Effort is what brings success
- deliberate practice
- leads to high-quality work
- flow. happiness from a stretch on a difficuly and worthwhile thing
- is how you become an expert
- enjoyment / passion comes from mastery
- don’t wait for the mood. do the thing to bring about the mood
- spaced retrieval
- need to be trained, practice deep work
Be specific, make plans
- routines and rituals > hoping and thinking
- well thought-out routine doesn’t use up willpower, resilience, intrinsic motivation
- focus on tangible, substantial, returns
- focus on new behaviours, not the thing
- have public, accountable, progress reports