Book — Published in 2018
The power of
30-day
challenges
BY DAVID THE OPTIMIST
Most people find it hard to rewrite the story of their life. This book could be the first step, through the power of 30-day challenges. In 2017, I went through 12 different 30-day challenges myself: running, cold showers, dancing, cycling, meditation, and more.
If you set yourself to experiment with 12 different activities in one year, trying each one for 30 days in a row, you’ll become a different person. You’ll learn your limitations, challenge your beliefs, and end the year with a bunch of new skills.
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2018
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About the book
What this
Book will
teach you
I first discovered the power of a 30-day challenge when I was experimenting with ways of overcoming my comfort zone through running. In one month, I ran 3 km every day of the first week, 5 km the second, 7 km the third… all the way to 11 km on the last two days. That’s when I started seeing 30-day windows as projects.
This book shares everything I learned from doing this 12 times in one year, so you can do a 30-day challenge while still living your life, without burning out or giving up.
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Use 30 days as a complete project
Discover why 30 days is exactly the right window for meaningful, lasting change.
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Overcome your comfort zone systematically
Learn the method David used to push his limits across 12 different challenges in a single year.
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Discover your real limitations
Only sustained challenge reveals what’s truly holding you back, and how to move past it.
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Build skills that last beyond the 30 days
The habits you build in a challenge don’t disappear when it ends. They become part of who you are.
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This is a great book for anyone looking to get started on a 30-day challenge. David, who has done dozens of 30-day challenges himself, shares everything he learned from his own challenges and how you can do a 30-day challenge while still living your life. It’s really inspiring and I learned a lot from it.
Sheryll Cass ★★★★★
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