Link: Call Your Ass Out Day
So there I was, coasting along the day just like you, and suddenly I got my ass kicked by Stanford grad, Ramit Sethi. And the ass-kicking was a day late.
What happened?
2006 is already 25% over.
Eeek! I hadn’t even thought of it that way before. Scarily enough, it’s true. Jan, Feb & March 2006 have zipped by, landing me smack-dab in April. 25% of the year’s gone! And Ramit asks a timely question (I paraphrase): how much have you done so far to take your life to the next level?
Read April 3 = Call Your Ass Out day
P.S. I love that point about stretching outside your comfort zone. Remember stretching is the most important thing we can do to accelerate our personal growth!
I agree that a key to self management is self esteem. I would offer that true life inspiration happens when you find something you love to do and make it a part of your everyday experience. Here’s an exercise:
1. Write down 10 things you love to do or that bring you the most joy. I call this the “You List”
2. Then record how many times a day you do one of the things on your list
3. Give each day of the week a rating from 1-10
4. Your best day usually comes out to be the day you do the most things on your “You List”
I can easily relate to the first part of the story, in the past I was one of those people pretending you have done something and then be very uncomfortable when someone asks more detailed questions.
It is not a good feeling and being upfront from the beginning really saves you the embarassment later.