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Put the book you're supposed to be reading on top of your phone so you see it first.

Pay for the thing in advance.

Make a plan with someone else so canceling has a social cost.

Remove every friction point you can find between you and the thing that you're trying to do.

Make the good choice the easy choice.

That is system design.

You are not trying to become a different person.

You're trying to set your environment so that...

person you already are naturally moves in the direction that you actually want to go.

Here's what I want you to take away with you today.

You are not bad at following through.

You are not undisciplined.

You are not someone who can't stick to things.

You are someone who has been relying on motivation,

which is inconsistent and unreliable and was never supposed to be the thing holding your goals together.

Systems are not about being rigid or perfect or having your life color-coded in a planner.

They're about designing your daily life so that who you set you want to be

has actually a fighting chance.

You know what matters to you.

You know your capacity.