6 published lessons with this tag.
Written commitments create a feedback loop that mental commitments cannot. The act of externalizing a commitment transforms it from a fleeting intention into a persistent object that holds you accountable across time.
You cannot distinguish signal from noise without a defined goal. Without knowing what you are trying to achieve, every input carries equal weight — which means no input carries real weight.
Rather than relying on willpower create contexts that make desired behavior natural.
A goal that exists only in your mind is a wish, not a commitment. Writing it down converts aspiration into an object you can track, decompose, and act on.
Vague agents do not fire reliably — specificity is required.
The best systems detect and correct their own errors without manual intervention.