leveraging your natural human instinct to seek the path of least resistance. Put the shortcut scam in your corner by turning bad habits into a royal pain in the ass. Make them invasive. Inconvenient, and with no shortcuts.

A growth mindset is how Josh Waitzkin goes from a chess champion to a champion in martial arts. It’s how I go from knowing nothing about programming to coding a web application. A growth mindset knows where challenge lies and accepts the Kaizen Principle (and the process-principle) as part of the build. The Kaizen Principle is to endeavor to create

The web is rife with inexpensive learning institutions (Ex: Udemy, Code Academy, Lynda, Stanford Online) where new skills don’t require cash; they require a growth mindset and a Kaizen commitment.

The fact is, people struggle with their goals because they refuse the process-principle.

Success is simpler than you think: ax the shortcut, honor the process-principle, and do the necessary work.

If you’re trying to stop playing video games, pack up your Xbox console and sell it. Or throw it in the attic. Now if you want to play, you’ve got to climb a ceiling ladder and crawl through a dusty attic to unpack it, wire it up, and play.

Real, permanent change does NOT come from event idealism or from shortcuts. It comes from a daily, regimented process woven into the fabric of your life, automatic and nearly instinctual.

First, the only concerning metric is YOU. Have you done something today, no matter how small, to improve whatever needs improving? Are you moving the needle or action-faking? You are your only competition, and the process-principle will drive that change.

POLARIZER: THE KAIZEN PRINCIPLE I have a confession. I’m not interested in fame or the spotlight. I hate public speaking, interviews or whatever throws me on the public stage. I, by all definitions, am a hardcore introvert. And yet, despite my “hate” for these activities, I still do them. Why? Because I’m not very good at them. And to get better at