Want to nail down a new habit? Pick just one. Self-regulation is a limited resource. It gets tired like a muscle. Changing all your habits and routines at the same time overworks that muscle. Don't try to run a marathon on day 1. Conserve your energy, and you'll succeed.

There's a disconnect between what we want and what we enjoy. We crave comfort and dislike difficulty. But comfort is meaningless. It's the big challenges, the ones that push you to your limits, that give life its spice.

If you’re feeling down because you’re not living up to your potential, telling yourself how great you are is gonna fall flat. Don’t build yourself up if you’re selling yourself short. You won’t buy it anyway.

Unexpected lesson of daily gratitude journaling... Lack and scarcity are habits of the mind, not necessarily rooted in empirical fact. Treat lack and scarcity like bad habits. Uproot them mercilessly; plant the seeds of something better.

Oregon voted to legalize cocaine. But straws are still illegal. Must be frustrating.

After the election, are you still checking your phone just as much? Phones are just digital slot machines. The election hooked us all. Maybe it's time for a digital detox.

Want to know the real reason to get habits dialed in? It's so you can stop nagging yourself. We chastise ourselves for slacking. Getting that monkey off your back is a huge relief.

Most of us are average. Many are below average. If not overall, then at one thing or another. Beauty. Wealth. Intelligence. Charm. It's terrifying and painful to admit. You can live with it and develop, or lie to yourself and deny it. Which option looks better on you?

Information abundance, like all markets of abundance, are bad for the average person but great for a small number of people. My favorite metaphor is health, where obesity rates and the number of people in incredible shape are *both* rising. I call this the Paradox of Abundance.

Nothing ruins your sleep like a weekend. Most of us stay up too late and sleep in too much. The debt comes due on Monday—exhaustion, irritability and helplessness. Few experience the energy and lightness of weeks of regular sleep. For most, the remedy remains a mystery.

There's surprising wisdom in first things first. Willpower is a limited resource. Every time we overcome resistance, it's harder to do the next hard thing. Never save important work until late in the day. Get it done early. Swallow the frog.

“Meditation is the discovery that the point of life is always arrived at in the immediate moment.” — Alan Watts

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