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Motion begets motion

The momentum you gain from doing the wrong thing can be easily transferred into the right thing. 

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The cure for dread

When I’m producing two or three projects at once, and when I have content to write and edit and post, and when pitch calls get put on my calendar, and on top of all that, when someone inevitably has a wedding, or when I have houseguests…I start to dread it all.

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The benefits of binary

Work is a battle. We face distraction and demotivation on all sides. When we encounter a block, the question arises...should I stop? Should I take a little break? Should I work on something else?

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Top 5 People

Business podcasters try to convince us to spend time with people who have more money than us. But if my wife and brothers and best friend aren’t millionaires, what am I supposed to do? Stop spending time with them?

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How to actually post consistent content

I posted more than 100 short-form videos last year. And I’ll post 365 more videos this year. How am I so confident, even though my motivation is dwindling? It’s because I don’t rely on motivation. I rely on a system.

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Mundane action with radical consistency 

I don’t brush my teeth every day, but once a year I spend all day brushing them to remove all the plaque at once. Do you see how ridiculous this sounds? Yet we apply this strategy to many areas of our lives.

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Your body wants to scream 

It was fascinating to see the impact that even a 15-minute delay to his nap schedule had on his ability to cope. Small changes in his diet and dinner schedule were detrimental to his ability to stave off a meltdown. It got me thinking that we aren’t so different.

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Big goals help you achieve small ones

I injured my foot during training and I had to get an x-ray. I was tired and hungry all the time for two and a half months. My hips locked up for a year afterward, and I had to take a special stretching class to regain mobility. I got 2,519th place with a time that doesn’t impress anybody.

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What are you working on?

Is it your business? Is it your side hustle? Is it your health? Is it your relationships? Or your mindfulness?

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Turning Denial into Acceptance

I’ve had a pile of clean laundry sitting on my armchair for a week. I haven’t folded it. I hate folding laundry. This again? I have two weeks worth of underwear and a bunch of extra shirts that I hate wearing just so I don’t have to do laundry.

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Getting into (and out of) a rut 

Sometimes you fall into a rut. Everything is annoying and nothing seems like it’s going to work and it feels like you’re stuck inside a black and white photograph, slowly deteriorating in a box in God’s attic.

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The Irony of Accuracy

Sustained greatness is so difficult to achieve. Great directors, authors, musicians, and even sports teams struggle to string together even just two or three top-tier performances in a row. Many of us are caught in the never-ending dryer spin of chasing accuracy.

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Habits make things I hate doing much easier

What’s the big deal about habits? Why do all these ice-bath-taking meat-heads keep talking about building good habits? What’s the point? The one benefit that inspires me to build good habits is this: habits make things I hate doing much easier.

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The highest-value entertainment out there

The economics of buying and reading a book are amazing. A $25 self-development book with even just one simple actionable insight can help the reader make 10x-1000x that amount in their lifetime.

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Listening is Leverage 

In a world where everyone is fighting for attention, being a good listener gives you a disproportionate amount of leverage. Good listeners are uncommon, and scarcity brings value. Beyond this, good listeners hold an incredible amount of information—not just from what is said, but also from what is left unsaid, and how things are said.

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