self improvement
Our identity drives our behavior.
Compelling story about how it takes time to be great at something.
Many tools and ideas here for analyzing my own well-being, identifying adjustments I could make to my life, and moving toward a more joy-filled life.
When you're dealing with something difficult, try zooming out and imagining it happening to a character in a movie. Instead of being stuck in the pain of the moment, see it as part of a bigger narrative that you're detached from.
Interesting angle on the concept of reframing.
Piercing question:
“If someone came as a disciple of your life, and lived the way you live for a week, what would be the fruit of that for them?”
—John Eldredge
Want to lose weight?
Identity: Become the type of person who moves more every day.
Small win: Buy a pedometer. Walk 50 steps when you get home from work. Tomorrow, walk 100 steps. The day after that, 150 steps. If you do this 5 days per week and add 50 steps each day, then by the end of the year, you’ll be walking over 10,000 steps per day.
Identity: Become the type of person who moves more every day.
Small win: Buy a pedometer. Walk 50 steps when you get home from work. Tomorrow, walk 100 steps. The day after that, 150 steps. If you do this 5 days per week and add 50 steps each day, then by the end of the year, you’ll be walking over 10,000 steps per day.
James Clear • Identity-Based Habits: How to Actually Stick to Your Goals This Year
Practical example of how to move towards a new identity. You have to prove it to yourself, beginning in small, achievable ways.
Source: Farnam Street
“What focus means is saying ‘No’ to something that you—with every bone in your body—you think is a phenomenal idea. And you wake up thinking about it. But you say ‘No’ to it, because you’re focusing on something else.”
Quote by: Sir Jony Ive, discussing Steve Jobs .
Jonathan Yagel • 1, #102 - A hard 'No'
Mastery is the best goal because the rich can't buy it, the impatient can't rush it, the privileged can't inherit it, and nobody can steal it. You can only earn it through hard work.
― Derek Sivers