It was gradual evolution, a long series of small wins and tiny breakthroughs.
At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over.
(a.) Alt. of Atomical
Sluggish days and bad workouts maintain the compound gains you accrued from previous good days.
If you can’t learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the finer details.
Your habits are modern-day solutions to ancient desires. New versions of old vices.
We’re so used to doing what we’ve always done that we don’t stop to question whether it’s the right thing to do at all.
Habits do not restrict freedom. They create it.
A slight change in your daily habits can guide your life to a very different destination.
In the long run, the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits.
These improvements were minor, but they gave me a sense of control over my life.
The more immediate pleasure you get from an action, the more strongly you should question whether it aligns with your long term goals.
When you dream about making change, excitement inevitably takes over and you end up trying to do too much too soon.
With enough practice, you can pick up on the cues that predicts certain outcomes without consciously thinking about it.
By the time we become adults, we rarely notice the habits that are running our lives.
It’s a hallmark of any compounding process: the most powerful outcomes are delayed.
In the early and middle stages of any quest, there is often a Valley of Disappointment.
Habits often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold and unlock a new level of performance.
When we repeat 1 percent errors, day after day, by replicating poor decisions, duplicating tiny mistakes, and rationalizing little excuses, our small choices compound into toxic results.
If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done.
I accumulated small but consistent habits that ultimately led to results that were unimaginable when I started.