“People get better at regulating their impulses. They learn ...

“People get better at regulating their impulses. They learn how to distract themselves from temptations. And once you’ve gotten into that willpower groove, your brain is practiced at helping you focus on a goal.

Charles Duhigg • The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

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Constraints limit where you can apply your attention. With limitless time, money, and resources, your attention bleeds off in all sorts of directions, following costly hallways where you find nothing interesting. Even more likely, a lack of limits paralyzes your decision making while you try to assess the 100 possible paths. You're better off spend... See more

Coleman McCormick • Embrace Constraints

This article is a compilation of advice found in hundreds of self-help bestsellers and boiled to 11 simple rules, which are:

1. Take one small step.

2. Change your mental maps.

3. Struggle is good. Scary is good.

4. Instant judgment is bad.

5. Remember the end of your life.

6. Be pla