed to mom how I stand for her 4) When I gave a merit scholarship to Leonard to attend the boot camp 5) When I took a stand for Menno and reawakened him to the power of the work we'd done at the last boot camp It's interesting how so much of my passion used to come from facing my fears, and how now that there are few fears left, I am often not as passionate. It's as if the passion left for me now is in making a difference in people's lives--making a profound difference in specific people's lives. I want the responsibility of standing for my boot camp grads in the face of anything and everything. Bring it on. I want them all to get this, the previous grads and the upcoming grads. Actions & Challenges: Time to make some phone calls. Skye Wednesday, February 19, 2003 at 03:47:05 (PST) Mission & Vision: Last night I lost track of time, or more accurately, I was just ignoring inner calls to look at the time. I went to sleep late, but it did not affect my morning. I did a great yoga class during the middle of the day yesterday and I think this had something to do with how rested and awake I feel this morning. I am committed to doing 2 full yoga classes per week, but have not been doing that the past few weeks as my yoga card expired, and I didn't have the schedule down at the Hills. Now I can see that yoga will best fit in on Tuesdays and Thursdays at noon. I called only Chantz to follow up yesterday, but have rescheduled MK, Jon, Dennis & Francisco for today. Yesterday I also followed through on one of the standards I set for myself at the last workshop, which was to offer a merit-based scholarship to my boot camps. I invited the person who participated most actively in my courses last year, who has been out of the loop for some time since. It looks as if he'll be coming. Actions & Challenges: Today my primary focus will be reviewing and upgrading last year's boot camp outline, binder and audio review of the boot camp. Skye Tuesday, February 18, 2003 at 03:56:32 (PST) Mission & Vision: It's odd, but I've noticed over the past several years that I can awaken easily after 4 to 5.5 hours sleep, but not 6 to 6.5 hours sleep. And 7-8+ hours is easy. As I've changed my sleep schedule from 5.5 hours to 7 hours, I MUST honor my go-to-sleep time, so that I get 7 hours and don't get caught in the 6-6.5 hour trap. I have not been honoring my sleep time recently, and not doing it has made my mornings a struggle. WHen my beautifully designed morning ritual suffers, I miss out on feeling that great sense of honor in the morning, and I miss out on a great start and building great momentum for the day. I have also not been doing my new scoring system recently, in which I review and recommit to my morning standards. I want to feel MAX honor at the boot camp, and I know it's available through honoring my sleep and awakening rituals. I stand for being a man of my word and an example, and I stand for living my life to the fullest--every day, in the face of feeling deprived when I go to bed early. THe more I see myself walking this path, the more I see my mornings are sacred, and so much great writing and great work gets done in the mornings. Actions & Challenges: I commit to honor my go to sleep time of 10pm, no matter what, even when I feel like staying up and watching a TV show. Following up on yesterday's commitments, I had registration conversations with Jon in person, Aurelio by phone and Chantz by voice mail, but not MK. I will get a yes or no from Jon, MK and Chantsz today. I had an enrollment conversation w/Jon in person, w/Menno and Sasha by phone and w/John and Paul by voicemail. I will have enrollment conversations with Francisco and Dennis today. This has been scheduled. Skye Monday, February 17, 2003 at 03:45:37 (PST) Mission & Vision: 17 days and counting until the March boot camp. Jon, Chantz, Aurelio and MK are the only ones left whom I will be concerned with registering. It's looking as if this one will be no larger than the last one, which is fine. Time to kick preparation into high gear, and the preparation is mostly mental. Time to really focus on living the standard of being a boot camp leader every day and every hour. I see this boot camp being a huge upgrade to the last one with products to sell in the back of the room, 2 volunteers handling all the little things, more and better worksheets, etc. I see myself being even more passionate, as it will be a younger crowd and as their will be a few graduates returning. Actions & Challenges: Today I will have a registration conversation with Jon, Chantz and MK. I will stand for them. I will also call 5+ BC grads to have enrollment conversations. Skye Saturday, February 15, 2003 at 03:40:28 (PST) Mission & Vision: Having received news that Thomas Leonard died of a massive heart attack in his sleep the other night at the young age of 46, I am feeling more present to the importance of living full-out now--right now. What is scary is that we can leave this world like Thomas, without warning and without a chance to say good-bye. Without a chance to reflect on one's life, knowing that one only had so much time to live. He lived a full life and created an industry, but he was just about to actualize a huge vision and fulfill a huge mission. I want to create my life the way T created his, and I want to live with the passion, intensity and creativity that he did. I want to create at a speed similar to his also. Actions & Challenges: I will write the article right now for the NTW newsletter, like T would have--fast. Skye Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 06:46:06 (PST) Mission & Vision: Having articulated my new standard for the past few days of meeting new businessmen and introducing them to what I do, I ran into older acquantainces yesterday and the standard instantly popped into my mind. I kept it. The more I see standards being set up and integrated, the more I see life becomes the way I envision--especially when one knows how to integrate w/o the guilt. The self-expression standards are also still on my mind throughout the day, mainly because I've been journalling about them here. I have still not integrated them into my WP for life or MI. I am committed to doing that this morning. Actions & Challenges: Skye Wednesday, February 12, 2003 at 10:26:58 (PST) Mission & Vision: OK, usually I write such thoughts in word docs, but just to continue some of the BC integrations from this morning... the upcoming BC could include doing a worksheet, which helps map out their course/path for the year, including projects such as: create WP for finances, create WP for health, design morning awakening sequence, read SA, create WP for rel w/gf, etc. BCers would not need feel overwhelmed by projects, which they'd have a year to complete. The programming occurs along the path as they do the work, the programming is not done prior to walking the path. Fear, "failure," guilt, etc. are part of the path. But the path is one of Honor and one towards increasing mastery and power... I have curriculum recommendations, similar to the curriculum for what is necessary to slay the dragon, yet they create a challenging path, and a set their life-business up to keep them walking it... board of directors, etc. Actions & Challenges: Ok, just wanted to add this. Skye Wednesday, February 12, 2003 at 08:30:25 (PST) Mission & Vision: Back to self-expression. At SELP, when I share with the group, I have not really been "sharing." I've really only been facing my fear of being the student in front of the class with a teacher looking on, judging and critiquing. This is why I've not really been communicating, connecting, sharing with the audience. It's about sharing my experience, as I am experiencing right then in the moment. I've not really been looking out there and reaching them like I would if it were one on one. Actions & Challenges: Share, really share, in the next classroom and from here on out. Give up needing them to see me in a certain way. Managing that just holds me back from truly sharing, expressing and making a difference. Share as if it is the boot camp. Skye Wednesday, February 12, 2003 at 04:26:20 (PST) Mission & Vision: The boot camp is 3 weeks away, and I must be living in this reality every day from here on out. I have been setting some great standards for my life as a result of the last boot camp's warrior path work. As I set more and more standards in my life, I can only imagine some of the conflicts that may occur for others who begin doing this same work after the boot camp. Eventually the question becomes, how do I manage all these standards? How do I schedule my time and organize my life so that these standards are met? Feeling guilt and overwhelm can be expected as standards are being created much faster than one's reality is changing to meet those standards. The new boot camp will deal with this issue. Some points: 1-It is great to do the standards work prior to the ritual or time management work, because the standards provide the experience and feelings, which motivate us to want to have and follow some kind of system to manage them. 2-The guilt is to be experienced, but not to be used as we've learned to use it. It is not going to be an important part of our new s-guidance system. Set the standards up and go thru this process to change your relationship to guilt. 3-The standards act to create structural tension, perhaps even more than just goals and dreams do. The standards also will begin resulting in changed beliefs, thinking and ways of being. Points such as the above will help to clarify the path they'll be walking in the 12 months following the boot camp. So when they feel the guilt, the overwhelm, etc., their experience of it is not that there is something wrong with them or wrong with the system, but that it is an indication that they are on the right path--and also, they can know what to do when it comes up. Also, this highlight the importance of morning and weekly rituals to generate reflections of being a creator, as opposed to dealing with the new standards as we've dealt with standards in the past--standards which were often those imposed by others. And, of course what is also needed is tools to physically and mentally manage the standards... Actions & Challenges: Today's integrations leave me with the importance of creating a "path" and of integrating the above not only into the boot camp, but further into my personal system to gain the necessary experience. Note how I coached Sasha around the standards. She wanted to delay them because she felt guilt about the ones she was not currently honoring. This is going to be what most will be inclined to do. Avoid, delay, delete, change the standards they've set. But it's the being conscious of the unmet standards that is a major factor in changing our behavior. We're not looking for comfort, we're walking the warrior path. And I must build in great Honor about walking this path, and being someone who deals with standards as a warrior would. Yes, be clear and create a clear model of the WW, so they can feel Honor when they see themselves dealing with the unmet standards in a certain way. When they stand in the face of the guilt and overwhelm, they get the reflection that they are on the warrior path, and feel Honor--and see Vision. Skye Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 03:46:31 (PST) Mission & Vision: Sasha, thanks for your challenges about reaching the business community and about reaching the youth with summer camps. As for the business community, I am taking on a project of creating Wealth Warrior Workshops for Entrepreneurs, specifically those who lead or manage entrepreneurs or people who act as their own boss, such as commissioned sales people, etc. It's a project for Landmark's SELP and it will have me out in the business community. I'll be creating a version of my current workshop in collaboration with others that will have people taking on their lives as business--pursuing their dreams as seriously, systematically and aggressively as businessmen pursue profit. As for the youth and the summer camps, I love the idea but am currently clueless as to what or how I could offer a program to the youth. Perhaps some king of WW boot camp for teenagers. You have been to my boot camp, so tell me what you see. Actions & Challenges: As for the new standards I created in my last post... 1) I did share early, in last night's SELP session, but not often. I was not being "boot camp leader." It's been more of a challenge for me in classroom situations, where there is some kind of "teacher." It felt great to share though, and I am committed to sharing early and often from here on out. Hell, the program is called Self-EXPRESSION and Leadership! 2)As for introducing myself to at least one new attractive woman and one older businessman per day, I have not done that and have not been consious of my standard and intention to do so. I still have not integrated these standards into my WP doc. I am committed to doing that this morning. 3) The dancing did not happen as we did not go out Saturday due to Sunday's workshop, but could have still danced. I love that standard. I am committed to dancing this Saturday. 4) The poetry did not happen over the last few days either, but did happen within the last week. Skye Saturday, February 08, 2003 at 04:23:22 (PST) Mission & Vision: What compromises do I make to hide from the risks of full self-expression? And how have I colored who I am to bask in the positive side of my compromises? I discovered from one of the very few times I smoked weed how much I restrict my smile and smiling in general. I smiled so much and so big the first time I smoked that it hurt. I couldn't stop the smiling and it was frustrating and hilarious at the same time. It was such a relief. I also remember the second time at the fair, looking and smiling at women without restriction, so much so that my brother was afraid I was going to provoke fights with the guys who were with the women I was so freely looking and smiling at. I pride myself in my serious mission and my commitment and responsibility to it, yet it is also a way to hide from the risks of full self-expression. I can also see how my lifestyle of writing and working at the computer all day, as well as being in my relationship, only makes hiding from the challenges of full-self expression more comfortable and easy. I stand for being fully self-expressed, magnetic, free and light in the face of old programming, fears of looking stupid or unprofessional, and feeling awkward when I venture into unfamiliar expression territory. One big thing I have done to break through this barrier is participate in Landmark Education's programs. It's the group environment, in which I am not the leader/controller, which frightens me. Normally I avoid such situations. Another big thing I consciously took on over the last few months was 5 on 5 basketball on a regular basis. Same challenge. Having been a shy loner in high school, such situations stretch me. The challenge is not to be who I used to be in such situations. What helped in the basketball situation was to BE the boot camp leader. At the boot camp, I was fully self-expressed. Currently I am enrolled in SELP, Landmark's Self Expression and Leadership Program. Actions & Challenges: New standards: 1--I volunteer early and often and share in front of the group at every SELP session and classroom, no matter what, even when I am not "ready," and have not figured out what I can say to feel "safe." "Warriors dive into the cold waters of the unknown and explore!" 2--I introduce myself to at least one attractive woman per day, no matter what, even when I'm not looking good or have no plans of leaving the house/office. "Here I am. To know me is to love me. I make women feel free and sexy." 3--I introduce myself and the WWA to at least one older businessman per day, no matter what, even when I feel inferior, look unprofessional or am not prepared. "Like Jack Welch, Bill Gates and Dr. Goldratt, I am a world-class CEO. Wait til you see what I'm up to!" 4--I dance with wild abandon at least once per week, no matter what, even if we don't go out on Saturday night. "I am the music." 5--I write poetry at least once per week, no matter what, even when there's "no time" or I have "more important things to do. "Play and poetry is my access to freedom, power and full self-expression." I'm inspired! Action: integrate this into a standard forma and into my scoring system this morning during my MI ritual. Skye Friday, February 07, 2003 at 03:46:38 (PST) Mission & Vision: Last night I was in bed by 10 and I awoke at 4:55 as promised. I did 20 minutes of powerful yoga and feel great. I spent a while reviewing past journal entries, which can be as powerful as writing new ones. I'll be running again this morning for the 4th time this week, and then again on Saturday. I can't remember when the last time was that I ran 5 days per week. It's been a while. It's feeling great. Actions & Challenges: 2 things to focus on today: 1) completing my scoring system, 2)checking my daytimer prior to checking email. My daytimer lists my commitments to myself, whereas email gives me other people's agendas and requests for my time. Skye Thursday, February 06, 2003 at 05:19:14 (PST) Mission & Vision: Having my standards and rituals back for my mornings is making all the difference. It is all analagous to me standing for my life and mission. I wake, I breathe and flow (yoga), I journal, I run, I integrate my warrior path and vision, I recommit to my standards, I upgrade my life as a business, and then I start the work day. 5 hours of morning ritual,4:55 to 9:55. Everytime I honor my high standards, I am living into the powerful vision, and get the reflection that it's just who I am. Standards in the present source the vision. I see I am a world-class CEO, a best-selling author, a fearless leader and a masterful teacher. Last night I got to bed late and was not asleep until 10:45pm. I was simply not clear about the time. When I awoke at 4:45 this morning, I was clear enough to not hit snooze but I laid back down as if it was only going to be for a minute or two. That turned into 2 hours. I missed my morning yoga, my morning writing and my morning run. Actions & Challenges: I am committed to getting up tomorrow moening at 4:55 and not laying back down, and I am committed to being in bed w/lights out by 9:55/10 tonight. I have given up the basketball for my morning rituals, my running ro Rage and my mission. I also watch no more than 3 hours TV per week (down from about 6 recently). Skye Wednesday, February 05, 2003 at 03:58:24 (PST) Mission & Vision: Yesterday morning was beautiful... not outside but inside. The rituals, the flow--it was awesome. I felt like I was "back." The time schedule may need some adjustments. For years, I've gotten up at 4am. When I lived in the city, I would run first thing. Well waking up that early really makes many of the mornings a struggle--not getting up, but staying awake through the early morning and the day. This winter I made an adjustment: wake up an hour later and get an extra hour of sleep. This, so that I don't get sick. Getting sick as I have the past 2 or so years really slows me down, and getting a little more sleep might make all the difference. Well, I slept more this winter and have not gotten sick, even though Deborah was quite sick for 3 weeks straight. So, on Monday, I decided my plan was to sleep at 10 (30 mins earlier than usual) and get up at 4:30. Well I went to sleep at about 10:15 last night and got up at 4:39 w/o snooze. The problem was that I was way too tired to do yoga and be "awake." Struggling to stay awake in the mornings and throughout the day, as I often used to, seems counter productive. What if I was asleep by 10 (meaning lights out by 9:45) and up at 4:45? I am going to make this upgrade. Then, also, I should have a specific yoga sequence to follow, so I can't just make up a lazy sequence when I am very tired. Actions & Challenges: Update my ritual formulas doc to account for the above upgrades. I am committed to creating a beautiful morning flow--better, more powerful and more beautiful than ever before. Skye Tuesday, February 04, 2003 at 03:49:00 (PST) Mission & Vision: Coach Dave challenged me to get back with my scoring system to solidify my morning rituals again. I had dropped the scoring system from my morning integration a while back, because my technology was changing so fast that it made the scoring system seem awkward and insufficient. Well, when Dave heard that my morning rituals had gotten sloppy, that my morning rituals could very powerful for my vision and that I had upgraded my morning rituals, he asked me how I'd been able to succeed previously with my morning rituals. I told him that it was the scoring system. So he challenged me to implement it again, and I accepted Dave's challenge. We made sufficient modifications to my scoring system, updating it with the warrior path technology. The result was that I was much more clear last night exactly when I needed to get to bed and exactly what time I'd be waking up--no matter what. When I woke up I did hit snooze once, which put me 9 minutes behind schedule, but I am back with my morning rituals! That's what allies are for! Thanks, Dave. My morning rituals are what awakened me powerfully every day to who I am. Actions & Challenges: Newly revised morning rituals: 4:30am Wake, no snooze 4:35/40 Yoga 4:55/5a WW Journal 5:15/20 WW Writing 6:30 WWA Open Conference Call 7:05/10 Run to Rage! 7:55/8a Morning Integration (1.5 to 2 hours integrating warrior path, vision, recommitting to standards, upgrading warrior path and standards) 5 solid hours of powerful awakening to start each day, and the work day starts by 9:30/10a. Skye Sunday, February 02, 2003 at 15:55:51 (PST) Mission & Vision: Complaint: I am lacking the passion that I have had many times before, and I know it has to do with my vision. (When we look to the future we see how we'd be if we compromised where we currently compromise, and if we stood where/how we currently stand. This is a fundamental principle of VE, and explains why most of us live w/o powerful vision.) While it would be much more exciting if lots of people were rushing to join me in my mission, there is a much more fundamental reason I have been lacking passion. I know this, because I have been quite passionate at times when I had far fewer people working with me. I am lacking passion for the same reason most people are. I have not been inspiring myself--I am not living in such a way that I naturally look to the future and see a truly heroic life. I am going at a comfortable pace and living a very "balanced" life--yuck. Sure, to others, my vision may be inspiring and big, but unless it lights the fire within me, what use is it? I look at others who are currently inspired by me, and am not inspired. It's nothing. It's just me being me, comfortably passing by. And all the while aware that life is passing me by... I'm growing older... and the fire of yesterday is growing colder... A great relationship? I've got it. Making a living dong what I live? got it. Great family relationships? got it. Health and a great body? got it. Not enough. Not at all enough. I could go on comfortably creating workshops, books, etc. All this would come fairly easily to me. But unless I am really standing in the face of my inner conflicts, really extending myself beyond what comes comfortably, I will not be living a life I love--I will not be guided by a powerful vision and a great sense of honor. It's almost as if lately I've been waiting for some messiah to come into my life and inspire me... waiting and waiting... I go to check the email, as if hoping something from someone else will inspire me... I go to read the news, as if hoping something there will call to me... Where is my time for me? Time that I give up for the mission? No wonder I am living without an inspiring vision. Basketball... playing it and also following it. When I go to play at lunch time, it takes at least TWO HOURS out of my day (dress, drive, warm up, play, drive, shower, dress). I often overexercise, and it has become like an addiction. Following Jordan--how many hours spent listening to his games, reading articles, checking scores? Thinking about it, dreaming about it, trying to get better and better. And missing my running, running to Rage. Just did that this morning. Wrote then walked, then ran, then wrote. The time to myself for powerful reflection of who I am, which I have been missing, can to a large degree be powerfully filled by regularly running, running to rage. Give the basketball up for running again. Run again 5+ days per week, and more yoga. Then also add time during each day and week to just focus on overall strategy to achieve my life's mission, plus at least one writing retreat per month--all to myself. What else can I sacrifice for the passion and honor, for the vision that can be mine from moment to moment? So that I don't look to the future and see myself escaping to TV or trash movies when the going gets tough... shall I give up the evening hour of TV also? Formally give it up? This is tricky, because it is not how I have transformed other areas of my life...(thinking I could use the same approach as before. Just stay clear and present and awake, and the b-ball will fall away). I could journal about what I gave up daily, what I stood in the face of, how I am honoring my mission. Is this web journal the place to do it? Yes, because that will result in greater vision and awakenings. Actions & Challenges: New standard: I journal about what I am sacrificing and have been standing in the face of, and I post it here to this web J at least 5-6 times per week. Coach, hold me to it. Btw, coach, how are you? I miss hearing from you. Skye Monday, January 06, 2003 at 15:37:16 (PST) Mission & Vision: 2005 & The Vision Force Academy (VFA). This is the leadership training institution for CEOs, businesses, entrepreneurs, etc. Would-be entrepreneurs use it as an alternative or complement to highschool and college; CEOs use it to cleary define their values, missions, vision, standards, etc. and be powerful leaders; businesses use it to cleary define their values, missions, vision, standards, etc. The Wealth Warrior Academy (WWA) is a personal leadership institution and the VFA is the business side of it. Both organizations apply Skye's Vision Engineering. The VFA is the preeminent authority in the field of Vision Engineering (VE). Corporations and CEOS hire out consultants and coaches from the VFA to facilitate the work. The VFA is known as THE place to get powerful leadership training. The VFA uses the Air Force Academy as a model in that we have a similar look and feel. (The other day I came across a leadership coaching organization that expresses a similar look and feel. Check out www.afterburner.com) ------------------- 2005--People are wanting to know, "Who is Michael Skye." They visit MichaelSkye.com, where they can get to know me and even read my autobiography, which is being written as I go through life. (thought: I could have a separate "journal" page, where I chronicle my thoughts and what is going on for me on a weekly or monthly basis. This thought excites me.) Actions & Challenges: 1) Create a journal page to add to ms.com (not sure I'll keep/use this feature though) 2) get visionforce.com hosted 3) renew existing vision domains that are about to expire 4) begin building the web site for the VFA 5) start writing the business plan for the VFA OK, I've got some great, inspiring actions to add to my project list! Skye Saturday, December 21, 2002 at 04:04:29 (PST) Mission & Vision: Reporting on the actions I committed to in my last post. I did create a dream team list to start with and I compiled a notebook for a business plan, along with my bp notes and some of the formal plan. I have not set up the actual dream team calls yet, but I am committed to it, though not this week or next. I have been working on creating a clear path or paths for WWs to follow as they get introduced to my ideas. So far, this mostly looks like upgrading the web site for an easier flow, creating a site map, etc. But I am committed to having pages that detail recommended paths and steps, and eventually even a curriculum. Actions & Challenges: These last days of December are mine to get complete with unfinished commitments and projects for 2002. Biggest on the list is doing major upgrades to the ebooks and eseminar. I'll take this on next week. Also on my list is spending a few days in solitaire on my best-selling book to be completed and in a publisher's hands in 2003. THe other big unfinished project is the 90-day coaching program for which I need to record 30 short audios, convert them to web format, convert about 20 course pages, create about 6 new lessons and more. Also, I will have completed the program guide for those participating in my warrior path program. Hold me to these! Skye Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 04:22:59 (PST) Mission & Vision: I've been doing a lot of work on the Vision for the Wealth Warrior Academy recently, mostly in dialogue with others. I'm finally arriving to a point where I can return to investing more time focusing on a longer-term strategy, now that the workshops, boot camps, ebooks, web sites and the book are all on a steady course. The details of the vision might be too involved to add here, but I am clear on a few short-term goals that will move me in the direction I want to go. I'll list them below. (if I was using the new alliance webs journal pages, these goals would be continually listed just above these entry boxes so I could report on them! and I could edit and update them as necessary.) Actions & Challenges: 1. Create a "Dream Team" list of people, who can participate in regular conference calls that I use to share progress and brainstorm ideas for the advancement of the WWA. 2. Write a formal business plan for the WWA. This week I am committed to having at least a binder dedicated to the plan as well as some work on the mission, vision and strategy added to it. 3. Set up the actual Dream Team calls and invite people to participate. I am considering having it be an open call to anyone who wants to stay in the loop or find a way to participate. 4. Create a clear path or curriculum for new WWs to follow--at the web sites and long-term. So they can see clearly how they can advance and what the outcome of their advancement will be. Skye Monday, December 02, 2002 at 03:22:25 (PST) Mission & Vision: I want to acknowledge Deborah, my ally, who is becoming taking a stand for being coachable and being a powerful coach. Last night before the boot camp conference call, she gave me a big-game-locker-room speech. She challenged me to deliver the conference call, as if it was the boot camp, and she stood for me being a powerful ally to all at the boot camp. The more I see myself leading calls as I did last night, and the more I see myself coaching Deborah on our coaching system, the more I see this big-dream plane getting off the ground. I also want to thank Aurelio, who inspired me this week with his passionate example, taking a big stand in his life and with his family. The more I contribute to my boot camp allies and challenge them to take their lives on as a business, the more exciting my day to day work grows, and the more results we all see. The more results we all see, the more momentum is created, and the bigger and faster the WWA is growing. Actions & Challenges: I'm calling in this week to several of the morning and weekend calls to coach the group leaders on leading powerful calls. Scheduling this now. Also, goning to post the call times on the Training Camp calendar. Skye Monday, November 25, 2002 at 04:11:29 (PST) Mission & Vision: Thanks, Chiara, for the coaching around getting young guys to the boot camps, or even to a one for youth, or for young guys. I could easily customize a boot camp to fit their situation. And it excites me much more than doing it for adults. I'd play different music and do more physical exercises, I'd concentrate more on the "Big Compromise" youth face, and conflict with authority. I'd like to schedule an event for them, so I can begin publicizing it. I could see parents who attend my boot camps wanting to get the children into a boot camp--before their children begin compromising and losing their power. I am going to integrate this into the BC: recommend/challenge the attendees to get their teenagers to the boot camp or a boot camp... Summer would be a good time... before high school, before college. It excites me to create a path to lead them to the WW site, etc. I've long been planning to create web sites for young men, to empower them to be warriors and creators. Actions & Challenges: Added actions from the above integration to my project planner. Skye Thursday, November 21, 2002 at 04:15:56 (PST) Mission & Vision: I stand for myself and all people being powerful warriors and creators in life, and I stand in the face of anything and everything. The more I see myself taking this stand, especially as I did last weekend at my first boot camp, the more I see an army of warriors rising up along side me to fight for the liberation of all men's minds, and the freedom, creation and prosperity we deserve. I see several people from each boot camp next year joining the band of wealth warriors, taking a stand and fighting the war for their minds and the outer war for freedome and prosperity. I see what I've been dreaming of for many years, a team of powerful people working passionately alongside me. We're making a difference. We're revolutionizing education and government, and we're preventing world war. Actions & Challenges: I am going to put a link to this web journal at the Training Camp, where all the boot camp attendees can link to it, add challenges and support and use my example to start their own. There were some powerful people at my boot camp and I stand for them. Skye Tuesday, November 19, 2002 at 14:15:06 (PST) Mission & Vision: Actions & Challenges: Skye Monday, November 04, 2002 at 06:01:23 (PST) Mission & Vision: Chiara, thanks for your challenges--great coaching. I have been finding myself going to the nba.com web site and to yahoo.com for news when I first sit down at the computer, and whenever I start feeling boredom or overwhelm or pressure. In other words, I find myself escaping to it. It's one thing to use it for celebration or inspiration and quite another to use it to escape responsibility. It's an easier distraction simply because I can rationalize the inspiration factor. But honestly, most teams lose as many games as they win, and it's a waste to follow every game hoping they win and getting all wrapped up in it. There is nothing I can do to affect the outcome of the game. The more I learn about the stories of what's going on in the NBA, the more and more it becomes a distraction. What I've learned about myself is that it's when I sit with the pressure and stand in the face of the pleasant distractions, letting pressure build and build, that I get my best ideas. My mind becomes so pressured that it finds big solutions, and I get relief and excitement through the Aha!s as opposed to escaping to news, email, going to the convenience store, etc. You asked if I was balanced between work and play, and I would say I am too "balanced." What I mean is I get so much "play" that I do not get the reflection that I am not sacrificing to honor my mission (even though others might say I don't get enough play). In other words, if I gave up more of the playing--especially more of following the NBA, I would feel more aligned with my mission and values. Then my play would more clearly be celebration, rather than avoidance/escape. I am willing to stand for my boot camp being the most powerful experience of the attendees' lives in the face of feeling like I want to keep up more w/MJ and the NBA. I stand for being boldly passionate in the face of feeling lots of pressure day in and day out. What keeps me from keeping score? This brings up my lack of a clear big goal or goals and vision target--far enough in the future to be big enough that it's super exciting, yet close enough that it is very real as well as challenging. The boot camp was not big enough or far enough in the future. What would really juice me is a very clear picture of next year, specific deadlines, financial goals and strategies, etc., an in-depth business plan. Simply turning the WWA into a start-up venture, racing against the competition, making big promises, making miracles happen, totally going for it as if my life depended on it--and it does! My one and only life. This is it! 2003 will come and go, and who will I have been during that year? What BIG things will I have created and achieved, What BIG challenges did I take on? Actions & Challenges: I'm going to get clear on what big goal or outcome I can enroll all the boot camp participants into achieving w/me for next year... Skye Sunday, November 03, 2002 at 08:46:49 (PST) Mission & Vision: For the past 10 years of my life, I have not followed sports at all. I gave up watching sports and nearly all TV in order to concentrate on my mission. Yet, since MJ has come back, I've been following his tema and the NBA, simply because I see him as a hero coming back to do the impossible one last time. But now, this is interfering with my mission and vision. I am following MJ and his team as if it is my life. Rather than finding and creating passion in my life, I have found myself seeking it elsewhere. This is not me, not who I am. I see myself being passionate at the boot camp, and attracting people who are passionate to work along side me. I see myself building a team and playing my own big game... and it is a big game, I just haven't been playing it that way recently. I haven't been keeping score of the stats, the financials, etc. I haven't been tracking progress and really haven't been running the WWA like a business. Actions & Challenges: I see myself setting up the tracking systems and using them daily, following the score in my big game, recruiting people to play on my team as we go for the title. As much as I need to focus on the boot camp, I see myself creating a few more key tracking forms today and setting up a system and commitment to use the forms... And I can see how this could apply to the boot camp, as I could create some tracking forms for the attendees to use over the next 12 months to track how they are walking the warrior path... These are my big things to do today. My game for the day: create these regardless of what other things or distractions come up. Skye Saturday, November 02, 2002 at 10:03:17 (PST) Mission & Vision: I can see WW workshops & presentations becoming popular among the business community. My work brings a practical, common sense understanding to powerful tools and techniques, many of which have seemed mystical or hokey pokey to businessmen in the past, due to lack of a logical explanation. Wanting to get clear right now, before I dive into the boot camp work for today, that who I am today determines the vision I am living with today and likely tomorrow. It's rainy, gray and cold outside, but who am i inside? Who will I be today? Less than 12 days to the big event. Will I be ready? Will the boot camp rock their world? Or will it flop, and will I struggle? Will they leave disappointed? It's all up to me today. Actions & Challenges: Upgrade the outline once again. Turn on the music, and work to the rythm. Skye Tuesday, October 29, 2002 at 15:40:34 (PST) Mission & Vision: I'd planned to use this journal mostly for the long, long-term, not for things as soon as next year, but I'm going to flow with next year's vision here too. What I'm seeing today regarding the workshops and boot camps next year is how it would be financially and practically more powerful to offer my workshops as a 2-day workshop with an option to come for only the first day and pay less. So, Saturday would be for all, and Sunday would be for those who are ready to go deeper and get started. In addition to this, I could do a free intro on the previous Friday evening, which could last 90 minutes to 2 hours, open to the public. These would be my weekend workshops, and then my boot camps could be 4 or 5-day events, as I feel 3 days is barely enough to get started. The pre-requisite for the boot camp would be completion of the 2-day weekend workshop... So, I can see that it might be best to only do one workshop in Austin before LA, as I'd prefer to have one bigger, more profitable event than to have 2 smaller events. Phoenix, Reno/Sacramento, Baltimore/DC &/or NY could be mid-January, Austin could be mid-February, LA mid-March, NY or Chicago mid-April, etc. Then the next boot camp could be late fall: Oct or Nov, or perhaps even the following January, so I can focus on the book. And I can offer attendees at this boot camp the option to attend 2-day workshops in 2003 for free as long as they bring a guest. I should have the schedule and the offer printed up for the boot camp. Actions & Challenges: typing up the schedule and offer now Skye Monday, October 28, 2002 at 13:48:02 (PST) Mission & Vision: Yes, the poetry is new... I'm realizing how much it wakes me up> I often wait until I feel "inspired" before writing it, but just writing it can inspire me... Writing my Big Book... I want to leverage everything to make it happen by mid-2003. I want to do the next boot camp soon enough that people will start sending in Early Bird payments in December 2002, but late enough in the year that I'll have time to write the book (marketing and managing the boot camp is time-intensive)... although much of the boot camp material will be the content for the book. So now I'm thinking September or October, not May or June. In between then, I can perfect the 1-2 hour presentations, the 1-day workshops and the web products that need work. I can see myself doing the next boot camp here in Austin again next year at the same venue to keep everything simple, and to maximize my small yet growing rep in Austin. If I time it again for the off-season, then rates at the hotel will be cheaper... hmmm... I want a powerful vision for next year that just totally inspires me. Book + 1 boot camp, not 2. 8-12 1-day workshops, and no more. Actions & Challenges: Adding the above notes to the plan I wrote on Sat. I didn't email it to you, coach, but I did do it, and I also created the financial projections for the next 6 months from the WWA. Skye Saturday, October 26, 2002 at 09:08:30 (PDT) Mission & Vision: Mine is a race to create and disseminate self-guidance tech before we slide down the slippery slope to World War III, from which there may be no return. First will come the mainstream book, Wealth & Honor, the Way of the Wealth Warrior. I have a good draft proposal by Dec 31, 2002, an agent by Jan 31, 2003, a publisher by Feb 28, 2003, the first installment of my advance by March 15, the final draft to the publishers by April 30, 2003, the final edit completed by May 31, printed and on shelves by Oct 31, 2003. It's a run-away best-seller by Dec 31 2003, which impacts the next presidential election in 2004, guarantees me many well-paid speaking appointments, workshops, boot camps, and secures book deals for a series of Wealth Warrior books in 2004. Seeing this clearly, I don't want to schedule my next boot camp so soon that I don't have adequate time to write the book and find a publisher, yet I want to schedule it soon enough that i am selling seats to it in advance, especially at my workshops. In between the next boot camp and now, I can do evening VE intros to fill 1-day workshops, and I can do the 1-day workshops to fill the boot camp. I'll also be doing the UT Informal Classes, which will help fill the workshops and boot camps. I could see myself doing 1 regular workshop per month in Austin, like the first Saturday of every month. Additionally, I can see turning the 1-day workshop into a tele-workshop series as a way to sell more seats at the next boot camp... Actions & Challenges: I am going to take one hour and create these goals and revenue streams on a spreadheet, and then I must focus on preparing tomorrow's workshop. I'll email it to you coach! Skye Friday, October 25, 2002 at 12:40:10 (PDT) Mission & Vision: I can see more and more that the passion I feel is directly related to the stand I am taking, not just on a grand scale, but in every area of life. And there is no stand, if one is not clear what it is, because without clarity it feels like compromise. STRONG ALLY OVER NICE BROTHER --being authentic with, sharing my dreams with and being an ally to all of my family. Building alliances with Lisa, Katrina, Dave, Jon, Alecia, Mark, etc… and being more in the background… more serious, more connected to what is real to me. Standing for all that they are, and not listening to all that they're not. WHOLE STORY OVER FUTURE ONLY --connecting more with my past, my climb: landscape business, Derk, Allen, Courtland, university/downtown area, old journals, Salt Lake, old photos and posters on wall, etc. Seeing how far I've come makes the climb more passionate. Telling the whole story. MENTORS OVER SOLO --enrolling my mentors: Goldratt, Wallace, etc. MISSION OVER MONEY --being more authentic, more focused on my mission and my integrity than the money. More taking a stand than being popular. BOLDY PASSIONATE OVER QUIET INTENSITY -- I am boldly expressive, taking advantage of all opportunities to develop my charisma. I have and continually powerful people and women who I interact powerfully with, and they see me driving for my vision, standing for it, etc. music -- I have powerful music that I listen to LOUD and a lot. I have a powerful new system in the office, in my vehicles, and when I run. HONORING MISSION OVER BEING NICE -- I am very direct w/Deborah about who I am and what I want. She can love me for who I am. No compromise. I am not investing so much time in my relationship that I don't get a powerful reflection of being committed to my vision. TO BE CONTINUED... Actions & Challenges: Integrating a similar exercise into the flow of the boot camp... Skye Wednesday, October 23, 2002 at 14:22:52 (PDT) Mission & Vision: All the memories we made And all the songs of yesterday Did they mean anything at all? What do they mean today? All the promises we made... All the dreams of yesterday Did they mean anything at all? What do they mean today? Who were we in life? Who were we day to day? Did we mean anything at all? What will future generations say? Did we raise our wings to the sky... Did we fly every single day? Or did we hide inside our caves From the cradle to the grave? Did we raise our eyes to the sky Did we dare look into the light? Or did we close our eyes and pray That we'd make it to heaven some day? Who were we in life? Who were we day to day? Did we mean anything at all? What will future generations say? The beating of our wings Echos in the wind And who we are in life Echos in all eternity What was the message of our life? What did we have to say? What did we stand for? What did we fly for? What did we die for? Who will we be today? Actions & Challenges: Skye	Challenges & Support by My Allies: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 at 18:57:36 (PST) Cha cha cha changes... Lots going on these days. Deborah and I are breaking up, I'm kicking the coaching and coach training program into full gear w/my boot camp grads, getting the Warrior Path Guidance System up and running, getting ThunderVox going, and involved in the leadership training program which is demanding a lot from me... This tool will be replaced by the WPGS soon. --Your ally, Skye <skye@wealthwarrior.com> Saturday, February 15, 2003 at 11:25:39 (PST) I am sorry about your friend Michael. You honor him by using his untimely death to drive yourself on to more passion, intensity and creativity - the very qualities that you admired most in him. --Your ally, James Davis <jdavis@onewest.net> Sunday, February 09, 2003 at 17:22:22 (PST) I would like to know what plans and actions you have/are taken/taking to get into the business community. Also, why not have a summer camp for young men & women? It can be advertised in local papers, etc. that give pages of advertisement to summer camps for the young. Many parents already plan on sending their children to summer camps so you would have an audience ready to see what you have to offer their children. Any concrete plans? I can't wait to see you reach a wider more diverse audience. --Your ally, Sasha <sasha@xarrian.com> Sunday, February 09, 2003 at 17:17:57 (PST) --Your ally, Friday, January 31, 2003 at 16:09:22 (PST) I think your idea for a bootcamp for young boys is a great one. Warrior tribes have always initiated their young men around that age. And without it they have an almost innate compulsion to initiate themselves haphazardly through destructive and dangerous behaviors. Since TOC depends so heavily on the Socratic method of instruction, have you thought of using that approach, even reopening Plato's Academy with online Socratic questioning and dialogues concerning the issues that most concern them? If they are taught powerful techniques of critical thinking and questioning, they are less likely to follow, more likely to lead. Time to work on my project page. Your ally, Jim,jdavis@onewest.net --Your ally, James Davis <jdavis@onewest.net> Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 16:01:22 (PST) I am thinking about how to present your boot camp to boys that age... On the one hand, some might really take to the "boot camp" idea, and others may equate boot camp with an authoritarian structure... That's a tough one. Hmmm... some questions.... What compelling issues are 12-14 y.o. boys facing that your boot camp can help them with? Think back to when you were that age... what excited you? What part of your boot camp could spark that same excitement and enthusiasm? What will they walk away with? How can you translate this "change" or "shift" into their real-world situations? (i.e. How will this help them in situations when they must face their overbearing parents or teachers?) What are their fears? What are they lacking or seeking in their lives? I think your idea of reaching out to male youth is fanatastic!! And at that age, having an "identity" is so important... I always try to remember how "knowledgable" I was at that age -- it's easy to get stuck thinking that people this age would be unlikely to go for something like this, but I beg to differ: As you well know, kids at this age (at all ages) are deep thinkers, and although they may not express these sides of themselves to the outside world usually, they are very passionate and extremely mindful individuals. In most cases, no one (especially an "adult", has ever sit down with them, as an equal, and non-judgmentally asked them about their lives, who they are, and what they want). Like we were talking about earlier, it is that same opportunity of being heard and understood that I believe will sell these individuals on attending such a boot camp. Even if what comes to pass is that you do market to the parents and the kids end up being dragged there, all is not lost. In fact, you can even use those feelings of inferiority to entice them with what you have to offer in opposition !! --Your ally, Chiara <chiara@life-beats.com> Sunday, November 03, 2002 at 15:34:54 (PST) "I've been following his tema and the NBA, simply because I see him as a hero coming back to do the impossible one last time". It sounds as though instead of being a distraction, MJ could actually be a motivator for you. Also, I am interested in what the underlying cause of the distraction is (as it only manifests itself in MJ) - Before this distraction came into play, were you balanced between work/play? What else do you think could be contributing to your distractibility? What can your interest in MJ do to contribute to your passion - to your own big game? What, specifically, has been keeping you from keeping score?? --Your ally, Chiara Potenza <chiara@life-beats.com> Sunday, October 27, 2002 at 13:44:05 (PST) Yay on the poetry!! Is this piece new?? --Your ally, Chiara Potenza <chiara@life-beats.com> Sunday, October 27, 2002 at 13:43:15 (PST) Taking a stand vs. being popular: so important, as typically 'popularity' is aligned with supporting the majority, and if you do reluctantly pander to the majority ideal, then you will be depriving all of those people of your new and evolutionary ideas. --Your ally, Chiara Potenza <chiara@life-beats.com> Sunday, October 27, 2002 at 13:35:26 (PST) Hi Michael. As per your request, I challenge you to set aside a good block of time (2 hours, 4 hours -- whatever YOU WANT) to sit down and express all that is dying to come out in the form of poetry. --Your ally, Chiara Potenza <chiara@life-beats.com>
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