Every living thing on the planet moves toward reward and away from punishment. Bacteria do it. Animals do it. You do it. It’s not complicated. It’s not sophisticated. It’s the most basic operating principle in all of biology: seek pleasure, avoid pain, move toward what helps you, move away from what hurts you. Charlie Munger…
You know what you need to do. You’ve probably known for a while now. Maybe it’s the career change you keep talking about, the relationship you need to end, the health problem you’re ignoring, or the business you’ve been “planning” for three years. You’ve read the books, watched the videos, made the plans. You’ve got…
Average isn’t good enough anymore. The Average Trap is where you end up when you try just enough. It’s a place you can hide from your potential, an excuse never to really stretch yourself. And maybe, if you’re honest, it’s also part of why you’ve never quite got what you really want. In a world…
You’re not going to finish what you don’t start. Sounds obvious, but most people live their entire lives never starting the things that actually matter. Here’s something less obvious. Once you start something, you’re significantly more likely to finish it. Not because you suddenly develop willpower or motivation or discipline, but because your brain doesn’t…
I wrote an article way back in 2012 about the good habits you need to develop to build the inertia for change. All of these habits are common sense, you may think. We’ve already talked about common sense earlier in our courses, and the lack of it is not doing the obvious, even when it’s…
There’s a simple equation that’s been used for years when working with top athletes, helping them achieve peak performance. Tim Gallwey first framed this as Performance = Potential − Interference in The Inner Game of Tennis, and John Whitmore built modern coaching practice on it in Coaching for Performance. It’s one of the most useful…
Critical mass and inertia are great concepts and ones you can apply to your own life. Understanding these two principles will change how you approach everything you’re trying to achieve. First, let’s start with critical mass. Reaching Critical Mass Critical mass is the term used when the minimum amount needed for something to happen is…
You’re Not the Same Person Who Started This Course Think back to where you started. Maybe a week ago, maybe longer. Think about the version of you who opened this course for the first time, probably with that familiar mixture of hope and quiet scepticism that you’ve felt before, the part of you that wanted…
You’re focused on the destination. The goal, the achievement, the finish line. That’s what drives you, what gets you out of bed, what keeps you pushing forward. But here’s what you’re missing while you’re fixated on where you’re going. The journey itself is changing you in ways the destination never will. I learned this the…
You took the first step. Congratulations. That was the hard part, right? Wrong. You’re still early in your journey. You’ve got to the starting blocks, you’ve taken the leap, and now you’re continuing to move forward in the new situation you find yourself in. Before long, something will start to become clear. This new situation…