Own the Challenge: Start with Your Lowest-Hanging Fruit

Own the Challenge: Start with Your Lowest-Hanging Fruit

Over the past few weeks you’ve embarked on a transformative journey:

• Identified your Anti-Vision: Spelling out what you don’t want in your life. 
• Challenged Limiting Beliefs: Reframing your mindset to align with your true potential.
• Clarified our Desires: Understanding what you genuinely want to achieve.

I’ve mentioned the idea of doing a challenge several times. Now it’s time to shift from thinking about it to shaping what your challenge will actually look like.

But first, let’s be real: most of the challenges you’ve faced in life haven’t been voluntary. You didn’t choose them—and if we’re being honest, you probably hated them. You were thrown curveballs, dealt what felt like an unfair hand, and left to figure it out.

Sometimes you rose above. Sometimes you didn’t. You’ve let go of goals, relationships, opportunities—even versions of yourself—because of these unexpected, unchosen challenges. You’ve probably thought, “This ain’t fair.” And you’re right.

So it’s only natural to wonder why I’m here encouraging you to add a challenge to your life. Why take on more when life already demands so much?

Here’s the difference:

This time, you’re the one choosing it.

This time, you’re not reacting—you’re taking the lead.

This time, you’re not waiting for change to happen to you. You’re happening to your life.

This isn’t just another goal or resolution.

It’s an act of self-respect.

A declaration that your future deserves structure, effort, and vision.

This is the beginning of a life that doesn’t look like your anti-vision.

And spoiler alert? This challenge is only the pre-requisite.

It’s the on-ramp to a completely different trajectory.

The one you were made for.

The one that aligns with who you’re becoming.

Now let’s get into what your challenge will actually look like.

Start by revisiting your web—the one you created when you mapped out your anti-vision. (If you’re just joining us, you can catch up here, here, and here.)

Take a good look at it. What sticks out? What feels urgent, uncomfortable, or just plain annoying? Then ask yourself this:

What’s the easiest win I can grab from this web?

That’s what we call your lowest-hanging fruit—the small, accessible actions that don’t require a massive life overhaul but will start shifting the momentum in your favor. These are your early wins. They build confidence, create rhythm, and make real change feel doable.

Here’s an example from my own life:

On my anti-vision web, under the “health” category, I wrote “fat.”

That’s it. Direct. Unfiltered. And hard to ignore. So I chose two low-hanging habits to focus on:

• Walk 10,000 steps every day

• Drink at least 80 ounces of water daily

I committed to those two habits for 100 days. The results? I walked 1,118,793 steps and hit my water goal 80% of the time. That momentum carried me straight into a second 100-day challenge—where I added two more habits on top of the first.

That’s the secret: habit stacking.

You start with what’s manageable and build from there.

Now it’s your turn.

• What’s free or low-cost on your web?

• What are five changes you could implement tomorrow—without spending a ton or turning your life upside down?

From that list, choose at least two for your first 100-day challenge.

Remember:

A bikini competitor doesn’t do 10,000 squats on day one.

A business doesn’t launch with 10,000 products.

Even Amazon started with just books.

You must Start small. Start wisely. Start now.

Next week you will add infrastructure and I’ll be sharing my exact system you can use to catapult your own 100-day challenge.

Peace out, peace in.

-Spivey J.