Thread by @runthefnumbers

Nightmare Mode Can Change Your Life

IF You Execute it Properly

BUT Most Don't

Most common question I got asked were

1) What to do during nightmare mode?
2) How to resist the Demons? (w/o God-like discipline)
3) How long to do it for?

Here is how I did it🧵

First - here is what nightmare mode is and how it changed my life:

https://twitter.com/runthefnumbers/status/1604429813682274307

1) What to do during nightmare mode

THIS is where most people fail before they start

Nightmare mode isn't for filling your taxes

It's for hitting precise Target w/ laser targeted focus

You must first define the target, here is what I did:

My first nightmare mode target was simple

I wanted to do $100/day in revenue

I knew how to do it (how to source offers, create landers, setup traffic) from reading forums/yt videos

It was simply a matter of getting VERY VERY good at doing those things

Thus I structed my days as follows:

- 7am wake up
- 4 hrs of launching offers/creating landers that I HAD already put into a spreadsheet
- Gym
- 2 hrs of analysing prv day data
- Meditate
- 2 hrs of finding new offers for spreadsheet
- Eat
- 2hrs learning

Repeated 14 times

Magic happens when you're deprived of ALL dopamine other than your work

You dream of what you're going to do

All you think about is what you're doing

You're not thinking about Game of thrones, video games, friends or girls.

Laser focused, you become very good very fast

Key point here is to plan your day for the entire nightmare mode to the minute BEFORE you start

With the right focus, the next challenge is staying on track

2) How to resist the demons (w/o God-Like discipline)

During nightmare mode you'll be tempted 100 times a day to deviate

To get off track

& if you fall off track, you're done

Top 3 demons you'll face in Nightmare Mode:

1) Distractions
2) Uncertainty
3) Emotional Volatility

Distractions are the most destructive BUT also the easiest to conquer w/ environment

I turned off my phone during the day & used Cold Turkey (software) on my laptop to block all non-work sites for the entire sprint

I unplugged my TV

I got rid of all the snack food in my house

Uncertainty is your mind trying to trick-fuck you

You'll think

"Am I even moving the needle?"
"Is this even worth it?"
"Maybe I should conclude this sprint and plan the next one"

Ignore, ignore, ignore

Use the Forrest Gump method

I literally imagined myself AS FORREST

The retarded mf becomes a millionaire

Why?

Because he doesn't analyze

He just FUCKING EXECUTES as planned

Never analyze the results of your sprint DURING the sprint

Run Forrest, run to SUPER SUCCESS

Last is emotional volatility

You'll feel manic and depressive during the nightmare mode

This is where gym and meditation comes in

These are the only 2 non-work activities you're able to do

They will stabilize your mood and are essential

3) How long to do it for?

Longest sprint of mine is 3 weeks, the shortest is 1 week

BUT

2 weeks is a solid sweet spot and the one I most often use

NMM is no joke, don't set it at like 2 months (you will fail)

The power of nightmare mode allows you to take back control of your most precious resource:

Your attention

With complete control of yourself you can conquer the fucking world

Tell me how you're going to use it to make 2023 your year