Motivational Vibes

Through a long and painful process, I've learned that happiness is an inside job – not based on anything or anyone in the outer material world. I've become a different and better person – not perfect, but still a work in progress.  – Alana Stewart

There ain’t no such thing as willpower. Explaining away wins and losses by some magical force is only useful if you don’t understand anything about your own psychology. Having concrete theories about why your self-discipline can fail you is far more useful. I’m going to explore one of those ideas for putting your self-discipline on steroids. Using this concept has been incredibly useful in breaking through my own laziness. This simple idea I’m going to refer to as sprinting theory. 100-Meter Dash or Marathon? Running is all about pacing. If you go too fast early in the race, you’ll burn out all your energy far before the finish line. Completing a marathon is quite different than bursting through the 100-meter dash. If you get the pacing wrong you’ll either finish way behind or stop halfway. Pacing a sprint is straightforward because of one thing:  you know the length of the race . You know before the starting pistol fires whether you’ll finish a brief lap around the track or