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THREAD: Research shows if you go for broke you often end up broke. If you swing for home-runs you often end up striking out.
But if you just put the ball in play—over and over again—good things tend to happen.
6 tips on consistency, peak performance, and career advice.
But if you just put the ball in play—over and over again—good things tend to happen.
6 tips on consistency, peak performance, and career advice.
Heroic efforts tend not to end well.
Pulling all-nighters, working out till you vomit, going on extreme diets, etc., may be fun to talk about and even feel good for a bit, but usually end in illness, injury, burnout.
Ignore people's social media posts on this stuff. It's dumb.
Pulling all-nighters, working out till you vomit, going on extreme diets, etc., may be fun to talk about and even feel good for a bit, but usually end in illness, injury, burnout.
Ignore people's social media posts on this stuff. It's dumb.
If you are addicted to visible progress you will not last long in what you do.
This is why so many people burnout after a big success. Because it's not forever.
Instead:
-Frame the work as an ongoing practice
-Measure and judge the process
-Let progress be a byproduct of that
This is why so many people burnout after a big success. Because it's not forever.
Instead:
-Frame the work as an ongoing practice
-Measure and judge the process
-Let progress be a byproduct of that
No such thing as an overnight breakthrough.
Example: @MaraGay
1. Wrote for school paper
2. Wrote for small paper
3. Wrote for big paper
4. Wrote for bigger paper
5. Wrote for biggest paper
6. Now on editorial board
People don't see, forget about one thru five.
Always happens.
Example: @MaraGay
1. Wrote for school paper
2. Wrote for small paper
3. Wrote for big paper
4. Wrote for bigger paper
5. Wrote for biggest paper
6. Now on editorial board
People don't see, forget about one thru five.
Always happens.
Progress is non-linear.
When you are brand new to an activity, you might get 100 percent better every day. As your skill level increases, the gains will become more incremental—ten percent, five percent, one percent, half a percent, a quarter of a percent, and so on. That's OK.
When you are brand new to an activity, you might get 100 percent better every day. As your skill level increases, the gains will become more incremental—ten percent, five percent, one percent, half a percent, a quarter of a percent, and so on. That's OK.
Sometimes it is easier for people to push forward than to hold back and show restraint.
The best recipe for sustainable progress is stopping one rep short almost every day. This is what allows you to come back the next.
It can be easy to go hard. It can be hard to go easy.
The best recipe for sustainable progress is stopping one rep short almost every day. This is what allows you to come back the next.
It can be easy to go hard. It can be hard to go easy.
Community is key. We are all mirrors reflecting onto one another. Surround yourself wisely.
If you're reading the above and thinking, "Yeesh, that's hard," you're right. It is!
Progress is a slog. It's so important to find joy in the work itself and the people you do it with.
If you're reading the above and thinking, "Yeesh, that's hard," you're right. It is!
Progress is a slog. It's so important to find joy in the work itself and the people you do it with.
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