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THE COME UP.
Read this part first

You already know something is in your way. You just can't name it. So you stay busy, and nothing actually moves. Seven days fixes that.

One thing is holding you back.
Not ten. One.

In your business or in your life. Seven days to find it, name it, and start killing it. Together, starting Monday August 24.

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This is for two people

Which one is you?

If it's your life

You know you're capable of more. Better shape, better money, out of the rut, out of the scroll. You've said "this year is different" more than once. You wake up busy and go to bed with nothing moved. Something has you stuck, and you can't put your finger on what.

If it's your business

The idea is real, or the business is already running, but it's not moving. You're doing everything and growing nothing. You keep planning instead of launching, tweaking instead of selling. Something is capping you, and working harder hasn't found it.

Different lives. Same root problem. One bottleneck, hiding under everything else. The challenge finds yours, whichever door you walked in through.

Sound familiar

You are not lazy. You have been calling it the wrong thing.

You start things. You research things. You save the videos and make the plan on Sunday night, and by Thursday it's gone.

You are busy all day. You could not tell me what you are actually building.

You have restarted the same thing more times than you can count. You go hard, then you disappear. And every restart costs a little more belief than the one before it.

And here is the part almost nobody will say to you. Most of what looks like procrastination is really fear. Not the dramatic kind. The kind you never say out loud.

Nobody says this out loud
You have been protecting yourself. It has been working. That is the problem.

Because nobody names those, you assumed you were undisciplined. You are not. You have just never seen what is actually in the way, so you have been fighting the wrong problem for years.

Here is the good news. You do not have ten problems. You have one. One bottleneck sits in front of everything else, and until it's named, every bit of effort you spend gets eaten by it.

That's what these seven days are for.

Fair question

How do we actually find it?

You've tried to figure this out on your own and gone in circles. Here is why.

What hurts is almost never what is causing it.

It feels like laziness.It's usually fear.
It feels like no motivation.It's usually no clear path.
It feels like a discipline problem.It's usually the people around you.
It feels like no time.It's usually no boundary.

The symptom gets your attention. The bottleneck stays hidden. That is why you can work hard for a year and end up in the same place.

So on day one you do three moves

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Take the assessment
A few questions, then it ranks where you're actually stuck and names the one at the top. Business track or life track, it splits you into the right one automatically.
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Run the five checks
Five honest questions against your result. This is the part that catches a symptom pretending to be the cause. If it isn't really yours, the checks send you to the one that is.
3
Write it in one sentence
Then post it in the room. Named, in writing, in front of people. That's when it stops being a vague feeling and becomes a target you can actually hit.

Days two through seven are what you do about it.

The seven days

Here is exactly what happens

One video a day. One move a day. Ten minutes. That's the whole challenge.

Day1
Name your bottleneck Live call
Monday night we open live, together. You take the assessment, I walk the room through reading the result, and I take people through it on the spot. You leave that call with your bottleneck written in one sentence, and your first move already picked for Tuesday morning. No more guessing at what's wrong with you.
Day2
Your first ugly rep
You make that first move. Today, badly, on purpose. You find out the hard part was never the doing, it was the waiting.
Day3
Shrink it until it's stupid
You cannot fear something small enough. We cut the move down until it stops being scary and starts being done.
Day4
The wall Live call
Thursday night. This is the day most people quit, so this is the day we get in a room together. Bring whatever stopped you and you'll leave with it handled.
Day5
Say it out loud
Past tense, in public. The move that makes quitting quietly impossible.
Day6
Cut what's been eating you
The prep, the scrolling, the fake work. You find the one leak and plug it.
Day7
What you do with the rest of the year Live call
Sunday night. You'll have seven days of proof behind you. We look at what actually moved, and you leave with a plan for the next one.
By Sunday night, August 30

Seven days from now that's either your list, or you're one week deeper into the same loop.

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Straight answer

Who this is actually for

This is for you if

This is not for you if

Who's running this

Why you'd want me in your corner for a week

Nick Ayala

I'm Nick Ayala. I built and sold four companies. I wrote Capital Is the Game, a #1 bestseller in six categories on Amazon. I've done the version of this where everything works.

And I've done the other version. Broke, stuck, busy all day with nothing to show for it, telling myself next month would be different. I know both sides of this from the inside.

Nick Ayala speaking on stage in Dubai
Speaking in Dubai. The other 51 weeks a year, I build.

Here's the part that matters to you. Every time I got unstuck, in business or in life, it was never ten fixes. It was one bottleneck I finally saw clearly and went after. That's the whole method, and for seven days I'm going to run it with you personally. Three times that week you'll be on a live call with me, not a recording of me.

What it costs

Twenty seven dollars

The 7 Day Come Up Challenge
$27
One time. Not a subscription.
Your bottleneck named, in writing, on day one
A new video every morning in the private room
One move to make each day, ten minutes
3 live calls with Nick: Monday, Thursday, Sunday
A text every morning so you never miss a day
The room, with everyone doing it alongside you

Why is it only $27? Because the price isn't the point. At $27 you have no excuse, and I don't make money at $27. This challenge exists to find the people who are actually serious, and I'd rather have a room full of them than a small room that paid a lot.

Think about what staying stuck costs. Not in money. In months. You've already paid more than $27 for this problem. Every year you've had it.

The Do-The-Work Guarantee

If you do it and get nothing, I pay you back

Show up for the seven days. Make the moves. If you get to Sunday night and nothing is different, email me and I'll send your $27 back. The only way to lose money here is to buy it and not show up. Don't do that.

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Before you ask

The questions I always get

What if I miss a day?

You won't fall behind. Every video stays open for the full week, and the live calls are recorded. One missed day is fine. This whole challenge is built for people with real lives.

Do I have to be on the live calls?

No, and all three are recorded. But the people who show up get the most out of it. Monday is where you name your bottleneck with me, Thursday is the one that carries you past the point where people usually quit, and Sunday is where we look at what actually moved.

Is this for business or for life?

Both. Day one splits you into the right track. If you run a business, your bottleneck will be a business one. If you're working on you, it'll be a personal one. Same seven days either way.

How much time does it take?

Ten to fifteen minutes a day, plus the three live calls. If it takes longer than that, the move was too big and we cut it down.

Where does it all happen?

A private room just for this group. Each morning's video is posted there, you post your move for the day, and you can see what everyone else is doing. You'll get a text and an email every morning with the link, so nothing to remember.

What happens after the seven days?

You'll have your bottleneck named and moving. On day seven I'll show you what comes next if you want to keep going. No pressure, and the challenge stands on its own.

Is there a refund?

Do the seven days. If you show up, do the work, and get nothing out of it, email me and I'll send your twenty seven dollars back.

Last thing

Four months left in the year

Picture two versions of September 1.

In one, you know exactly what was in your way, you've got a week of moves behind you, and for the first time in a long time the plan survived past Thursday.

In the other, nothing happened. You saw this page, you thought about it, and the loop got one week older. Same you, same wall, less year left.

Both versions cost you something. Only one of them costs twenty seven dollars.

Find it. Fix it. Come up.

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