James Clear

Well, and you know, what's interesting is, especially for ambitious people, it's really interesting or really easy to fall into that pitfall.

Because when you sit down and you think about the changes you want to make, yeah, it's easy to get excited about that.

I think implicitly, you kind of, even though people don't say it, what the thing that's kind of in the back of their mind is, what can I achieve on my best day?

Like, how can I get to peak performance, you know?

And instead, I almost think it's more useful to ask yourself, what can I achieve even on the worst days?

Like what habit could I stick to even on the bad days?

Because then if you start there, now you can start to build some momentum.

You can show up consistently.

You can establish the habit and you can keep going.

So that's maybe the first stage is scale it down.

The second stage is you start to get some like other rewards associated with it.

So you've been going to the gym for a few months and then maybe start to see a little bit of a change in your body.

Or maybe you start to develop some friendships there and you look forward to seeing your new buddy there and you guys fist bump and you chat a little bit.

And it's just like kind of more engaging and fun to do it, to go there and, you know, work out.

And so these are like other benefits, things that make the habit feel good and they kind of help you show up more and more.

So you're starting to get these external benefits that are coming along the way.

And then ultimately, the maybe the final stage or a later stage is now it feels like it's kind of part of my identity.

I go like this is where I would say.

So I've been working out for a while now, and it's probably like the habit that I care most about, like my in terms of personal habits.

It's the one that feels like it.