This is Matt Cutts’ idea, as you’ll see from the video below.
He talks for only a few minutes, because it doesn’t take long to share his simple but powerful idea.
Matt changed his life by giving himself a series of 30-day challenges. He went without sugar for 30 days. He cycled to work for 30 days. He wrote a novel in 30 days.
The idea is powerful, because he’s not trying to force himself to do something new for every day of the rest of his life. He is talking about just 30 days. That’s a much less threatening idea.
One of the things he described really stuck with me. He showed a picture he had taken during his 30-day challenge to take a photo every day. He made the point that he remembered exactly where he took that photo, and goes on to say that by doing these challenges he now has far more vivid memories of how each month passes.
I think the idea is a great one, and it’s easy to get started.
And if you think about it, you can apply the same thinking to growing your freelance business.
In addition to any challenges you might want to take on to enrich your life in general, here are a few business-related challenges any freelancer can try.
– Write a blog post every day for 30 days
– Watch an inspirational video every day for 30 days
– Send a letter or card to a prospective client every day for 30 days
– Find someone new and interesting to follow on Twitter every day for 30 days
– Read some positive affirmations out loud every day for 30 days
– Make a small improvement to your website every day for 30 days
– Phone a prospect, colleague or work friend every day for 30 days
– Record a short talking-head video every day for 30 days
– Read one chapter of a business book every day for 30 days
– Use a To-Do list every day for 30 days
Imagine if you picked a new challenge each month for the next 6 months. Think about the progress you could make with your business.
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About the author: Nick Usborne is an online writer, copywriter, author and coach. Read more…