Anchoring to reality
Habits donât exist in isolation. They attach themselves to something else, like vines on a wall. The secret is to tie them to anchors you already have. I take a shower and I do fifty push-ups. Afterwards, I do my walking meditation and listen to binaural sounds. Between sets in the gym, I write down
my ideas. After I sit on the train, Iâll write down one thing that would make today a win.
Thatâs not discipline. Thatâs hacking your autopilot.
And when you finish? Celebrate. Out loud if you have to. Give yourself the mental fist bump. âYes, Iâm the kind of person who follows through.â Youâre not celebrating the scale of the actâyouâre celebrating the identity youâre
building.
Identity over ego
People get this backwards. They start with ego: Iâm writing a book! Iâm running a marathon! And then theyâre crushed by the weight of their own expectations.
Forget ego. Build identity. Donât be âthe person who plans to write a book.â Be âthe person who writes one paragraph a day.â Donât be
âthe future runner.â Be âthe person who puts on their shoes every morning.â
Tiny habits donât just change your actions. They rewrite who you believe yourself to be. And that identity will outlast motivation, which always disappears when you need it most.
Proof of life
For too long, youâve been breaking promises to yourself.
You say youâll wake at 5 a.m. You snooze. You say youâll eat healthy. You cave. Each broken promise compounds into debt. Tiny habits are how you break that cycle.
Each time you keep even the smallest promise, you send yourself proof: I can be trusted. That self-trust is the rarest and most valuable currency. With it, everything becomes easier. Without it, youâre bankrupt no matter your goals.
Becoming unstoppable, one action at a time
Whatâs harder? Running five miles, or putting on your shoes? The run is the monster in your head. The shoes are just⊠shoes. Once theyâre on, momentum takes over. Maybe you walk to the corner. Maybe you run. Perhaps you take them off and do nothing else. But even then, you still win. You kept the promise. Youâre training the muscle of starting.
And hereâs the deeper truth: tiny habits arenât about exercise, writing, or meditation. Theyâre about agency. Theyâre how you prove that your life doesnât just happen to youâyou build it.
Not in leaps. Not in dramatic, cinematic breakthroughs. But in small, almost arrogant daily acts of defiance.
The massive return is
confidence. Itâs walking through life knowing that even when you feel lazy, uninspired, or afraid, you can still put on the shoes. You can still write the sentence. You can still keep your word.
That is how you win at lifeâ1% at a time.
Peace, love and power.
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