What’s a “Monkifesto?”

Published July 2nd, 2007 by Adam Kayce | 11 Comments

monkifestos_logo.gifA Monkifesto isn’t a sauce for your pasta… it’s a manifesto of sorts, with a monkish twist.

Look, we’re all stressed for time. The more time you take to read someone’s ebook, the less you have for everything else. And in today’s mounting tidal wave of information (that doesn’t show any signs of slowing down), you don’t need another 20-page ebook to read — you need something that packs just as much punch, but in a fraction of the time.

Enter, the Monkifesto.

True story: I spent days and days (spread over weeks and weeks) creating a free ebook for you on the topic of intuition. Why? Because a lot of people I’ve talked to still don’t realize how useful, easy, and non woo-woo it really is. But in order for you to absorb that information (it came out to be about 22 pages long — over 5400 words), it would take you about 25 minutes — a generous estimate, given the average person’s reading speed.

25 minutes! Wow. And that’s assuming you read straight through it, not even stopping to do the exercises.

And hey, it’s good information — the benefits it could bring you far outweigh the time investment. But, what if you could learn the same information, remember it easier, and be done in three minutes?

Now we’re talking, eh?

Okay, enough talking — I’m making the first Monkifesto available today. Yes, it’s on Intuition, and yes, it has instructions for you to start increasing your own intuitive abilities. I would love and appreciate it if you’d leave a comment (or post about it on your own blog) and let me know what you think.

This is something I’d really love to see get spread around, far and wide, and shared with as many people as possible. So please, don’t hesitate to blog, write, sing, talk, share, or create an interpretative dance about it.

Of course, this Monkifesto will be the first in a series, so be on the lookout for updates as time goes on.

And of course, the release of this Monkifesto is timely — a new round of the Black Belt Business Intuition course starts on July 12 (so if you get fired up by what you see, you know where to go to get on the fast track…).

Okay, here’s the link to get your copy of the Monkifesto, or just follow the “Monkifesto” link at the top of every page…

Image by me, under a Creative Commons license.

And thanks to all those who commented on the previous post so far: Char, Jean Browman

11 Comments... Want To Jump In?

  • Joanna Young
    July 2, 2007, 6:31 pm

    Hi Adam, timely indeed (been feeling a bit lost in the forest myself of late). I don’t know how you managed it but the combination of amazing pictures and simple words created a deep, powerful impact that made me feel very calm, and very relaxed inside. And you’re right. I wouldn’t have ‘got’ that from an e-book.

    Congratulations on a great idea, a great product -and fantastic title! Joanna

  • Adam Kayce
    July 3, 2007, 10:13 am

    Thanks, Joanna and Stuart — I appreciate it!

    Karin, the link is the picture, below all the text… sorry if I didn’t make that clear!

  • DaveOlson
    July 3, 2007, 4:45 pm

    Adam…
    Congrats on completing the eBook. I’m rushing off to download it now.
    One of my favourite books is Blink so I’m sure I’ll love your’s too. Thanks

  • Kathy
    July 3, 2007, 10:12 pm

    Adam -

    Beautiful! And infectious, too. As in, “causes one to want to pass it on”. =^)

    It’s like a “Change This” manifesto and a “Go Gratitude” flash movie mash up.

    Speaking of ChangeThis.com, have you thought about submitting this to them for publishing? Might be a way to get this beautiful message out to more people.

    Anyway, I’m looking forward to the video and to the next monkifestos, too. Monk-o-rama!

  • Eddie Corbano
    July 5, 2007, 8:40 am

    Adam, thank your for this ebook.

    It reminded me of what I have seemed to have forgotten: to always keep the connection to the “source”, “void”, “god”, “wisdom” whatever one likes to call it.

    The fast-moving age of technology and information seems to have all answers on hand, but it makes us forget that all answers are indeed already within us. Our Intuition is a “direct line” to that all-embracing wisdom.

    Thank you for that reminder. Eddie

  • Adam Kayce
    July 5, 2007, 8:09 pm

    Dave, I can’t wait to hear what you think…

    Kathy, oh, by all means, pass it on! ;-) I haven’t thought to submit this to ChangeThis, just because it’s so different than their typical format… although I have thought about submitting something to them at some point. They have a voting period, and if you get enough votes, then they take your final manifesto.

    Eddie, you’re welcome for the reminder (I think we all need one from time to time…). And you’re right on — there’s more available within than I think most of us realize. (that list that I wrote near the end, including ‘seeing water damage in a house from 2000 miles away’, were all things I’ve done…)

  • May
    July 6, 2007, 4:31 am

    Adam,

    I really enjoyed your monkifesto, it conveyed so much in a short time. Thanks for the reminder that right now is where I can make a difference, somehow I’d not linked that to intuition.

    The muscles slide also aroused the curiosity of my teenage daughter passing by!

    We both like to see the full slide in ‘one go’, and found some of the writing rather small, though perhaps not a typical situation as I’m using my laptop…

    I’m enjoying having ‘notes’ in this format in your Create a Business People Love course - viewing the slides as you talk adds another dimension which reinforces my learning. And it’s very quick to find my way back to a concept I want to clarify after the class.

    Thanks for this breath of fresh air, I look forward to more monkifestos! May

  • Adam Kayce
    July 6, 2007, 10:09 am

    Thanks, May. Hope I didn’t stir up your daughter too much! :-) Thanks for the feedback about the font size — I’ll keep an eye on that, since more and more people are using laptops as their only computer — good point.

    And yep, more are coming!