Insights
#385 How to become unstoppable
It’s not about figuring out where you’d like to end up anymore – it’s about deciding where you must go. Once you know that, there’s no stopping you anymore.
#384 Why you don’t need a how-to program
You don’t need to learn how to write, run, or learn a language yet if you haven’t learned to write daily, run daily, or learn a language daily. No how-to program, but take-action-today program.
#383 A counterintuitive approach to skill building
With how (online) education and teaching are done nowadays, most people give up long before they get real results. Let’s fix that with this counterintuitive 3-step approach to skill-building: 👇 1️⃣ Step 1: Intent Builder. Before you start, you must light a fire under yourself. Why is this important to you? What do you stand
#382 Today you’ll chase fulfilment
Today, you’ll force yourself to chase fulfilment, not instant pleasure. Because when you start getting the taste what’s on the other side of your avoidance… Soon enough you won’t need brute force anymore.
#381 Why you should make habits doable and frequent
The more frequent and the less intrusive the habit, the easier it is to stick to. Commit to writing for an hour once week? You’ll find a million reasons to procrastinate until the very last moment, on Sunday night, to write. Commit to writing for 5 minutes once a day? The timeline is so short,
#380 You don’t need systems, habits, or motivation
You don’t need a better system, a habit, or even motivation to write today day. If deep down you now you want to be a writer, you just need to show up and write today. If you do that often enough, the habit, the system, and the motivation will come.
#379 How to make your best moments happen
Your best writing can only happen when you’re writing. Your running PR can only happen when you’re running. And your most cherished moments with friends can only happen when you’re with your friends. You can try to time life. But the only foolproof way to live your best moments do is by showing up in
#378 Don’t negotiate yourself out of your dreams
You usually make a plan in a moment of motivation and clear thinking, where everything seems possible. But you’ll have to execute the plan in a variety of situations, including harsh conditions. Remember this: difficult moments pass, just like easy moments. Every moment passes, but your plans and dreams will still be there. Don’t negotiate
#377 First show me you can show up every day
Most people are happy to start something new and experience “quick wins” when motivation is still high. Yet the moment they stop seeing results, motivation dwindles. — If you can show me you can show up every day… Even when you don’t see any progress… Just because it’s important to you… That’s why I know
#376 The decision has already been made
If you made a plan to write every day, write today. Don’t think. Write. Because the decision has already been made. And now is not the time to negotiate.
#375 Create new default behaviors
If you don’t make a conscious choice to do something new, the choice will be made for you: you’ll stick with the default behavior you were doing before. Your job is to stick to your conscious choices for long enough so they can become the new default behavior.
#374 Chasing the right quick wins
There’s nothing wrong with chasing quick wins, as long as you define them well. Because the first quick wins are usually internal and invisible. Only when you’ve won some battles against the inner critic who wants you to give up do the external quick wins kick in. And that’s how it’s supposed to be.