The evolution of the Boredom continues. At this point, I feel like this adventure barely resembles its original form.
As I mentioned in my last post, I was exploring ways of exposing the Personal Control Book concept to others. This past weekend, I posted an offering on Reddit. The post explains it all. The PCB has been very beneficial to me. That doesn't surprise me, since it was built for me, by me. When I had my business contact go through the first steps of the PCB, the reflective characteristics of the first few steps blew her mind. It gave her renewed focus and energy.
Now we'll see if I can get strangers to benefit from it. It's pretty exciting for me to try and grow this concept. But it's even more exciting to see if I can help others achieve their life goals. Considering I posted in the Productivity subreddit, I'm assuming everyone that has contacted me will already be productivity-minded. I'm hoping this sample run will be a chance for me to test my ideas against a set of individuals eager to learn.
It's only been a few days, but it's already been quite a journey.
As of this writing (which will be almost a month after it posts), I've had 11 people show interest. All 11 have been contacted, with a Slack invite link sent to five of them tonight. My ideal size would be 2-3 people. Probably five would be the maximum size I would want to do. Any more and it might be too overwhelming. I'm hoping with the level of interest I've received that I'll be able to get at least those numbers.
We'll see if it's even a mastermind. I proposed to the first half dozen of people doing either a Slack workgroup or individual 1:1 discussion. Today someone said they liked Slack, so tonight I created a new Slack workspace. Created, customized, and locked down to create a safe walled garden. I did put together a post for the five steps required to set up a PCB. So I have an idea of how to progress things. I've already gone through it a few times. In theory, it works. I'll have to work with strangers to help them feel confident it'll work.
My mind is racing of what I can do with this group. But it's also a bit intimidating not in what I need to do but in the possible amount of work. If it's my projects, I can work on those on my own time. If I'm trying to engage in individuals, I'll want to make sure things are moving at a pace that keeps people involved. I'll have to do tasks like creating a new Slack workspace quickly and efficiently. I'm going to have to figure out Trello Teams rapidly. I've used Trello Teams before, but there are some unknowns. There is so much I'll have to figure that out just-in-time.
And to think, this is where the Blog adventure has morphed after only six months. Whether this mastermind is successful or not, I'm excited to see where the winds will blow us next.
(Written 2019.05.20)
As I mentioned in my last post, I was exploring ways of exposing the Personal Control Book concept to others. This past weekend, I posted an offering on Reddit. The post explains it all. The PCB has been very beneficial to me. That doesn't surprise me, since it was built for me, by me. When I had my business contact go through the first steps of the PCB, the reflective characteristics of the first few steps blew her mind. It gave her renewed focus and energy.
Now we'll see if I can get strangers to benefit from it. It's pretty exciting for me to try and grow this concept. But it's even more exciting to see if I can help others achieve their life goals. Considering I posted in the Productivity subreddit, I'm assuming everyone that has contacted me will already be productivity-minded. I'm hoping this sample run will be a chance for me to test my ideas against a set of individuals eager to learn.
It's only been a few days, but it's already been quite a journey.
As of this writing (which will be almost a month after it posts), I've had 11 people show interest. All 11 have been contacted, with a Slack invite link sent to five of them tonight. My ideal size would be 2-3 people. Probably five would be the maximum size I would want to do. Any more and it might be too overwhelming. I'm hoping with the level of interest I've received that I'll be able to get at least those numbers.
We'll see if it's even a mastermind. I proposed to the first half dozen of people doing either a Slack workgroup or individual 1:1 discussion. Today someone said they liked Slack, so tonight I created a new Slack workspace. Created, customized, and locked down to create a safe walled garden. I did put together a post for the five steps required to set up a PCB. So I have an idea of how to progress things. I've already gone through it a few times. In theory, it works. I'll have to work with strangers to help them feel confident it'll work.
My mind is racing of what I can do with this group. But it's also a bit intimidating not in what I need to do but in the possible amount of work. If it's my projects, I can work on those on my own time. If I'm trying to engage in individuals, I'll want to make sure things are moving at a pace that keeps people involved. I'll have to do tasks like creating a new Slack workspace quickly and efficiently. I'm going to have to figure out Trello Teams rapidly. I've used Trello Teams before, but there are some unknowns. There is so much I'll have to figure that out just-in-time.
And to think, this is where the Blog adventure has morphed after only six months. Whether this mastermind is successful or not, I'm excited to see where the winds will blow us next.
(Written 2019.05.20)
