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Are habits better than discipline? Is inspiration all you need?
This kind of thinking is too granular.
These are just a few of *6* different Adherence Strategies
Understanding how to apply each can get you to your long-term goals
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This kind of thinking is too granular.
These are just a few of *6* different Adherence Strategies
Understanding how to apply each can get you to your long-term goals
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The 6 Aspects of Adherence are:
1) Inspiration
2) Motivation
3) Intention
4) Discipline
5) Habit
6) Passion
1) Inspiration
2) Motivation
3) Intention
4) Discipline
5) Habit
6) Passion
1) Inspiration - I've seen what my favorite productivity bloggers/youtubers can do and I want that beautiful productivity system! I will learn GTD!
Inspiration is short lived. It will get your butt out of the chair but not much more.
Inspiration is short lived. It will get your butt out of the chair but not much more.
2) Motivation - I have an inner desire to keep improving my productivity system. I'll keep practicing my new GTD skills!
Keep motivation up by acknowledging positive results. I got to inbox zero today!
Motivation waxes and wanes but is longer lived than Inspiration
Keep motivation up by acknowledging positive results. I got to inbox zero today!
Motivation waxes and wanes but is longer lived than Inspiration
3) Intention - I have a clear plan and a commitment to achieve it. I will perform a weekly review every week!
Intention sets a baseline adherence rate that you aim to hit.
Intention sets a baseline adherence rate that you aim to hit.
4) Discipline - The use of willpower to close the gap between motivation and intention.
Sometimes you don't want to do your weekly review. Do it anyway with discipline.
You can improve your capacity for discipline, but excessive use of discipline can lead to burnout.
Sometimes you don't want to do your weekly review. Do it anyway with discipline.
You can improve your capacity for discipline, but excessive use of discipline can lead to burnout.
5) Habit - Automate your behavior so that less discipline is needed.
My weekly review is habitual now, I just do it.
It takes 4 weeks or longer to develop a habit! Use strategies 1-4 before relying on habit to keep you going.
See Atomic Habits: http://jamesstuber.com/atomic-habits
My weekly review is habitual now, I just do it.
It takes 4 weeks or longer to develop a habit! Use strategies 1-4 before relying on habit to keep you going.
See Atomic Habits: http://jamesstuber.com/atomic-habits
6) Passion - Develop a love of the process
Habit is enough to achieve most long-term goals. But if you develop a passion, the need for strategies 1-5 starts to fade.
I love productivity systems! I get excited when people nerd out about Notion Dashboards!
Habit is enough to achieve most long-term goals. But if you develop a passion, the need for strategies 1-5 starts to fade.
I love productivity systems! I get excited when people nerd out about Notion Dashboards!
Use *all 6* Adherence Strategies to get you to your goal. An over-reliance on one will lead to failure. Using a strategy too early or too late in the process won't be as effective.
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This adherence framework is from Mike Israetel of Renaissance Periodization.
He explains more in depth in this video about fat loss:
This adherence framework is from Mike Israetel of Renaissance Periodization.
He explains more in depth in this video about fat loss:
Another great discussion on motivation from Mike Israetel: https://twitter.com/uberstuber/status/1186005920494448640?s=20
I wrote more on adherence strategies here: https://twitter.com/uberstuber/status/1329288789336834049
