Articles on self-improvement

Self-improvement is the ongoing work of getting better at how you think, act and live: your habits, skills, health and relationships.

Your habits decide your health, your work and your results.

Getting better at them changes everything else.

Self-discipline is the ability to control your actions, emotions and habits to reach long-term goals.

It's about doing the work even when you don't feel like it.

Motivation is a feeling.

Self-discipline is a system.

Motivation is useful to get started, but self-discipline keeps you going when motivation fades.

Forget the 21-day habit myth.

It takes 60 to 90 days to solidify discipline, and it's an ongoing process.

Have non-negotiables, so you don't ask yourself whether to do it.

Make it automatic, with fewer decisions to take action.

And tell yourself you'll do it for 5 minutes: most of the time, you'll keep going.

Make starting effortless: commit to just 5 minutes, and set up your space so the first step is easy.

Once you start, momentum takes over.

There's no set timeline.

Some things happen fast, others take years, and the key is consistent action.

Waiting for the perfect time.

Start where you are, with what you have, and figure it out as you go.

Ikigai is a Japanese concept that means "a reason for being".

It's where what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs and what you can be paid for meet.

A life-changing book challenges your thinking, shifts your perspective, or gives you ideas you can act on right away.

Take action right away.

Highlight the key ideas, take notes, and put at least one idea from every book into practice.