Veit Schenk – Bare Knuckle Productivity

Veit Schenk – Bare Knuckle Productivity

Bare Knuckle Productivity

So, here is BareKnuckleProductivity is:

it’s a five week live interactive training program

where I’m personally teaching how to overcome pretty much any habit that’s currently holding you back and then to replace that old habit with a new “super-habit”.

So if currently you’re struggling with procrastination, perfectionism, self-doubt, lack of confidence, fear, stress, self-sabotage … and would like to replace that with a new, more “efficient” you, then you’re in the right place.

And the way I’m going to do this is I’m going to deliver a set of training videos online to you each week for the next 5 weeks and then every Saturday for the next 5 weeks, we’ll get on live group coaching calls where I walk you through the processes and answer your questions.

We divided it into 5 weekly modules, and the first module is all about lighting that fire under your behind, so you’re ready to dive in with the drive of a South American killer bee high on crack cocaine.

This is where you unearth all the stuff that’s holding you back consciously and subconsciously and we also put all the tools in place so you can set goals and have a way of measuring progress.
So here is what module one is about specifically:

I want you to understand something very important about the art and science of replacing a “bad” habit by a “good” habit:

most of the stuff you’ve probably been taught about ‘effectiveness’, ‘time-management’ and ’self-discipline & willpower’ is completely wrong – and that’s not just my opinion, but it is scientifically proven!

You see, our society rewards action-takers, those who dive in a get to work.

And exactly that is proven to be the WORST thing you can do if you want to change a habit!

Yes, you can change a ‘minor’ habit using willpower and having a big insight.

But, a habit that is affecting the quality of your life, one that is causing you stress and struggle where you know there really shouldn’t be any, that’ll require some work to shift.

And what they found with tens of thousands of case-studies is this: the ONLY work that’ll move you closer to your goal is to a) work on and respect your personal state of readiness and b) work on moving to the next stage of readiness.

So, in this first module we’ll

1) explore the exact reasons why existing time-management and personal effectiveness techniques don’t work, so you can learn from your past efforts to “get productive” and are in a position to make any future work much more likely to succeed

2) figure out what your “real” problem is – you see most people see “procrastination” as the one big uber-monster, but there are usually many different ways this manifests – and we’ll figure out which one specifically is holding you back most, so you can focus all your energy on removing the biggest blockage from your life right now

3) establish a “ground-truth”, in other words we’re taking stock where are you right now, so you are constantly aware if you’re moving in the right direction – you know that dreaded feeling of procrastinating on something simply because you don’t know if it’s going to work for you? That’s EXACTLY what we’re going to avoid by figuring out where you are and where you want to go to.

4) Go through a set of exercises that help you uncover the hidden “BS” that’s really holding you back. These are of increasing intensity, starting with a gentle “left-brain”, very logical exercise and then go up to a “straight out of comfort zone into discomfort zone”. You simply pick the one that works best for you and that gives you the most bang-for-the-buck.

At the end of going through this module, you will have the desire and motivation to move to the next stage very quickly and you’ll have the roadmap that’ll get you there fast.

Once you have that unstoppable drive to move forward, it’s time for module 2:

in this module we channel all that good energy into a grand plan:

see, one of the biggest problems of almost all time-management and personal effectiveness programs (including motivational seminars) is that they get you all hyped up and then tell you to go home and “take massive action”.

Well, if only you knew WHAT SPECIFICALLY to take massive action on, then you’d be all set.

What’s missing is this one key ingredient: you need to know what specifically is going to happen, what obstacles to expect, what you’re going to have to give up in order to be the new super-you, but also what positive things are going to happen for you and everyone who is currently affected by your current “bad” behaviour.

So, specifically, in this module we’re going to:

1) get absolutely clear what the pros and cons of changing are for YOU. At this stage of change the list of cons of changing is usually subconscious and the list of pros is something you’d rather not face, because talking about the whole subject of “procrastination” makes us feel, well, uneasy.

2) zoom in on “the one big thing”, the one characteristic or habit of the new super-you that we’ll use to replace the naughty old habit. We do this because this allows us to identify all the things you’re currently doing instead … and by doing this we can then eliminate them one by one over time.

3) Knock out, one by one your defensive “procrastination” mechanisms such as wishful thinking, waiting for the right/magical moment and the search for absolute certainty (often enough in the form of buying new courses, ‘researching’ but never taking action or perfectionism). Once they’re gone, it’s much easier to start thinking about “massive action” without being crippled by paralyzing fear.

4) Introduce the concept of self-reevaluation where you can now look at each of your actions (before you fall prey to procrastination) and check whether this is a behaviour that’s in line with your new desired super-you. This takes the whole “think before you act” process to a new (and automated!) level, so it just happens, even without having to use willpower.

5) And once again, we’ve got a set of exercises that’ll help you move the “courage” needle into the “discomfort” zone so you can start taking action on things you previously felt weren’t possible for you
Then, just one week later, we’ll dive straight into the next module where we now get you ready for action and prepare you to handle unexpected challenges.

Once again, pretty much all the existing material out there simply doesn’t prepare you for this: “go forth and take massive action”. Yeah, I’m super-motivated after spending a week with like-minded people … but when I get home, reality stings faster than a South American killer bee…

Really what this is about is taking the plan you’ve come up with in the previous stage and translates it into a series of specific steps. Small steps at that. No more overwhelm because the task at hand appears open-ended and just too big to dive into.

So, specifically what we’ll do is this: we’ll

1) identify the most suitable tasks or ‘action’-items that are most likely to work for you to turn that plan into reality.

2) make change a priority – you taking action in the next phase is going to be your #1 priority and we’ll need to make space for that. You cannot afford any longer to procrastinate on moving forward.

3) work on your commitment – see, the biggest challenge here is to move your commitment to the cause from external to internal: when you go through the program, you’ll have my support and the support of the group. And that external accountability is usually enough to pull people through the program. But, when you look e.g. at programs like Weightwatchers, they’re pretty successful whilst you’re in the program, but when you leave the support-group, any ex-Weightwatchers dieter is just as likely to regain their weight as anybody else. Why? Because they haven’t learned to transfer that external accountability (which is just another way of looking at “commitment”) to an internal form. Here we’re setting the foundations for exactly this

4) get your support-group on board. So far, you’ve been doing this pretty much without getting too many others involved (they’ve heard “this time it’s going to be different” often enough, haven’t they?), now it’s time to get them involved. We’ll have a special session just for them, so they can turn from “nagging spouses” (rightfully so!) into true helpers who support your transformation

5) prepare the environment and our support system for the task of challenging each of the “limiting” beliefs we have identified in the previous phases so you can knock them out one-by-one (or keep them if they turn out to be true, hey, the earth is flat, we all know this, right?
And finally, after only 4 short weeks, we’re ready to take action.

Ok, let me be very clear about this: this whole program is designed in such a way that you learn the tools at each stage to get ready to the next stage.

The absolute key to success is that you respect YOUR state of readiness.

There are tests in each module that show you whether you’re ready or not.

And each module has the tools to move your personal state of readiness forward.

But, in some cases it’ll take longer than a week.

And that’s fine. It’s better (much better) to respect that and simply remain in your current state than move on prematurely and then simply fall back to square one a short while later simply because you weren’t ready yet.

But rest assured, all the material is downloadable, you can ask any questions on the coaching calls, and we’ll have a few calls after the end of the program, just to make sure we get all your questions answered and that you can move at YOUR pace!

So, with that, let’s look at the next phase, the action phase:

This is where most self-help, time-management etc programs send you after you’ve consumed their content. I hope you can now see what a difference those 3 previous phases make when you’re about to take action on something where you pretty much have no idea what the real consequences are and what specific steps you need to take (never mind knowing where you’re starting, where you’re going to and what’s going to happen along the way … not just the planned steps, but rather the unplanned setbacks!)

So, the focus of this stage is

1) aggressively removing one false belief after another from your mind, so you can start moving towards the new super-you.

2) implementing a reward system: this has been shown over and over again to be one of the most effective, yet under-utilized mechanisms for moving you forward. The majority of people who want to change beat themselves up about their “failures” — where exactly the opposite is much more productive. Here you’ll learn the why, what and how so you can super-charge your progress by building a success-ladder.

3) countering setbacks and by learning new coping mechanisms for when you are tired, stressed, cold, …. so you can cope with and learn from setbacks much better than in the past

4) Also, in this phase we’ll start implementing some carefully planned “real world” plan. So far, procrastination has been stopping you from … whatever it is for you. And here we’re going to start implementing one such thing (such as setting up your own website, getting 100 new clients, …) so you can test the power of the new super-you and also identify where you still need to do some work

5) using all of the 3 types of helping relationship which we define and set up in the previous stages to make progress as smooth as possible.

Once this is in full swing, it’s time to finally say good-bye to the old behaviour and now replace it with a new behaviour.
And that’s the focus of the last module:

here we finally create the new super-you who can keep a healthy distance from the old ways and create a new lifestyle for you.

The great thing about this is that the evidence from thousands of case-studies shows that ‘desirable’ behaviours such as healthy eating, exercising, taking time off etc all “suddenly” appear as if by magic.

Previously, they were on your to-do list, now suddenly you find yourself just doing them. And enjoying it.

This is where we apply the fine-tuning to your thinking, flush away any remnants of the old ‘limiting’ beliefs and habits and install your new software.

Now, just to manage expectations, some people will have deeply entrenched beliefs and habits, and can spend a long time in this final phase – you are effective, but you still need to be on the outlook for dangers, meaning you still have to have a support system who remind you when you’re flirting with danger and you still may have to structure your environment in such a way that you’re not tempted all the time.

But: they key is: this doesn’t require the huge amounts of will-power and self-discipline that almost all other programs rely on.