Annual Misogi Challenge

The Misogi Challenge is a concept of taking on one grand, ambitious challenge each year to push your limits and grow. Here's the framework based on the discussion between Mike Posner and Shaan Puri.

Core Philosophy

• One grand challenge per year
• Must be ambitious and difficult
• Can be physical or mental in nature
• Purpose is personal growth and transformation
• Focuses on doing something that seems beyond your current capabilities

Types of Misogi Challenges

Physical Challenges:

• Walking across America
• Climbing Mount Everest
• Completing an Ironman

Mental/Emotional Challenges:

• 24 hours without a single complaint in your head
• Extended meditation retreats
• Breaking ingrained habits or patterns

Key Benefits

• Reveals hidden strength you didn't know you had
• Transforms your identity and self-image
• Creates lasting change through intense experience
• Builds confidence through overcoming difficult challenges
• Paradoxically makes life feel easier by taking on harder goals

Implementation Principles

• Choose something that scares you
• Pick challenges that feel slightly beyond your current capabilities
• Use the challenge as a way to break out of comfort zones
• Focus on internal growth rather than external validation
• Allow the challenge to reshape your perception of what's possible

Success Metrics

• Personal transformation is the primary measure of success
• Growth matters more than achievement
• Internal changes are more valuable than external recognition
• New capabilities discovered through the process
• Shifted perspective on life's challenges