The biggest risk to productivity is always the same: working on the wrong thing. - James Clear

Behavior that is incongruent with the self will not last. You may want more money, but if your identity is someone who consumes rather than creates, then you’ll continue to be pulled toward spending rather than earning.

Most people live in a world others have created for them. But you can alter the spaces where you live and work to increase your exposure to positive cues and reduce your exposure to negative ones. Environment design allows you to take back control and become the architect of your life. Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.

A brief guide to leadership:

• Always know the answer to, "What are we optimizing for?"
• Recruit. Recruit. Recruit.
• Never ask someone to do something you aren't willing to do yourself.
• Give away the credit. Take the blame.