A reminder from Atomic Habits by James Clear:
“People often think it's weird to get hyped about reading one page or meditating for one minute or making one sales call. But the point is not to do one thing. The point is to master the habit of showing up. The truth is, a habit must be established before it can be improved. If you can't learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the finer details. Instead of trying to engineer a perfect habit from the start, do the easy thing on a more consistent basis. You have to standardize before you can optimize.”
Underrated life advice: A good life is built by simply doing uncomfortable things sooner. The delayed conversation gets harder. The ignored problem gets bigger. The small repair gets more expensive. Peace is never found through avoidance. It’s found through direct early action.
Laziness is often the name we give to a mind that's lost its direction, not its potential.
When you understand why you keep putting things off, action stops feeling like a battle. Everything begins to move differently.
Jerry Seinfeld's grand unified life theory: Lift weights and do TM. That's pretty much it.
and @tferriss builds right on it:
1. Figure out how to talk to people (read Nonviolent Communication by Marshall B. Rosenberg)
2. Don't invest in things you don't understand (more about this in the video 👇)
3. Do some Zone 2 training for 30-60 minutes for few times a week)
4. Don't eat processed crap (basically @michaelpollan rules)
1995: oh cool you can buy books online now
2026: the company that owns Whole Foods and Lord of the Rings is experiencing setbacks with its space program
Do everything you can to maximize neuroplasticity.
New restaurants. New cafes. New seat in the cafe. New music. New workouts. New hobbies. New languages. New countries.
Yes, consistency is important, but if you want to access new thinking and creativity, you have to have new experiences, and you have to have them often.