If I had to put my finger on one thing that’s made the most difference to my life in terms of results, it would be consciously changing from being a chronic quitter to someone who sees things through. Here’s how important it is to me:- Every day, I fire up Evernote and spend five minutes answering the same
If we know that willpower is a finite resource that we should treat sparingly, how do we know when we’re pushing our limits and facing burnout? Apparently there isn’t just a single tell-tale sign that can tell us whether we’re suffering from willpower depletion or not. However, there are a few traits that seem to affect
In a suburban mall, shoppers were randomly stopped and asked a series of questions about their shopping habits. The questions were designed to understand how many buying decisions the shoppers had made that day… They were then asked to attempt to solve a series of simple arithmetic puzzles and were told that they could quit whenever
In previous posts, I’ve described the strength model for willpower depletion (otherwise known as ego depletion). In short:-Our willpower is like a muscle: Using it comes at a cost by temporarily lowering our willpower reserves. If we rely too heavily on it, we’ll burn out and lose self-controlWillpower can be built up over time if the right
Watching this video above, 15 months after starting this whole experiment, is quite a cringeworthy experience.Is that really me? Was I really that bad? Why am I wearing a pink top with pink flowers in the background?So many questions… 15 months and around 60 videos after starting my deliberate practice experiment, I can say just that
All this talk about habits, but what actually is a habit? In simple terms, we can define a habit as an automatic behavior… Delving deeper, a habit has these main characteristics:-Bottom up – meaning that habits are automatic with no conscious thought or attention requiredImpulsive – does not require intentionDirectly cueued – triggered by some kind of
I get a bit frustrated when the so common, but false, idea that it takes 21 days to form a habit is regurgitated. There are two main reasons for my hostility towards spreading this false notion:-It sets false expectations – “I’ll just commit to this new positive ritual for three weeks and then it’ll become automatic and
The one thing that really impresses me about someone is if they are continually shipping stuff. A writer that is continually pushing out novels, an artist that relentlessly produces music, a blogger that’s been publishing videos for years… and so on. In a word, these people are prolific, and they generally have one thing in common.
I want to share with you how I’m structuring my habit system to follow through on the habits that I’m trying to instill… Here is what I’m currently working on:-Daily ritual – every day I take five minutes to write the answer to a number of questions. The questions currently include:- What type of person are
Nothing major to report at the moment – I’ve been sticking to the habit system pretty well so far. One thing I didn’t fully consider:- I’m producing videos on a daily basis, but I think this is probably a bit excessive for my subscribers… I’m not sure at what point delivering content is considered spam, but
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