[Work in Progress] How to be a real Pro: Part 1: Pros don’t play hurt. Part 2: What is The Resistance and why we can overcome it by Turning Pro Part 3: How I managed to self-sabotage in the process of managing my self-sabotaging self Part 4: How to see pain accurately? How to tell…
In 2016 I started doing body weight exercises, intermittent fasting, and picked up strength training. I was fully immersed in it for a couple of years the way any Type A person would have. I did my research, set the direction, set up a process, and showed up consistently — perhaps a bit obsessively. I…
A couple of days ago I found myself procrastinating. I kept on going back to my phone, compulsively scrolling through the stream of tweets and news about COVID-19. It was particularly frustrating because my mind was super clear that day. But instead of spending it productively. I squandered it just like that. I was able…
Resistance is one of the most useful mental models I ever picked up. Steven Pressfield first coined this term in his book, The War of Art. https://medium.com/the-mission/steven-pressfield-how-to-go-from-amateur-to-turning-pro-be44c794a73b “Every time you want to go from a lower level to a higher level — becoming an entrepreneur, get in better shape, meditate, be an artist — the…