92% of people never achieve their goals.
Aristotle solved this 2,345 years ago.
Read this to Get Sh!t Done:
Aristotle solved this 2,345 years ago.
Read this to Get Sh!t Done:
• Habits
The answer is habits.
Consistent habits allow us to achieve our goals.
Aristotle knew this when he said "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
The following 8 lessons will allow you to achieve your goals:
The answer is habits.
Consistent habits allow us to achieve our goals.
Aristotle knew this when he said "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit."
The following 8 lessons will allow you to achieve your goals:
• Begin With the End in Mind
Imagine your future and then create it.
When you know what you want and create a plan to achieve it, you can work backward to what you need to do each day to succeed.
Imagine your future and then create it.
When you know what you want and create a plan to achieve it, you can work backward to what you need to do each day to succeed.
• Reduce Friction
Choose goals, and habits, that align with your life.
Make it as simple as possible to form habits.
Choose goals, and habits, that align with your life.
Make it as simple as possible to form habits.
• Prime Your Environment
If you want to write, set up a writing area.
If you want to work out, set up a home gym.
Setting up our environment to facilitate our desired habits will mean we are more likely to follow through.
If you want to write, set up a writing area.
If you want to work out, set up a home gym.
Setting up our environment to facilitate our desired habits will mean we are more likely to follow through.
• Discipline > Motivation
Motivation fades.
Discipline remains.
Develop discipline over time.
When you're consistent, you build your discipline muscles day in and day out. Keep building
Motivation fades.
Discipline remains.
Develop discipline over time.
When you're consistent, you build your discipline muscles day in and day out. Keep building
• Use the When --> Then Hack
Tie the work to a specific activity or time.
For example:
- when I am done brushing my teeth, I will floss.
- when I wake up, I will take the dog for a walk.
Tie the work to a specific activity or time.
For example:
- when I am done brushing my teeth, I will floss.
- when I wake up, I will take the dog for a walk.
• Reward Yourself
Setup an external reward system.
Have a cheat meal on Sunday when you've run each day this week.
When you've read a book each day, watch a movie on the weekend.
When we reward the behavior, we're more likely to maintain a commitment to the behavior.
Setup an external reward system.
Have a cheat meal on Sunday when you've run each day this week.
When you've read a book each day, watch a movie on the weekend.
When we reward the behavior, we're more likely to maintain a commitment to the behavior.
• Track Your Progress
Create a journal.
Publish results online.
The more public your tracking, the more likely you'll succeed.
When we add the element of public accountability, we increase our likelihood of persisting.
Create a journal.
Publish results online.
The more public your tracking, the more likely you'll succeed.
When we add the element of public accountability, we increase our likelihood of persisting.
• Start Small
Do not try to achieve your goals in one step.
Make the first steps as small as possible.
For example:
- Walk two miles
- Read five pages of a book
- exercise for fifteen minutes
Often, we will do more than we set out to do, which is the goal.
Do not try to achieve your goals in one step.
Make the first steps as small as possible.
For example:
- Walk two miles
- Read five pages of a book
- exercise for fifteen minutes
Often, we will do more than we set out to do, which is the goal.
TL;DR:
• Begin with the end in mind
• Use when --> then hack
• Prime your environment
• Discipline > motivation
• Track your progress
• Reward yourself
• Reduce friction
• Start small
• Begin with the end in mind
• Use when --> then hack
• Prime your environment
• Discipline > motivation
• Track your progress
• Reward yourself
• Reduce friction
• Start small
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