Chase Hughes

I write every day from 4 to 11 a.m. And I'm booked in 15 minute increments until 9 p.m. after that on calls and stuff. And I take one day off a week, but I still write from 4 to 11. So 4 to 11 is the sacred writing time every day.

I think, you know, a lot of people assume that, but most guys in the military, and I'll be the first to admit it, you're waking up early because you don't want to get in trouble. You don't want to get your ass handed to you. So you get up early. So a lot of what we think is discipline is actually habit.

I think, you know, a lot of people assume that, but most guys in the military, and I'll be the first to admit it, you're waking up early because you don't want to get in trouble. You don't want to get your ass handed to you. So you get up early. So a lot of what we think is discipline is actually habit.

I think, you know, a lot of people assume that, but most guys in the military, and I'll be the first to admit it, you're waking up early because you don't want to get in trouble. You don't want to get your ass handed to you. So you get up early. So a lot of what we think is discipline is actually habit.

That's it. Yeah. So you just need a little teaspoon of discipline and then the habit starts. Like, you know, you see somebody going to the gym, working their butt off every day. You know, you hear people say, oh, I wish I had that kind of discipline. That's not discipline. That's just a habit.

That's it. Yeah. So you just need a little teaspoon of discipline and then the habit starts. Like, you know, you see somebody going to the gym, working their butt off every day. You know, you hear people say, oh, I wish I had that kind of discipline. That's not discipline. That's just a habit.

That's it. Yeah. So you just need a little teaspoon of discipline and then the habit starts. Like, you know, you see somebody going to the gym, working their butt off every day. You know, you hear people say, oh, I wish I had that kind of discipline. That's not discipline. That's just a habit.

It's a little bit just to get it started off. Yeah.

It's a little bit just to get it started off. Yeah.

It's a little bit just to get it started off. Yeah.

Yeah, I got that from Dan Brown, the guy who wrote The Da Vinci Code. That's his routine, so I just copied it. I figured if he can write a bestselling book, then I'll do the same.

Yeah, I got that from Dan Brown, the guy who wrote The Da Vinci Code. That's his routine, so I just copied it. I figured if he can write a bestselling book, then I'll do the same.

Yeah, I got that from Dan Brown, the guy who wrote The Da Vinci Code. That's his routine, so I just copied it. I figured if he can write a bestselling book, then I'll do the same.

Tremendous. Yeah. I just kind of learned to mask it growing up. I got my start doing that in my whole career. Like some girl... Turned me down one night and I just asked her on a date and I went home and I literally typed into Google how to tell when girls like you and printed out a giant stack of stuff, went down the wormhole and got addicted to reading behavior.

Tremendous. Yeah. I just kind of learned to mask it growing up. I got my start doing that in my whole career. Like some girl... Turned me down one night and I just asked her on a date and I went home and I literally typed into Google how to tell when girls like you and printed out a giant stack of stuff, went down the wormhole and got addicted to reading behavior.

Tremendous. Yeah. I just kind of learned to mask it growing up. I got my start doing that in my whole career. Like some girl... Turned me down one night and I just asked her on a date and I went home and I literally typed into Google how to tell when girls like you and printed out a giant stack of stuff, went down the wormhole and got addicted to reading behavior.

And I got addicted to behavior profiling because I could see people's insecurities, their fears. I could see all kinds of stuff way behind the curtain after a while. And I started realizing that everybody else is screwed up too. Everybody's screwed up. Everybody's suffering. Everybody's insecure. Then I'm like, oh, it's not just me. And I didn't feel superior to anybody.

And I got addicted to behavior profiling because I could see people's insecurities, their fears. I could see all kinds of stuff way behind the curtain after a while. And I started realizing that everybody else is screwed up too. Everybody's screwed up. Everybody's suffering. Everybody's insecure. Then I'm like, oh, it's not just me. And I didn't feel superior to anybody.

And I got addicted to behavior profiling because I could see people's insecurities, their fears. I could see all kinds of stuff way behind the curtain after a while. And I started realizing that everybody else is screwed up too. Everybody's screwed up. Everybody's suffering. Everybody's insecure. Then I'm like, oh, it's not just me. And I didn't feel superior to anybody.

It was just, it made people more human. And I think it just injected some empathy into me that I think that's the number one thing that's lacking in people with social anxiety is that empathy factor that that guy's screwed up too. That guy has insecurities or that woman does just as well as anybody else.