i used to chronically avoid things i didn’t want to face until i realized that lingering in that anxious energy is so much worse than just doing something head on and getting over with it

that hard thing you need to do: how would the most relaxed version of you approach it? the most confident version?

On the train ride I repeated this line to myself, your allocation of effort determines your reality . Mastery requires effort sustained over time. The ability to make practice sacred through repetition. It’s the gardener, philosopher, writer, financier, artist, entrepreneur. Our roads, architecture, movies, books, music, everything beautiful in thi... See more

if you’re strong enough to resist against it, you’re certainly strong enough to surrender to it

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and go do that, because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”

— Howard Thurman

Success comes to individuals who are working hard untiringly and who are making steady progress by putting in more constant effort compared to others.

I love that loop. Write, revise, write, revise. It’s like doing reps in a gym. You can’t expect that 10 pull-ups will add any discernible new muscle. But 30 pull-ups, across three sets, done thrice a week, for a year? Yeah, you’re going to notice the cumulative results of that.