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If I could become world-class anything, I'd be a world-class computer programmer. It has always fascinated me. As for how I'd react to a gun against my head: To be perfectly honest, I'd probably loose my bowels all over the floor and quiver like a scared rabbit. How I would like to approach it? I'd like to be able to disarm the gunman with some sort of ninja karate move, OR, maybe try and get whoever's holding the gun to really think about what they're doing. It really depends on why they're doing it, huh? If it's to get my money, I'd throw my wallet at them.

I would be a world class sex therapist! Bringing happiness to two people at a time.

Investing.

Or having your money work for you in some capacity. I think money is a tricky thing and is something that stops us from doing what we truly want to be doing sometimes, and if we are doing what we truly want to be doing it doesn't necessarily provide us with enough income to enjoy some of life's greatest pleasures (free time being one of them).

I think this is also very relevant to being "paleo" as well because money is possibly the biggest neolithic factor in our lives above all else. It creates unnecessary worry over bills, being tied down to a desk all day (for most of us), it can be the source of relationship issues, and the list goes on and on.

By taking a year to learn how to invest and make your money work for you, I bet you could remove all these negatives from your life and create immense amounts of time for you to use how you want to.

If I absolutely had to learn how to invest and there was a gun to my head, I guess I would do my best to seek out people who have been successful long term and try to learn from them as best as I could. Most times I think this is a short cut compared to years of learning through your own mistakes.

I'd be a world class speaker and conquer my stutter. No more words are needed lol. I feel like I can do anything I set my mind to BUT that.

Mixed martial arts. Seems like a fun job and world class would mean I could earn a pretty good living. Gun to my head? I'd move to live near a world class gym and train full time. And maybe wax my chest and get some tattoos.

Stay at home mom. Hardest fucking job ever.

I'm going with world-class thinker.

At gun point you would have to be calm, organized, methodical, logical, and predictive. These traits seem to be necessary to succeed in most things and I can say I'm deficient in at least a couple.

Possessing those qualities is the key to becoming world-class in anything else.

Syriac(an ancient language). I am slowly translating documents for my research, but I could do with improving my skills quickly. With a gun to my head I would probably pack my bags and move to Lebanon or India where I could immerse myself in a language school for several months. This isn't possible until July 2013, so in the meantime I am reading and translating as much as I can, working on clearing my mind of any worry or distraction when I research, reducing my work hours to devote more time to research, and keeping my life flexible so I can move there.

I would be a world class dancer - Tango to be specific (Argentinian to be exact) - It is the hottest and sexiest dance out there and I love the music!!

If I had a gun to my head??? I hear heaven is amazing - go for it!! Just remember - I spend eternity in paradise - you spend it in hell!

Tim,

I was going to use 'Finding Yoda' in 4HWW to establish contact with you, however I think this contest is a more viable option, considering you wrote the book!

If I could be world class in anything in 2013 what would it be? Phil Cooke asks a similar question in his book - One Big Thing. I read the book 3 months ago so I've had a little time to develop my answer.

In 2013, I will be the world class brand within the realm of what I am most passionate about: Inspiring People To Achieve Peak Levels Of Health & Personal Empowerment.

...More specifically, achieving complete vertical alignment between my consulting business, my weekly show, and the product I am developing .. All of which fall in line around the topics of Intermittent Fasting, Paleo Lifestyle, and Gluten-Free Living.

I look forward to our chat, Tim.

Best Regards,

Dean Bocari

If I could become world class at something, I can think of a ton of stuff I want to be an expert on. I would have to say the best choice would be trust. Whatever happens in life, I'd have no stress, I'd just be able to trust that everything will be ok and make logical decisions calmly.

As for the gun, it depends if I have achieved trust yet or not. For right now, a honest answer would be; I'd likely freak out, and freeze on the spot, blood pumping, with crazy thoughts racing through my head.

I would make a 250% comeback from having 3 kids in 3 yrs! I would buy one of those spin bikes that are hooked up to the net and simulate any track in the world and train harder than anyone in the world. I would make it to top 5 women in cycling in the world! I would be up 4:30 every morning traing before my kids get up for an hour. Then an hour swim everyday when they are all sleeping. I would do heavy weights 4 x per week and join the rowing squad on the weekends! I would be the best inspiration to all women and I would somehow make it work! I would then enter the oxygen cover girl competition and win with my comeback story and results!! Yeah that's what I would do... Top 5 womens cyclist and on the cover of oxygen!!

Language learning. As someone who loves to travel, I would love to to be able to learn a language in a very short period of time. Right now, I'm living in Turkey and doing my best to learn Turkish, but it's quite difficult with a full-time job.

So yeah, hacks for language learning.

If things turn out like I think they will....I want to be a world class Zombie Hunter for 2013.

i would like to be world-class at returning humanity to the era of ancient hunter-gatherer societies

Hey Tim,

Being a Marketing Consultant to B2B SMBs, I find that my highest value is setting the strategy and uncovering new revenue sources right under the client's nose, which gets me all of my clients relatively easily, but I don't get paid well enough for that particular piece of the puzzle. Because of that, I end up just folding the strategy in with whatever end deliverable the client comes to want after my recommendations (ie: conversion funnel creation/optimization, copy, automation sequences, etc), and charge a premium, but still not enough to make it all worthwhile in my opinion.

So, what I want to become World Class at is Dealmaking. At the end of the day, all of my clients really just want larger clients and big strategic partners, so being able to insert myself in that process and landing those deals is much better leverage of my time and skills.

"Pitch Anything" has been a great resource, but I'd love to hear how you make deals happen as the 4HWW really unlocked the leverage and effectiveness concepts that I'd like to master.

I’ve already implemented many of the quality of life hacks (Elimination and Liberation primarily) and am digging in deep on the body hacks (Slow Carb) currently to lose the last 30#s (of 60#s), so I’m excited to have the opportunity to dig deep on Dealmaking, hopefully with you, but definitely with others over the final 8 weeks of the year and into 2013!

Computer Programmer.
Gun to my head? Surround myself with the best in the industry.
In a way i have a gun to my head, hence i am going to San Fran at the start of next year.
Let's see where that takes me.

I'd be a world class organic biodynamic farmer with some sexy butchering technique thrown in. So far my farming is limited to some herbs on my urban balcony. I used to work on my grandfather's farm, though and I love nothing more than working outside like that. First step in my five year plan is to move out of the city and start a backyard garden and get a couple chickens. Maybe it'll sprout, so to speak, from there.

Focus: I would like to be world-class at focus, just like Bradley Cooper in Limitless, only without the drugs.

We often talk about what's the best way, or fastest way to get better at something, but I think the real key is being able to choose a pursuit and focus on it with all of your attention. As Leo Babauta of ZenHabits says:

my ability to focus on a single task has dramatically improved, and that one habit has changed my life.

If I had a gun to my head:

• I would incorporate meditation and mindfulness practice in my daily routine.
• I would immediately reach out to experts in focus and meditation to seek their advice, such as Leo Babauta.
• I would pay closer attention to the whole paleo lifestyle, because I know how important diet, exercise and sleep are for focus.
• I would make the good things easy (meditation, diet, exercise, practice), and make the bad things hard (Twitter, TV, and other distractions).
• I would start a daily journal on my progress to pay attention to what's working and what's not.

Hey, this is starting to sound like a pretty good plan. Maybe I should just do it :)

I will be world class at being engaged.

Engaged in my job Engaged in my workout Engaged in my diet Engaged in my engagement

I want to be world class at being me.

I am already a world-class teacher, a world-class friend, a world-class colleague and a world-class daughter-in-law.

I still want to teach, I just want to change the subject. I want to teach anthropology. This is my calling in life. I hope I will be a world-class anthropology instructor some day.

Trashy novelist. Because if E.L. James can do it, anyone can!

So not a paleo answer. Um, I want to eat better and exercise more, blah blah blah ;)

Pro surfer - beach life for me!

If I could be world class in anything it would be life. It would allow me to be the best that I can be physically and mentally. There would be no end to what I could do if I were world class in this area.

I will be world-class at Paleo-fu. That means learning even more biochemistry, physiology, nutrition and evolutionary biology such that I can speak the Paleo language to the public at large, using my writing and journalism skills and contacts.

I will transition to writing for science and technology publications - far ranging in scope like Wired to Nature to Good - to bring ancestral health knowledge to both laypersons and to the geeked out armchair Paleohackers.

The first step is collating previous works and applying for a science journalism fellowship.

Whether Timothy uses this or not, THIS IS WHAT I AM DOING.

Blues guitar player!

I'd become a world class epigeneticist. Epigenetics is above genetics and it's the idea that we can modulate our genes in our own lifetime.

The main approaches I would pursue would be:

1. Diet, epi-paleo by Jack Kruse
2. Acute physical stresses , working out briefly, interval
3. The Opponent Process Theory of Motivation.

There is an Opponent Process Theory of color, of motivation, of emotion. Basically I'm interested in the theory as it applies to emotion and motivation. This Theory attempts to explain drug addictions as follows:

You take a drug and it makes you very very happy. You feel kind of meh afterwards, especially after heroin, meth and though it's not a drug, orgasming. This has to do with dopamine releases in the brain. When dopamine shoots up to OMG super high levels, the body then has to compensate for this using an opponent process, which in this case would be to block dopamine receptors in the brain. This is why crack addicts feel like shit when going through withdraw and why it can take meth addicts years to recover, they literally have their dopamine receptors blocked.

The thing I really love about this theory, which you can see in the graph, is that the opponent process outlasts the initial stimuli. Which means, that drug addicts who over-indulge in the rewarding stimuli then have to wait a long time to get over their addiction. The cool thing about this theory is that it necessarily works in the reverse. Those who do intense acute stresses/obstacles then have a long lasting sense of well-being which is reflected in hormone production and neurochemical receptors in the brain.

For real world examples of the opponent process theory I'd like to remind people of the spartans who ruled fiercely and definitely understood the importance of discipline in building success. Fighting, sleeping on floors, scantly clothed. I'd like to remind people of self-flaggelation by the catholics. Cold Therapy by people around the world notably the russians. There are all sorts of real world examples and I'd like to fine tune them to help me and ultimately others reach their full potential.