The Long Compound

Change the identity first. Then pick a habit so small you can't talk yourself out of it. Notes on focus, discipline, and how things actually compound.

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The reason most habits don't stick: you're trying to add a behavior to a person who wouldn't do it.

Decide who you are first. A runner doesn't negotiate the morning run — it's just what runners do. The habit follows the identity, not the other way around.

Then make the first version so small it's almost embarrassing. Two minutes. One page. The point isn't the size — it's that you never break the chain.

Everything that compounds starts boring. Most people quit before it does anything. Stay past that point and you're already rare.

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@JackieT504 @thegarybrecka Thanks !!

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@mikementzer80 So counterintuitive it seems... why are our bodies designed like that?

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@lillysharples Instead of thinking in terms of lines of code you start connecting systems like a real engineer.

An architect doesn't work with bricks, we can finally be the same...

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@lichthauch For those who don't get it: Before something is born, it exists only as pure potential so it could become anything, nothing is ruled out yet. That's the "perfect possibility." birth ends.

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@hubermanlab We should have them for adults as well

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@charliermarsh Thank you so much for such amazing tools!

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@joeyyochheim Does protein work better than fat for appetite suppression?

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@lauramatsue do you actually want those habits back, or just the lack of anxiety that came with them?

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Normalize saying "Normalize BlaBla" so everything becomes normal and we end this era quicker.

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@drriteshmalik the flip side: you can also starve thoughts worth keeping by never sitting with them

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@petergyang `ln`

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Both short and long sleep link to higher mortality — a U-shaped curve.

Risk runs both ways: too little and too much hurt metabolic, immune, and cardiovascular health.

The goal isn't "more sleep."

It's consistent, adequate sleep.

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@GogetterTheBozz @RobertGreene What about third time?

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@drjamesdinic This a great ad for a fast food drive through

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Code is becoming one of the cheapest commodity out there, yet some founders still judge engineers by how much code they contributed.

Grow up !!

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@Markmanson basically surface area, luck finds you more when you're in motion.. a human billboard

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@RobertGreene how do you apply that without it becoming an excuse to never commit to anything personal?

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@dougboneparth Everyone is trying to make a business off of you

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@PeterDiamandis Geography still matters plenty.