Discipline
When your rationality wants one thing
but your emotions do something else.
Elephant Rider
Cognitive resource
- capacity, depleting, replenishing, growing
Emotional aversion
TOOL: Habit tracker
Define positive habits
track them daily.
Habit |
Workout |
Alcohol |
Coding |
Target |
> 10 min |
< 0,5 l |
> 30 min |
1. |
🟢 20 |
🟢 0 |
🔴 15 |
2. |
🔴 5 |
🔴 1 |
🔴 10 |
3. |
🔴 0 |
🟢 0,2 |
🔴 25 |
4. |
🟢 13 |
🟢 0,2 |
🟢 35 |
5. |
🟢 12 |
🟢 0 |
🟢 45 |
My Habits
...
TOOL: ToDo Today
What?
- list of prioritized, time-boxed tasks
- prepared the previous day
Why?
- avoids decision paralysis
- trimmed down daily list is manageable
- big tasks split into small ones
- the elephant doesn’t get scared
Important task first
- something you want or need to complete
- consistent daily progress
TOOL: Daily Heroism
[Philip Zimbardo]
Take a small step out of your comfort zone.
Daily.
Why?
- grows your ability to act and step out of the crowd
- aids in fulfilling your vision and maintaining discipline
My Heroisms
- smalltalk
- do it before you rationalize