Day 2 (What was on Day 3 was irrelevant)

unday, July 02, 2006

Day 2

Dear Stylelife Challenger,

Here is your Stylelife Challenge Assignment for July 2nd.


TASK 1

Do not shower today.


TASK 2

Do not shave today.


TASK 3

Download and fill out the personal mission statement below:

Personal Mission PDF

If you’d like to share your personal mission with others, you may post it in the thread you created yesterday -- the one with your nickname on the Stylelife Challenger board. It is not necessary, though, since some of your answers may be private.


TASK 4

After completing the mission statement, listen to the mind-shaping CD again. Understand and process who you will be.

In case you didn't keep the file from yesterday, here it is again:

Mind-Shaping Audio
(You may need Realplayer or iTunes to properly play the file.)


TASK 5

Watch the video below on posture. This was prepared for you by Julia Caulder, who taught me Alexander Technique while I was learning the game. Watch it somewhere alone, so that you can perform the recommended exercises.

Because it is 13 minutes long, I’ve broken it up into two parts.

Part One

Part Two


TASK 6

Go out and make small talk with five more strangers today.

But we’re going to add one piece to the exercise:

This time, be sure that you make EYE CONTACT with the person.

In fact, when you report back on your experiences in the Forums, write down the EYE COLOR of the person you made small talk with.

Note that asking for directions or the time does not constitute small talk, because it has a purpose and intent. If you want to see successful examples of small talk, check Rourke’s video from Day 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEZ_FSQHUeg) or some of the field reports from yesterday on the Challenge Discussion board.


TASK 7

Make sure you read tomorrow’s Challenge assignment as soon as you wake up.