You've never been a gym person.
So why is your first step going to the gym 5 days a week?
Start small:
→ Walk 2x / week
→ 10 push-ups everyday
Then Jog 3x / week
Lift 3x / week
Lift 5x / week
It's not a one-round fight; scale to your endgame.
Stagnation in this life is death.
8 Reasons Why You're Struggling To Improve & How To Fix Them
(#3 is a game changer)
// A THREAD //
You've never been a gym person.
So why is your first step going to the gym 5 days a week?
Start small:
→ Walk 2x / week
→ 10 push-ups everyday
Then Jog 3x / week
Lift 3x / week
Lift 5x / week
It's not a one-round fight; scale to your endgame.
Your brain is efficient; motivation isn't.
Conserve energy & stack your desired behavior.
→ Hit the gym after class
→ Read 10 pages after you brush your teeth
Don't be like me: walking across campus on cold mornings to lift.
Your direction =/= Your endgame
Your actions. Routine. Lifestyle. Are all lacking.
Your average day should point you in the right direction.
Not your best day.
Create a plan of action. Implement. Adjust. Improve.
To create the right ingredients:
- Actions
- Mindset
- Routine
Work inverse.
"What's my goal?"
→ What behaviors could get in my way?
→ How could my mindset affect my effort?
THEN DO THE OPPOSITE.
You have goodies in plain sight. All over your house.
You have no hope of eating cleaner.
Or your Xbox is staring you in the face as you work.
Major L; hide your distractions.
Test your discipline less; you'll win more.
You set a goal.
But the people around you will make you fail it.
Not reach it.
It's like skydiving with no parachute.
Or climbing with no rope.
Find people to hold you accountable.
Like people WITH A SIMILAR GOAL.
You go 2 weeks without binge-playing video games.
Then one day you cave.
That doesn't make you a failure. You're not back down to zero.
Getting better is a process; don't treat it as all or nothing.
"I don't see the results. I didn't hit my PR. "
But how do you feel?
"I feel better. I have more energy."
Wala.
Do more than an eye test; appreciate small gains.
Your bad habit is a result of a craving.
Crushing that craving is hard.
Like going cold turkey.
Look to re-direct that energy instead.
Find a healthy substitute.
Replace your destructive behaviors.
That cycle is yours to achieve.
RT the thread to help others achieve the same. https://t.co/c4DauzDkqG
Stagnation in this life is death.
— Zae (@ZAEMINTER) January 4, 2021
8 Reasons Why You're Struggling To Improve & How To Fix Them
(#3 is a game changer)
// A THREAD //
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1/ Some initial thoughts on personal moats:
Like company moats, your personal moat should be a competitive advantage that is not only durable—it should also compound over time.
Characteristics of a personal moat below:
2/ Like a company moat, you want to build career capital while you sleep.
As Andrew Chen noted:
3/ You don’t want to build a competitive advantage that is fleeting or that will get commoditized
Things that might get commoditized over time (some longer than
4/ Before the arrival of recorded music, what used to be scarce was the actual music itself — required an in-person artist.
After recorded music, the music itself became abundant and what became scarce was curation, distribution, and self space.
5/ Similarly, in careers, what used to be (more) scarce were things like ideas, money, and exclusive relationships.
In the internet economy, what has become scarce are things like specific knowledge, rare & valuable skills, and great reputations.
Like company moats, your personal moat should be a competitive advantage that is not only durable—it should also compound over time.
Characteristics of a personal moat below:
I'm increasingly interested in the idea of "personal moats" in the context of careers.
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) November 22, 2018
Moats should be:
- Hard to learn and hard to do (but perhaps easier for you)
- Skills that are rare and valuable
- Legible
- Compounding over time
- Unique to your own talents & interests https://t.co/bB3k1YcH5b
2/ Like a company moat, you want to build career capital while you sleep.
As Andrew Chen noted:
People talk about \u201cpassive income\u201d a lot but not about \u201cpassive social capital\u201d or \u201cpassive networking\u201d or \u201cpassive knowledge gaining\u201d but that\u2019s what you can architect if you have a thing and it grows over time without intensive constant effort to sustain it
— Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) November 22, 2018
3/ You don’t want to build a competitive advantage that is fleeting or that will get commoditized
Things that might get commoditized over time (some longer than
Things that look like moats but likely aren\u2019t or may fade:
— Erik Torenberg (@eriktorenberg) November 22, 2018
- Proprietary networks
- Being something other than one of the best at any tournament style-game
- Many "awards"
- Twitter followers or general reach without "respect"
- Anything that depends on information asymmetry https://t.co/abjxesVIh9
4/ Before the arrival of recorded music, what used to be scarce was the actual music itself — required an in-person artist.
After recorded music, the music itself became abundant and what became scarce was curation, distribution, and self space.
5/ Similarly, in careers, what used to be (more) scarce were things like ideas, money, and exclusive relationships.
In the internet economy, what has become scarce are things like specific knowledge, rare & valuable skills, and great reputations.
