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You Don't Need More How-To Advice — You Need a Beautiful and Painful Reckoning - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss
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ay, “Hell, yes!” The problem is that What’s a single decision you could make that, like Chad’s one-week meal plan, removes a thousand decisions? To some extent, the answer is just “diet and exercise.” There were no gimmicks. I used data we all have access to and just trusted biology to work its magi
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  • ay, “Hell, yes!” The problem is that
  • What’s a single decision you could make that, like Chad’s one-week meal plan, removes a thousand decisions?
  • To some extent, the answer is just “diet and exercise.” There were no gimmicks. I used data we all have access to and just trusted biology to work its magic. I gave it a trial of 20 days or so and lost a significant amount of weight. Even better, I started waking up thinking about exercising because I felt good.  “It was easy.”
  • “I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.” — Bene Gesserit “Litany Against Fear” from...
  • People suck at following advice. Even the most effective people in the world are often terrible. There are at least two reasons: 1. Most people have an insufficient reason for action. The pain isn’t painful enough. It’s a nice-to-have, not a must-have. There has been no “Harajuku Moment.” 2. There are no reminders. No consistent tracking = no awa...

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