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How To Attack Your Big Goals & Achieve Them In 2-3 Months
If You're Young, Start This New Type Of Business
Hi friends,
We're Benji (benjiianc.com) and Gabriele (gabrielemuratori.tech) — college students who've learned to achieve ambitious goals in compressed timeframes. We've built multiple AI apps, launched products, and created content systems all while balancing our studies.
Why Most People Never Reach Their Goals
Modern life is too comfortable.
Most people:
Work on simple tasks they hate all day
Never truly challenge themselves creatively
Think they need more "rest" (which is usually just escape)
What they actually need is more meaningful work — intense periods focused on ambitious goals followed by genuine recovery.
The problem? Most people float in the mediocre middle, never experiencing the high highs or low lows where real growth happens. Life becomes a blur of boredom and anxiety.
War Mode vs. Monk Mode
You've probably heard of "monk mode" — disappearing from the world, removing distractions, and practicing digital minimalism to focus.
War mode is different. It's about:
Attacking your goals aggressively
Simulating a "hunt" mentality
Saying yes to new experiences
Overwhelming yourself with positive chaos
Expanding into a new identity under pressure
Through our projects, we've discovered that this approach creates exponential growth in compressed timeframes.
The Alter Ego Effect: Your Secret Weapon
The key to entering war mode is developing what Todd Herman calls an "alter ego" — a bridge between who you are now and who you need to become.
Think of how Kobe Bryant became "The Black Mamba" or how Martin Luther King Jr. wore non-prescription glasses to embody a "Distinguished Intellectual" persona.
When you adopt an alter ego, your limited mental bandwidth (roughly 50 bits of conscious information per second) becomes consumed with embodying that new identity. There's simply no room left for self-doubt and insecurity.
How We've Used This To Achieve Quick Results
We've applied this approach to build multiple projects in weeks instead of months. Here's the exact framework we use:
1. Vision – What Do You Want?
First, you need an attention anchor — something meaningful that pulls your focus away from doubt and toward possibility.
This isn't about setting random goals. It's about creating a vision with gravity — something worth committing to.
Start by answering:
How do you want to look, speak, and be perceived?
What environment do you want to live in?
What impact do you want to have?
What can you see yourself becoming known for?
What do you want your average day to look like?
Remember: Your first attempt at this vision will be imperfect. The key is getting something on paper that you can refine as you progress.
2. Clarity – How Will You Make Progress?
Lack of self-confidence often comes from lack of clarity. When you don't know exactly what to do next, doubt creeps in.
The solution is creating a clear plan:
Break your vision into milestones (e.g., $1 → $10K → $100K → $1M)
Define exactly what you need to do to reach the first milestone
List what you need to learn to complete those actions
Identify the daily tasks that actually move the needle
For our AI apps, we broke the process down from learning the basics of prompt engineering to building complete applications. Each step was manageable, but the combined progress was remarkable.
3. Identity – Who Must You Become?
As Einstein said, "You can't solve a problem from the same level of mind that created it."
To achieve ambitious goals quickly, you need to step into a more developed version of yourself:
Choose 2-3 aspirational archetypes who've achieved what you want
List the specific qualities that made them successful
Give your alter ego a name or identity you can step into
This isn't just a mental exercise — it's the foundation of actual identity change. Each time you embody these qualities and make progress, your identity expands.
How To Enter War Mode Today
Here's how to apply this framework immediately:
1. Make a Dramatic Commitment
Do something physical that represents your commitment — something you can't easily reverse. Buy the domain name. Register the business. Sign up for the competition.
Too many people try to change their lives without consequences. That's why they fail. Put yourself in situations where you're forced to grow.
2. Embrace Productive Chaos
Develop two key habits:
30-60 minutes of daily learning (new skills, technologies, ideas)
30-60 minutes of daily building (creating something valuable)
But don't stop there — intentionally introduce novelty and chaos. Talk to new people. Try new approaches. Rip apart your routine. The unknown is where growth happens.
3. Focus on Mind, Body, Business
If you don't know what to build, start with the fundamentals:
Mind – Improve how you process information and make decisions
Body – Enhance your physical presence and energy
Business – Create something valuable for others
These three areas compound on each other, creating an upward spiral of progress.
4. Compress Your Timeline
War mode isn't sustainable forever — it's typically a 2-3 month sprint of intense growth.
Give it everything during this period. Say yes to opportunities. Launch the project. Ask for help. Fill your mind with so much productive chaos that you're forced to expand.
We promise: You'll look back in 12 months amazed at how far you've come.
Growth isn't linear — it comes in exponential bursts when you create the right conditions.
As we continue this journey, we've created a few resources that help us stay on track:
If any of these would be helpful to you, just let us know. We're happy to share what we've learned so far, though we're still figuring things out ourselves!
Thanks for being part of our journey. We're curious to hear what you're building too.
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B&G