Category: 4. Habits

  • Building Habits #1 – The Principles

    A disclaimer: If you haven’t read Atomic Habits by James Clear and/or Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg, please do. They are incredible books. Although there is overlap in ideas, they…


  • January is Coming…

    January is coming which means New Year’s resolutions are coming. It is a time when people around the world hype themselves up to make big commitments… only to disappoint themselves…


  • Maxim #16: Joy Is An Incredible Alarm Clock

    Do you remember waking up early to open gifts on Christmas morning when you were a kid? Did your parents have to come wake you up? Mine didn’t. I was…


  • Maxim #15: Add or Remove Friction

    Friction makes things more difficult. It slows things down. Sometimes, that is the point. When thinking about habits and goals, friction is what gets in your way, slows you down,…


  • Maxim #14: Go Positive. Go First.

    What is your default mode in a social setting? Do you suddenly become fascinated with wall art or your phone? Anything at all to not look like you are awkwardly…


  • Maxim #12: Manage the Motivation Monkey

    You probably have a few monkeys you deal with on a daily basis. Some of them are other people’s problems that try to jump on your back and want you…


  • Maxim #11: No Zero Days

    Some days you just aren’t feeling it. You don’t have the energy to work out. You don’t have the time to write. You don’t have the motivation to practice. The…


  • Maxim #7: Embrace the Suck

    This is what you wanted. You wanted it to be hard. You wanted it to suck so you could prove to yourself that you could handle it. That you were…


  • Maxim #6: Do The Reps

    This maxim is another soundtrack I heard from Jon Acuff. I love it. It can be applied to so many different things: Working out. Playing the guitar. Learning to juggle.…


  • Maxim #5: Make Tomorrow Easy Today

    On the bottom of my habit tracker card (you can see an image on this post) are the letters MTET, which stand for Make Tomorrow Easy Today. It reminds me…


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