You Are Cordially Invited to Register for the First Annual World Heroes and Heroines Competition

Good Evening, World Heroes and
Heroines!

Are you feeling motivated this
evening?

I know that I certainly am.

How are you? I pray that all is well.

One of the most exciting parts of the 400 Year
Project (to accelerate individual and
organizational improvements to 20 times the
usual rate from 2015 through 2035) is setting
out to establish and to promote new record-
breaking practices.

Today, September 22, 2010, the 400 Year Project
celebrates its 15th anniversary. In preparation
for the project's implementation phase that
begins in 2015, I have launched today the first
annual World Heroes and Heroines
Competition.

To me a World Hero or Heroine is someone who
develops and implements a breakthrough
practice that will provide enormous benefits for
large numbers of people, but requires little time,
money, and effort compared to the benefits.
Typically, this result will mean combining
several complementary 2,000 percent
solutions (a practice I describe in Adventures
of an Optimist, 2,000 Percent Living and Help
Wanted).

I cordially invite and encourage you to join the
competition.

If you have friends and colleagues who might be
interested, feel free to forward this blog entry to
them.

For this contest, there will be first, second, and
third prizes as well as honorable mentions for
those who provide entries describing practices
worthy of being widely emulated.

All solutions must be created after September
22, 2010 and implemented before September
22, 2011.

The criteria for awarding the prizes will be as
follows:

1. The human value of the benefits received as a
percentage of the resources used to implement
the solution

2. How many people have been taught and are
applying the solution

3. How many complementary 2,000 percent
solutions are combined to enhance benefits

To enter, competitors must register with me at
ultimatecompetititiveadvantage@yahoo.com
There is no charge to enter.

All those who enter will receive an extensive
electronic library of books and materials
describing how to make global breakthroughs.

Judges will be selected from among
experienced 2,000 percent solution creators
who are not competing in the contest.

As prizes, all winners and honorable mention
recipients will receive global publicity from the
400 Year Project and I will write a foreword to
any books that the heroes and heroines wish to
publish about their solutions.

In addition, winners and honorable mention
recipients will be given a unique opportunity to
qualify as a master tutor, a designation that no
one yet has been earned. This designation will
create the potential to attract large numbers of
clients and students, providing resources to
create other breakthroughs.

I will also invite sponsors to join me in
attracting entrants to the competition and in
publicizing the winning solutions. Hopefully,
we can hold an awards ceremony and share
videos from it.

Is this exciting, or what?

You have a lot to gain and nothing to lose.

Please let me know your questions about the
competition and how I can help you become
the world hero or heroine you want to be.

May God bless you, your family, and
all you do in the name of Jesus!

With best regards, much appreciation,
and all good wishes,

Donald W. Mitchell
Chairman
The 400 Year Project

Copyright 2010 Donald W. Mitchell, All Rights Reserved.

Do You Need a Foreword for a Book That Shows How to Become a World Hero?

Good morning, World Heroes and Heroines!

Are you feeling motivated this morning?

I hope so. I know that I am!

I just finished reading an intriguing book by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin about Mr. Mortenson's work to bring educational opportunity to the rural areas near the mountains in Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Here's my review of the book:

Do you like to read heroic tales of overcoming daunting odds to achieve great things? Do you believe that we are past the age of heroes? If you answered yes to either question, you need to read Three Cups of Tea immediately!

Here's the overview of this book. Greg Mortenson was a determined mountain climber on his way back from challenging K2, one of the world's highest and most dangerous peaks in the Himalayas, when he lost his way. He was exhausted from just having helped in the all-but-impossible rescue of one of his fellow climbers. As a result of the second of his mistakes in leaving the so-called trail, Mortenson found himself needing help in a Balti village in Pakistan that he had never heard of, Korphe. The villagers nursed him back to health, and Mortenson began listening to their grievances against the Pakistan government which supported an on-going conflict with India over Kashmir, but did not provide a school for their children. The grateful Mortenson promised to build them a school.

Many people make such promises, but few fulfill them. Mortenson headed back to California and raised the $12,000 he estimated it would take to build the school. With the money in hand, he flew back to Pakistan and started buying supplies. Arriving at the village, his new Balti friends reminded him that there was no bridge to transport the supplies to the village. Mortenson headed back to raise the money for the bridge.

After many more trials, the school was built and a teacher installed. Mortenson had found his life work. He wanted to provide schools for all of the Pakistani children who didn't get an education, especially the girls, who were more likely to stay in their villages and improve living conditions. Everything was difficult. Pakistanis didn't trust him. Muslims thought it was all a plot to convert children to Christianity. Some wanted bribes. People in the United States were generally opposed to helping Muslims unless they had been climbers in that part of the Himalayas. Mortenson got hate mail. But he persevered.

Eventually, his vision expanded to helping with water projects and to providing scholarships for higher education for those who graduated from the schools he built.

Conditions in Afghanistan also called out to him, and he established a similar program there.

But his slim efforts were being overwhelmed by madrassas funded with Saudi money that were often used to recruit and train terrorists. His life changed forever when in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan Parade Magazine wrote an article about his efforts to secure a lasting peace in the region by supporting moderate Muslims with educational aid.

This book is powerfully coauthored by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. I seldom recall reading such an excellent story about serving humanity in a selfless secular way that isn't tied to a religious vocation.

The book's title refers to a story that Mortenson learned from those who wanted him to slow down and stop acting like an American: The local people wanted to ally with him, and he was trying to run everything. Results improved when he stepped back and became an ally instead of an authoritarian leader.

Here's the basis of the reference: Haji Ali, his first Balti friend, told Mortenson that he had to respect Balti ways. "The first time you share tea with a Balti, you are a stranger." "The second time you take tea, you are an honored guest." "The third time you share tea, you are family, and for our family, we are prepared to do anything, even die."

May God bless the authors, their families, and those who work with Mr. Mortenson to expand the light of education to those who wish to see with it.

It occurred to me that this book could easily have been expanded to also include a foreword, afterword, or even a brief chapter that explained how the same principles could be used to benefit 400 times as many people with the same time, effort, and resources.

This made me realize I should extend an invitation to any world heroes who are writing books to help them by writing a foreword or showing them how their approach could be adjusted to help hundreds of others follow an improved path to achieve effective results. Then, such books would succeed both by raising money for the cause . . . and by stimulating a world full of those who are inspired to serve the same cause in the best possible ways.

If you are interested in this kind of help and you are a world hero, please contact me at:

askdonmitchell@yahoo.com

Remember to also visit

Live Spiritually Better than a Billionaire at http://livespirituallybetterthanabillionaire.blogspot.com/,

Enjoy Mansions Better than a Billionaire at http://enjoymansionsbetterthanabillionaire.blogspot.com/, and

Enjoy Football Better than a Billionaire at http://enjoyfootballbetterthanabillionaire.blogspot.com/.

I offer individual on-line tutorials and in-person seminars on creating 2,000 percent solutions (20 times the results with the same effort), developing more profitable business models and designing strategies that work regardless of the business environment.

For general information, please contact me at
ultimatecompetitiveadvantage@yahoo.com .

I am available to you as a speaker on these subjects. You can find my background at http://livebetterthanabillionaireon5dollars.blogspot.com/2005_08_30_livebetterthanabillionaireon5dollars_archive.html/.

May God bless you.

Donald W. Mitchell
Chairman, Mitchell and Company

Copyright 2007 Donald W. Mitchell