Dr. Angela Duckworth

I will tell you one more pro tip from the science of high achievement.

When elite performers practice, they try to practice just one thing, actually not three things.

So you can pick your homework assignment.

You know, you could say, I want to do a curiosity conversation, or I'm going to push something that I don't want out of my personal space.

And I'm going to put a reminder in my, whatever you want.

I mean, stop saying should, you know, you could say, I'm going to do the should homework.

I'm going to banish should for 24 hours and see what happens.

You could take the homework of joining a team.

You can say, look, you know what?

Running's fun, but I'll just try running club.

I could always, you know, not go anymore if it's not my thing.

But I don't think you should try to do everything.

I think you should try to do one thing, right?

Because again, Mel, if there's one lesson from grit that really surprised me, it's the consistency.

It's the, you know, try to have an eight out of 10 like Michael Phelps consistently.

try to have a seven out of 10.

Frankly, try to have a 10 out of 10.

But if you are one out of 10, and then another one out of 10, and then maybe someday a two out of 10, and back to one out of 10, and then three out of 10, but it's never zero out of 10, then you will glimpse excellence in your own life.

I truly believe that, Mel.

No matter how talented you were born, no matter what it is that you want to do, if you want to glimpse your own potential, consistency is the way.