Shubh

Growth Marketer and Content Strategy Lead

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The concept is solid. And most of it is genuinely good advice.

But this list assumes your life is only yours. It isn't. You've got a girlfriend, family, friends who don't share the same "boring" goals. A real person has to adjust. Has to negotiate. Has to sometimes stay up late not because they lack discipline, but because they're sharing their life with someone.

Also — "go to bed early" means something different for everyone. So does "eat simple" and "save money." These aren't universal settings. They're starting points that each person has to translate into their own life.
I lived this list once, pretty naturally. I was a student, no girlfriend, a close friend who shared the same goals. Being boring was easy because my whole environment supported it. That's not most people's reality now.

I still do a lot of this. Gym. Running. Meditation. Reading before bed (15 minutes, used to be much more). Saving money. But I do it alongside a real life with real relationships. And that's fine. That's actually what it should look like.

Boring is underrated. Just don't confuse the ideal version with the only version.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Be boring in the right ways. Go to bed early. Wake up early. Eat simple foods. Save money. Exercise. Read old books. Avoid drama. Boring is seriously underrated.

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The concept is right, but there's a second layer worth adding. Shame doesn't just justify staying the same — it gives people a ready-made excuse. I've seen it with kids whose parents constantly tell them "you can't get anything done." After a while the kid thinks, "they already know I'm good for nothing, so why bother trying." Shame closes the door.

A kind, understanding response does the opposite. It doesn't excuse the behavior, but it leaves room for a comeback. The first approach gives no scope. The second one has something to work with.

[Mark Manson @Markmanson]

Shame doesn't motivate change, it justifies staying the same. "I'm a terrible person" is the perfect excuse for terrible behavior.

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The concept is solid. Taking decisions off your plate is one of the best things you can do for yourself. But "pick a standard time" assumes your schedule is yours to control.

Most people's days don't look the same twice. Meetings shift, energy dips at random, your kid gets sick on Tuesday.

What actually works better: tie the habit to something that already happens every day. Not "I exercise at 4 pm" but "I exercise after I close my laptop." The trigger stays consistent even when your clock doesn't.

The real problem isn't deciding when. It's that most people pick an ideal time instead of a realistic one, and then feel like they failed when life doesn't cooperate.

[James Clear @JamesClear]

A quick and easy tip for building habits that last:

Pick a standard time and place to do it.

It’s easier to wake up knowing “I exercise at 4 pm” than to decide each time when to fit a habit into your day.

If it’s already decided, all you need to do is show up.

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The self-help industry makes $13 billion a year by keeping you coming back. That's not a bug. That's the business model.

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I test self-help advice against psychology research. Most of it fails. I write about what actually works.

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@LoganTGott Playbook.

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If you’re moving from maker to enabler,
learning to enjoy conversations might be part of the job — not a personality change.

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The shift from doing work → getting work done

requires less personal output
and more clarity through others.

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Meetings aren’t productive by default.

But alignment, momentum, and shared clarity compound fast.

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I didn’t suddenly start liking meetings.

My role changed.

And with it, what “productive” meant.

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AI doesn’t kill originality.
Unopinionated use of AI does.
If everyone prompts the same tools the same way, sameness isn’t a tech problem; it’s a leadership one.

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@agazdecki Yes, you're trying to build something, and we should be more empathetic to ourselves just for trying to do something.

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@timsoulo Ahrefs is among the top 5 marketing data and SEO tools. It seems obvious that ChatGPT recommended it for relevant searches. I would be interested to see the same for tools that are not so big.

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There was a time I avoided meetings.

Quiet mornings. Solo work. No interruptions.

That version of productivity made sense — then.

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Chasing perfect consistency burned me out.

Accepting variability — and improving within it — didn’t.

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On a bad day today, I still create more value than I did years ago.

Not because bad days disappeared.

Because I learned how to show up better on them.