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If You Don’t Eliminate This Habit, You Will Never Grow
I had to stop doing this to finally start being consistent.
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.”
— Sun Tzu
For many years I had a problem that I did not even know about.
It hampered me in countless situations.
It cropped up often enough to derail any progress that I made.
And now that I know about it, I see it in nearly everyone around me.
Most people that I meet do this: friends, colleagues, and acquaintances.
I had not thought about it much, until relatively recently.
But if you eliminate this habit, you can crack the code of consistency. You will be able to move forward in ways that you cannot even dream of now.
If you learn this, you will be unstoppable.
Discovering the Truth
“Discipline equals freedom.”
— Jocko Willink
The truth is this: most people celebrate too early.
I re-learned this lesson while reading, of all things, a book written for kids. My man Luke Mardigian recommended a book that I should read with my son: The Way of the Warrior Kid, by Jocko Willink.
The book’s premise is pretty simple: a young boy who can’t swim, gets picked on a by a bully, can’t do multiplication tables, and can’t do a single pull-up is visited by his uncle who is a Navy Seal. The uncle teaches the young boy how to improve and change.
It is a great story for kids… and adults.
At one point in the story, the young boy does four pull-ups. He gets so excited and starts celebrating. He had never done that many pull-ups in his life!
The Navy Seal was not as excited, because the job wasn’t done.
The goal was 10 pull-ups. The boy had done four.
No celebration. Not yet.
Don’t Celebrate Until the Job Is Done
“Knowing where the trap is ‒ that’s…
