Routines
Routines are Good. Adaptability is Better.
I had written two books and hundreds of articles and blogs in a coffee shop. I had a routine. It was dialed in and led to predictable performance outputs: Go to the coffee-shop. Order something good. Open my computer. Write. As of today, I haven’t set foot in a coffee shop in 10 months. The…
Read MoreDiscipline IS Freedom—Which Means Constraints Are Too
Sometimes you need restrictions to truly be free.
Read MoreAre Your Days All a Blur? Here’s How to Change That.
One day bleeds into the next. Time feels hazy and surreal. Multiple friends have told me that, as a result of the coronavirus lockdowns, they no longer have any real sense for what day of the week it is. One hypothesis for why we’re feeling this way is that many normal markers of time no longer exist. Maybe you used…
Read MoreSurviving Uncertainty: Control What You Can Control. Always Stick to Principles Over Patterns.
In sports, we have a lot that we can control that directly impacts our performance. We determine how much we practice and our level of preparation. We control our sleep, recovery, and nutrition, which allows us to improve our physical gifts. We are in charge of how we approach competition and what actions we take…
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