APPENDIX D
SAL Master Challenge REQUIREMENTS
SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #1
Self-action leaders are JOURNALERS
TASKS to COMPLETE
1). Obtain a personal diary or journal.
2). Read President Theodore Roosevelt's speech, Citizenship in a Republic, and record your reflections thereon.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #2
Self-action leaders BUILD WORD POWER
1). Select 100 words you do not know from challenging reading material (like this book) and record them in your SAL Journal.
2). Record each word's part/s of speech, etymology, and definition/s.
3). Practice using the word in your journal by writing a unique sentence for the definitions of each word.
Note: This exercise is not meant to be done all at once or in a few days' time; that would be exhausting! Take your time and work on this bit-by-bit over-time while concurrently completing other SAL Master Challenge exercises.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #3
Self-action leaders Study History and Serve their Country
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Apollo 11 Moon Landing
July 1969 |
1. Read a 200-page (or longer) book on a positive aspect of your country's history.2. In your SAL Journal, reflect on what you have learned and consider how those lessons relate to national liberties as well as personal and organizational freedoms.
3. On June 6, 2014—the seventieth anniversary of the Allied D-Day landings (Operation Overlord) in northern France during World War II—Madeleine Albright (former U.S. Secretary of State) drew a link between service and citizenship when she wrote: "In a time when our sense of civic competence is weakened, when there are fewer bonds that tie people of different social backgrounds together, when national purpose seems like sand in our hands, [we] need ... to renew the spirit of service ... for the sake of our ... security and our civic success." According to Albright, "service is transformative. At its best, it makes people aware of needs around them. It bridges races and classes, diminishing differences in the pursuit of common goals. It demonstrates that difficult national problems can be addressed and overcome by citizen action. It is an antidote to both selfishness and a feeling of social helplessness." (1)
In his 2002 State of the Union Address, U.S. President George W. Bush called on every citizen of the United States to spend two years (or 4,000 hours) "to the service of your neighbors and your nation." In your SAL Journal, jot down some ideas about how you might spend this same amount of time in service to your community, state, region, or nation. Then, to get the ball rolling, spend 40 hours of actual service as part of your SAL Master Challenge.
Examples of service include (but are not limited to): picking up trash, volunteering at a community-oriented non-profit organization, tutoring, mentoring, teaching, or coaching someone younger or less experienced than you, donating blood/plasma/hair/clothing/money, etc.
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EXERCISE #4
Self-action leaders
Learn, Relearn, and Unlearn
Based on what you learned in BOOK the SECOND Chapter 12 about learning, relearning, and unlearning...
What is something you need to learn?
What is something you need to relearn?
What is something you need to unlearn?
Outline a plan below to effectively replace a bad habit with a new, better practice.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #5
Self-action leaders FIGHT the GOOD FIGHT within
Official Declaration of Intent
I, ____________________________________, hereby issue an official declaration of intent to confront and conquer the inner forces of moral atrophy and entropy, and the outer forces of Existential Gravity and crabs attempting to destroy my noble birthright.
As the sovereign ruler of my life and world, I pledge my total effort in challenges to come. In so doing, I authorize all necessary knowledge, desire, willpower, hard work, determination, persistence, and patience required to identify and then expel all enemy intruders—both physical and metaphysical—from my life and world now and forevermore.
To help me in this just, noble, and worthy cause, I will seek out help from friendly allies, including any and all Serendipitous forces willing to aid, bless, and magnify my virtuous and good-faith efforts.
Come what may, I will never surrender, but persist until the war against the enemy within me has been defeated.
I recognize this will entail a life-long journey that I will, at best, pursue imperfectly. Nevertheless, I declare my everlasting intent to always do my imperfect best, pick myself up every time I fall, and never, ever, ever give up striving to reach the highest levels of the SAL Hierarchy.
I further declare my commitment to encourage, help, and support other self-action leaders to do the same.
Signed this ____ day of _______________, _______.
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"The greatest battle of life is fought within the silent chambers of your own soul."
—David Oman McKay
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #6
Self-action leaders proactively Self-Educate
Read FIVE (5) Books from the list of Titles in Appendix G. 1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___
Book Titles:
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Memorize FIVE (5) SAL Mantras from Appendix H. 1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___
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Memorize FIVE (5) Quotes from Appendix I. 1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___
Memorize FIVE (5) Poems from Appendix J. 1___ 2___ 3___ 4___ 5___
Poem Title and Author:
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #7
Take some time to reflect on your relationships in the five (5) levels described above in Chapter 5. Who in your life belongs on which level? Are your present relationships a reflection of your highest priorities and deepest held-values and goals? If not, what THREE (3) changes can and should you make in the immediate future to better harmonize your relationships with those values and goals?
I have made the following three (3) changes to better harmonize my current relationships with my deepest held values and goals.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #8
Self-action leaders are SELF-AWARE
List three things, people, situations, or circumstances that currently annoy, frighten, or intimidate you.
What can you begin doing today to change internally in order to begin altering your outer reality?
REMEMBER: The only things you can truly control in your life are your own thoughts, speech, actions, attitudes, and beliefs; therein lies your power to change both your internal and external realities.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #9
Self-action leaders Organize, Plan, and Journal
1. If you don't already have a system for calendaring and planning, organize and prepare a system that works for you and then start using it TODAY.
2. If you haven't already done so, begin a new journal—separate from your SAL journal—in the medium of your choice by composing a fresh entry for TODAY.
Determine how often you plan to write and then maintain your writing momentum by meeting your regularity goal.
REMEMBER: Your personal journal is private. You can therefore write whatever you want in it.
For Example:
- Daily task (to-do) list
- Daily record of events
- Thoughts
- Feelings
- Fears
- Frustrations
- Ideas
- Inspiration
- Hopes
- Dreams
- Loves
- Joys
- Challenges and obstacles
- Pains and struggles
- Pet peeves
- Epiphanies
- Breakthroughs
- Values
- Vision
- Goals
- Standards
- Etc.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #10
Self-action leaders Exercise their Physical Bodies
Design a personal physical fitness / exercise plan that includes the following:
CARDIO: 30 minutes of moderate-vigorous cardio exercise.Examples of cardio exercises include: walking, running, biking, swimming, stair-climbing, and/or their machine equivalents (e.g. treadmill, stair-stepper, elliptical, etc.). Begin each session slowly to warm-up (5-10 minutes). Then gradually increase your speed / intensity for the remaining 20 minutes.
STRENGTH: 10 minutes of moderate-vigorous strength exercise.
Strength exercises include lifting weights (free weights or machines) and calisthenics (push-ups, sit-ups, leg lifts, squats, etc.)
STRETCHING: 5 minutes of muscle stretching exercises targeting a variety of different muscle groups in both your arms, legs, and core.
Once you have selected the kind of exercise you plan to do for CARDIO, STRENGTH, and STRETCHING, put your plan into action three (3) times per week for five (5) straight weeks. This is a total of 15 x 45-minute exercise routines, for a grand total of 11.25 hours of personal physical fitness.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #11
Self-action leaders Strive for Self-Oneness
1. As you reflect on the five areas of Self-Oneness:
- Physical Fitness
- Alone Time / Solitude
- Inner Life
- Self-love
- Self-compassion
What one area do you neglect or struggle with the most?
Record your thoughts on the subject in your SAL Journal and include ideas about what you might do better to nurture that part of your nature moving forward.
2. Set aside a morning or afternoon (at least 4 hours) to spend completely alone. If possible, an entire day would be even better. During this time, do not use any technology except for writing/typing tools. Use this time to do one or more of the following activities: plan, ponder, reflect, introspect, think, read, study, walk, hike, meditate, pray, worship, deep breathing, etc.
When you are finished, journal about your experience and the things you thought about, felt, and did.
3. There are two things human beings absolutely cannot live without: water and air. Yet too often, we don't get enough of either of these essential elements. Two of the simplest and most beneficial things a self-action leader can do to enhance their overall health and energy is to consciously drink more water and inhale and exhale more air.
For five (5) consecutive days, do the following:
a). Drink at least 64 ounces (two liters) of fresh drinking water during each 24-hour period.
b). Take 10 deep breaths (inhaling and exhaling each time for as long as you comfortably can) three times (3X) each day—once in the morning, once in the afternoon, and once in the evening.
c). After completing these tasks for five (5) consecutive days, record in your SAL Journal how these exercises made you feel. Did you notice any collateral benefits of increasing your intake of air and water?
Did you have more energy, vigor, and vim?
Did it positively impact your attitude? If so, how?
4. Identify three (3) areas where you need to be tougher on yourself. Record these things in your SAL Journal and make notes on how you could improve in the future.
5. Identify three (3) areas where you are being too tough on yourself. Record these things in your SAL Journal and make some notes about how you could better practice self-compassion and self-love in these areas.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #12
Self-action leaders Declare and Obtain INDEPENDENCE from
Negative Forces and Influences
Take time to read and study the American Declaration of Independence. Then, on the blank pages provided below, compose a Personal Statement declaring your own INDEPENDENCE from the external forces / people and internal influences / habits that currently limit your personal freedom and Existential Growth.
Begin by composing an introductory statement that summarizes your feelings and desires for personal change.
Then, make a list of specific enemies (internal and/or external) from which/whom you intend to formally DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE.
In PERSONAL PLANNING, this _______ Day of ____________________, __________
Self-Action Leadership
Declaration of Independence
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When in the course of my life's journey, it becomes necessary to:
Take as much space as needed in your SAL Journal to record your thoughts here...
I hereby declare my personal Independence from:
Take as much space as needed in your SAL Journal to record your thoughts here...
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #13
Self-action leaders focus primarily on Intrapersonal,
not interpersonal, COMPETITION.
With whom are you currently competing or otherwise comparing yourself?
Are these comparisons and competitions helping you, hurting you, or perhaps a little bit of both? Explain...
What are some specific ways in which you could begin reframing your focus away from interpersonal competition and toward intrapersonal competition?
What are some possible benefits of making this mindset change or paradigm shift?
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #14
Self-action leaders are CONSTITUTIONALISTS.
Return to the beginning of this chapter and reread the steps for drafting a Self-Constitution and then create YOUR own as you go. You may also use the template below as a guide.
Self-Action Leadership
Personal Constitution
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Preamble
Statement of Personal Vision
Personal Creed
Article I
Statement of Personal Mission
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Values Identification
Values Clarification
Values Prioritization
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Standards of Personal Conduct
Spiritual:
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Mental:
Social:
Moral:
Financial:
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Long-Term Goals
Article V
Self-Action Leadership Advisory Board
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Ratification Signatures
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #15
Design a SAL Daily Task Tracker with a minimum of five (5) and a maximum of eight (8) daily tasks (desired habits) you would like to practice and develop over the next 30 days. Then, aim for a 75-percent completion rate.
Note: Don't be overly ambitious in the daily task goals you set. You want to stretch yourself, but you also want to be realistic and avoid feeling overwhelmed.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #16
1. Think about someone you have not been honest with in the past. Go to that person, confess to and apologize for your dishonesty, communicate your intention and commitment to be honest in the future, and ask for their forgiveness. Then, to the extent you are able, repay or repair any damage that your dishonesty may have incurred. Do this TODAY, or at some point in the course of the next seven (7) days.
2. If you have already been practicing circumspect honesty in your life and no confession is presently necessary, then write a journal entry about what you are doing to avoid and prevent dishonest words and actions in the future.
3. Is there something about which you are not being honest with YOURSELF?
If so, reflect in your journal about why you have been choosing to engage in this and/or other self-deceptions. What are you hiding from or afraid of? What negative long-term consequences might materialize if you continue down your pathway of self-deception. What positive long-term benefits might evolve if you began telling the truth to yourself and others TODAY?
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #17
- Who has given you good advice in the past?
- Did you follow it, or are you currently heeding their advice?
- If not, why?
- How can you begin implementing that advice moving forward, beginning today?
- Who can you go to for advice in your life right now?
- Go to at least two (2) such persons and ask them for their advice, counsel, or viewpoint on an issue you are currently confronting in your life or career, or a personal weakness you are attempting to manage or overcome.
- What did you learn from each person?
- How are you going to alter your thoughts, speech, behavior, attitudes, or beliefs based on what you learned from these two persons?
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #18
1. Think of the last time you failed to show REVERENCE to someone or something. Describe this situation and reflect upon what you might do differently
next time.
2. What are some specific attitudes and behaviors you could exhibit in the future to be a more reverent person in your family, school, workplace, community, state, or nation?
3. Think of a REVERENT person you admire, but have never told them so. Contact TWO (2) such persons today, or before the end of the week. Express your admiration for them, thank them for their examples of reverence, and ask them for suggestions on how you might become a more reverent person yourself.
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #19
Think of something you've done wrong, or someone you have mistreated in the past. Before the end of the day (or week), begin the process of rectifying your error by applying any necessary elements (or steps) of rectification, including a personal apology. In addition express to any injured or offended parties your intention and commitment to avoid similar wrongdoing in the future.
SEVEN (7) Elements (or Steps) of Rectification
- Recognize and acknowledge your error(s) or sin(s).
- Feel and express genuine remorse for any damage your errors may have caused.
- Fix or replace whatever was damaged or destroyed (insofar as possible) as a result of your error(s) or sin(s).
- Repair any relationships damaged by your error(s) or sin(s). Begin this process by apologizing to any injured or offended by your actions.
- Commit to change.
- Actually change.
- Pay your debt to society (if necessary) in the case of legal, civil, or other, related infractions.
I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #19
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EXERCISE #20
Complete 25 cumulative hours of service in your home, school, neighborhood, organization, community, church, etc.
If you aren't sure what to do right off the bat, you can start off by simply walking outside your home and picking up trash. As you do so, you are bound to think of many other ideas of how you might provide further service to others.
Hour 1:_____ Hour 2:_____ Hour 3:_____ Hour 4:_____ Hour 5:_____
Hour 6:_____ Hour 7:_____ Hour 8:_____ Hour 9:_____ Hour 10:_____
Hour 11:_____ Hour 12:_____ Hour 13:_____ Hour 14:_____ Hour 15:_____
Hour 16:_____ Hour 17:_____ Hour 18:_____ Hour 19:_____ Hour 20:_____
Hour 21:_____ Hour 22:_____ Hour 23:_____ Hour 24:_____ Hour 25:_____
I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #20
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EXERCISE #21
What is something you've been procrastinating? Complete this task TODAY, or before the end of the week.
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EXERCISE #22
Complete at least TWO (2) of the following four (4) exercises:
1. For a full month (30 consecutive days), discipline yourself to wake up at 6:30 a.m. (or earlier) and spend one full hour reading, writing, pondering, meditating, memorizing, praying, walking, or a combination of these activities before you go to school, work, or do any other activities. Do NOT use any technology during this time unless you are using an electronic device for reading or writing (typing) purposes.
Day 1:_____ Day 2:_____ Day 3:_____ Day 4:_____ Day 5:_____ Day 6:_____
Day 7:_____ Day 8:_____ Day 9:_____ Day 10:_____ Day 11:_____ Day 12:_____
Day 13:_____ Day 14:_____ Day 15:_____ Day 16:_____ Day 17:_____ Day 18:_____
Day 19:_____ Day 20:_____ Day 12:_____ Day 22:_____ Day 23:_____ Day 24:_____
Day 25:_____ Day 26:_____ Day 27:_____ Day 28:_____ Day 29:_____ Day 30:_____
2. Fast from food for two consecutive meals (20 hours minimum) once a week for FIVE (5) consecutive weeks (minimum requirement). If you are feeling extra ambitious, abstain from food and water for 24 hours once a week for five consecutive weeks.
Week 1 Fast:_____ Week 2 Fast:_____ Week 3 Fast:_____ Week 4 Fast:_____ Week 5 Fast:_____
3. In a ONE month (30-day) period, physically work out for 60-minutes on 25 different days. Include elements of strength, cardio, and stretching exercises into your workout routine.
Day 1:_____ Day 2:_____ Day 3:_____ Day 4:_____ Day 5:_____
Day 6:_____ Day 7:_____ Day 8:_____ Day 9:_____ Day 10:_____
Day 11:_____ Day 12:_____ Day 13:_____ Day 14:_____ Day 15:_____
Day 16:_____ Day 17:_____ Day 18:_____ Day 19:_____ Day 20:_____
Day 21:_____ Day 22:_____ Day 23:_____ Day 24:_____ Day 25:_____
4. Sign the CHASTITY Pledge below and then demonstrate integrity to your pledge for at least six (6) months in order to complete the SAL Master Challenge.
I hereby commit to refrain from sexual activity prior to marriage.
I further commit to upholding complete sexual fidelity to my spouse after marriage.
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I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #22
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #23
Take inventory of your surroundings. Are there any negative cues bringing you down? If so, remove them if possible.
What about visual reminders (positive cues) of your goals or important priorities; do you have any of them?
If not, creatively add at least three (3) such reminders (cues). If so, then add three (3) additional cues to the ones you already have. Make sure your cues are displayed so that you will see them regularly. Do this today or before the end of the week.
Negative cues and reminders I will remove from my living and/or work space include:
Positive cues and reminders I will add to my living and/or work space include:
I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #23
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EXERCISE #24
What healthy and productive SELF-REWARDS could you use to motivate yourself to make good decisions, remain on task, stay focused, and work hard until a goal has been achieved?
List some work activities and tasks you find naturally rewarding. Why do you find these tasks and activities rewarding?
How might you increase your opportunities to spend more of your time engaged in work activities and tasks that you find naturally rewarding in your present life and/or career?
Are you presently in a life and/or career situation that maximizes your opportunities for participating in activities and tasks you find naturally rewarding? If not, what steps would you need to take to improve your situation and expand said opportunities?
What is a work activity or task you have never tried, but that might prove naturally rewarding for you?
How might you position yourself to receive an opportunity to begin pursuing said work activity or task?
I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #24
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SAL Master Challenge
EXERCISE #25
Self-action leaders RECORD, ANALYZE, and REFLECT
upon their Lives in a Never-ending Quest to Improve and Grow
Conduct an Autoethnographic Study of your own life by doing the following:
- Reflect on the entirety of your life's journey to-date.
- Create an outline of your life's major dates, events, milestones, relationships, passions & pastimes, accomplishments, strengths & weaknesses, successes & failures, etc.
- Review any existing journals or other artifacts such as: past work, awards and certificates, photos, and other personal and/or professional memorabilia.
- Interview at least three (3) family members or close friends to discover their thoughts and perspectives on your life's major dates, events, milestones, relationships, passions & pastimes, accomplishments, strengths & weaknesses, successes & failures, etc.
- Analyze and reflect upon all available data.
- Summarize lessons gleaned from your data analysis in an organized, written report that includes the following:
- A comprehensive synopsis of your life's journey to date.
- A list of lessons learned from your past that could help you experience more happiness, success, Existential Growth, and inner peace in the future.
- An outline—or "Game Plan"—for your future based on your analysis and reflections.
I have completed the SAL Master Challenge EXERCISE #25
Your initials:__________ AP initials:__________
—Dr. JJ
Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
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