3 Ideas You Might Have Missed
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Welcome to the Curiosity Chronicle Week in Review—a quick roundup of this week's ideas to help you build a high-performing, healthy, and wealthy life.
Week At A Glance:
- Weekly Wisdom: The Greatest Challenge
- Wednesday: The ABC Goal System
- Friday: The Goal Gradient Hypothesis
Wisdom Worth Sharing:
I'm convinced that the single greatest challenge for any ambitious person is eliminating the guilt associated with free time and rest.
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Wednesday: The ABC Goal System
"Just be consistent."
By now, you've undoubtedly heard this advice countless times. So much so that it may even induce an eye roll or sigh.
Yes, it’s true, consistency is the difference maker. The common thread behind every major success story.
Everyone tells you to be consistent, but no one ever tells you how to be consistent.
And let’s be honest, it’s (much) easier said than done. Life gets chaotic. Motivation fades. Discipline wavers. Consistency breaks.
I've personally spent thousands of hours wrestling with this exact problem—and I've developed my own ultra-simple approach that works:
I call it my ABC Goal System and on Wednesday, I shared it here...
(read the full piece here)
Friday: The Goal Gradient Hypothesis
105.5.
That's how many laps you have to run around the first lane of a regulation outdoor track to cover the 26.2 miles of a marathon.
And, when I arrived at my local high school track last Friday at 4:45am, that was exactly what I planned to do.
I pressed start on my watch and broke into stride for Lap 1.
I was excited. Bubbling with anticipation at the challenge ahead. Motivated. Energized. Enthusiastic. Fresh.
But by Lap 8, the starting high had worn off and the inner voice got loud. I had 97 laps to go. I wasn't even close to being close to being close to the finish.
Fortunately, I've researched goal-setting and achievement for many years, and as it turns out, there's real science behind this dark experience.
It's called the Goal Gradient Hypothesis: Our effort increases as we approach a goal. But it also explains why the vast middle of any endeavor is so hard—without the finish line in sight, motivation disappears.
On Friday, I shared how I used this science to fight through the valley, finish in 2:56:16, and what it taught me about every meaningful goal in life...
(read the full piece here)
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