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Idea / Experiment
Your Capabilities
Gap In Ability, Confidence
or Knowledge
Insight About
What To Do
Next
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Facebook
Live Cooking
Class
Kunal wanted to
learn how to cook
an Indian dish from
his grandmother to
explore his cultural
background and
announced a
facebook live
“cooking class” to
force him to learn it
over the next week
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Send an e-mail
announcing a
shift
Is there something you’ve been holding off
on “announcing” to people? It took me six
months to hit send on this e-mail
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Upload A
Video (Or 7)
& Share It
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Can you do one video or even seven
straight days of 60 second reflections on
any topic on your mind?
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Launch A
Podcast
Episde
You can launch a free podcast on
Anchor.FM and upload an
introductory episode
Recommended Apps: Anchor (free hosting);
Canva (free art); Audacity or Garageband
(free audio recording & editing)
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Find A Co-
Founder
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During a past course, Diania Merriam
used the “action challenge” to find a co-
founder and start taking action on a
conference which has now launched
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Host A
Private
Dinner Of
People With
Similar
Interests
Send a person invite to one or two
connections interested in similar
things & ask them to bring 1 person
too.
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Make A Public
Commitment
Make a public commitment (and ask
for people to hold you accountable)
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“Jeffersonian
Dinner”
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Hosting A Jeffersonian Dinner
1. Pick a topic
2. Create an Eventbrite page
3. Send it to friends
4. Order anything but pizza
5. Pick 3-4 questions on topic
Rules necessitate 1 conversation at time, so don’t need
crazy prep or questions, just willingness to lead
discussion!
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“Microadventure”
What can you do on the “5-9” outside of your 9-5
that can help you get out of your comfort zone?
“an adventure that is short,
simple, local, cheap – yet still
fun, exciting, challenging,
refreshing and rewarding…for
normal people with real lives.”
Alastair Humphreys
Ideas
• Sleep In Your Garden
• Swim wild ‘“ in a river, lake
or sea
• Sleep by the sea
• Go somewhere by bike or
foot you’ve only ever driven
before
• Forage for food
• Go bird spotting
More here: Microadventures
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Create the
PDF for an
event
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Another coach
and I created
an in-person
group coaching
“experiment”
and then once
we got people
to sign up we
created all the
material
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Publish A
Blog Post
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Recommended Platforms: Medium &
LinkedIn…Facebook Notes can work too!
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Interview
Someone &
Share It
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Interviewing
someone can be a
gift. Offer to edit
and share the
interview (via
audio) or in written
form
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Mockup a
(FREE)
Landing Page
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www.carrd.com
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Create An
App
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www.glideapps.com
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Sell A Digital
Tool Or
Product
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www.gumroad.com
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1 Coaching
Conversation
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Can you find one
person to offer a
coaching session
to in exchange
for feedback?
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Digital
Lecture
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Is there something you are
deeply curious about?
Prepare a 20-30 minute “lecture”
and then e-mail friends or post on
social telling them you are hosting a
Free lecture.
Recommended apps: Google
Hangouts or Zoom (limit 45 minutes
on group calls for free plan)
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Freedom
Hour
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Schedule 1 Hour A Day At
Your FT Job With No Goal
The only rule is you are not allowed
to do your “real” work.
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Volunteer
Somewhere
In Person
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Is there a space you can
volunteer to get outside
your comfort zone?