Better with The Jerx Contest

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April is over. Those who entered the Better with Weber contest were asked to identify some goal they were going to achieve during the month. Did you do it? I bet you didn’t! Wait… there was a real sing-songy delivery to my skepticism there that I don’t think was conveyed.

🎶I bet you diiiiid-n’t! 🎶

Hopefully that captures my attitude.

Look, it’s hard to keep to a goal if you don’t have a strategy in place. And it’s also hard to figure out a strategy when it comes to productivity and goals because different things motivate people differently. (Some productivity books will tell you to keep your goals a secret. Some will tell you to broadcast them publicly so you can be held accountable. Neither is right or wrong in general. But one is probably right or wrong for you.) So if you didn’t achieve your goal for the month, change your approach and try again.

But if you did reach the goal you committed to in the Better with Weber contest, then you can now take part in the Better with The Jerx contest which I mentioned back on April 7th.

Here’s how it works

  1. By 11:59 PM ET, May 11th—a week from today—send me an email with the subject line: Better With You

  2. In the body of the email reiterate what your original goal was.

  3. And include the best proof you can offer that you achieved this goal. Or at the very least that you put in the required effort to achieve this goal. You can attach documents or pictures. Ideally if it’s a video you should upload it to youtube (unlisted if you want) and just send me the link.

  4. I will rate your evidence on a scale of 0-10. Zero means I’m not convinced at all by your proof and 10 means I’m fully convinced. Whatever number I rate your proof as, that’s how many entries you’ll get in the drawing for the next prize package. (What is completely convincing proof? That would depend on what your goal was, I guess. Essentially it would be something that I—if I were in your position—couldn’t fake. I may have a couple judges who would be willing to contact you over video chat if it’s something that needs to be demonstrated in real time. You can submit a video of your spouse vouching for you, but if it has a real Taliban vibe to it, it won’t be that convincing. Hey, I gave you ample warning this was coming so you could try and figure something out.)

The winner will receive the 2020 Jerx Supporter Rewards Package. If you’re already a supporter I will refund your money or you can bestow the package to someone else. It’s up to you how you want to handle it.

Note: Nothing about your goals or the proof you provide will be shared here or anywhere, or with anyone else. (Unless it turns out to be interesting or relevant to this site and you give me your express permission to share it.)

The drawing will be held sometime next week. I think you have a pretty good chance of winning if you enter with convincing proof. 250 entered the original Better with Weber contest. This entry pool can only be a subset of number. How many will have achieved their goal and will go to the effort to submit proof of that? 10-20% maybe? I don’t know. Maybe I’ll be surprised.