Insights
#471 Back to the baseline we always go
You’ll struggle with hardship, until you get used to it. You revel in good fortune, until you get used to it. Habituation is how we make it through the hard times. And habituation is how we stay ambitious when we go through prosperous times. Back to the baseline we always go.
#470 Live the way you want, not the way you started
“Because that’s the way I always did it”. “Because that’s how I was raised.” “Because that’s just who I am.” “Because that’s the way I intend to do it.” “Because that’s how I believe I should act.” “Because that’s just who I choose to become.” Without bringing intention to your life, you won’t live the…
#469 What’s worth the struggle and sacrifice for you?
Writing is hard – but I’d love to be a writer, so I write. Painting is hard – and I wouldn’t love being a painter, so I don’t paint. Some things are worth the struggle and sacrifice for me – and maybe not for you. Some things are worth the struggle and sacrifice for you…
#468 There’s wisdom in wrong turns
Finding the right path for you often means first taking the wrong turns. Just like learning what works usually means first learning what doesn’t work. Because gaining experience is learning to discern and distinguish between what works and what doesn’t. And the best way to learn to discern right and wrong is by doing things…
#468 Don’t let this stop you from getting started
It’s fine to give up on something you started. It’s a pity to not even start because you’re scared you’ll give up. Don’t let the fear of giving up stop you from getting started. And don’t let the fear of failing stop you from getting started either.
#466 Do whatever it takes to stay in flow
Get ill. Get better. Just don’t stand still. Break. Then grow. Do whatever it takes to stay in flow.
#465 Practice taking time off
Good habits need to be practiced – and so does taking time off. Because the more you practice rebounding back to good habits after taking time off, the easier it becomes to take time off without guilt and fear. And the more you can take time off without guilt fear, the easier it becomes to…
#464 It’s not about what you should do
You shouldn’t write – unless you choose to. You shouldn’t watch series – unless you choose to. It’s not about what you should do. It’s about what you choose to do. Intent, not guilt.
#463 Why you must make the unconscious conscious
Unintentional choices. Unintentional actions. Unintentional behaviors. Fickle results. Fickle habits. Intentional choices. Intentional actions. Intentional behaviors. Desirable results. Desirable habits. To get desirable results and habits, we must first make the unconscious conscious, and the unintentional intentional, .
#462 Feel the resistance and move forward anyway
There’s no need to get rid of excuses or resistance, because there’s no need to listen to the excuses and the resistance in the first place. They only have power when you give them power. And the less power you give them, the easier life becomes. So make up the excuses, then move forward anyway…..
#461 First, you act. Then your beliefs react.
When you write every day, you’ll start believing you can write every day. When you run every day, you’ll start believing you can run every day. Therefore, you don’t need to believe in your capabilities before taking action. First, you act. Then your beliefs react.
#460 Why do the right thing?
Write, not for the words flowing on the page, but for how writing makes you feel. Run, not for the personal records, but for how running makes you feel. Help out friends, not for expecting them to return the favor, but for how helping out friends makes you feel. Do the right thing, not for…