self-discipline Competition as a path to self-awareness There's no false humility in competition – only real humility.
self-discipline Featured What if you only had 2 years to live? "If I knew I only had 2 years to live, would I make the same decisions about life I'm making now?"
self-discipline Have an activity to do right after work Suddenly, I started leaving work on time, but only on those 3 days a week when I needed to be at the gym by 6pm.
self-discipline Manufacturing needs for motivation and focus Because we often haven't clarified or understood the needs for the activities we perform, these needs don't help us focus on outcomes and don't create motivation.
self-discipline How to balance constraints No magic allows us to sleep all day and spend our free time on our phones but also to be incredibly healthy, energetic, and productive. We must choose what we really value.
self-discipline Going fast is different from rushing While rushing is about what you're doing now, being fast is about what you've done over the past several years.
self-discipline Featured Hold on to constraints In which I hold on to constraints by using only consonants, "a," "i," "o," and "u"
self-discipline Make important things automatic By automating operations and decisions through choice architecture, we leverage our status quo bias and ensure important tasks get consistently done.
self-discipline Drive: The desire to strive Drive is when desire and striving align. The actions we take from our desires and those necessary for our striving are so aligned that achieving the future we want feels good.
self-discipline Featured Why we have unhealthy desires and how to stop We must reflect not on whether fulfilling the desire feels good but whether it is good by the criteria of goodness of our values.
self-discipline Restarting what we stopped (or getting back on the horse) Getting off the horse happens sometimes, and it's okay. I enjoy my time off the horse without guilt because I know I'll be back on the horse soon.
