A great relationship is not only finding the person you have fun with, but also finding the person you want to be bored with. The beauty of long-term… - James Clear

The modern world is optimized for convenience, not improvement.

The default path is usually the more convenient path. And I get it. Who wants their days to be a pain in the neck? I like sitting in air conditioned rooms and watching my favorite shows too.

But the body and mind only grow when placed under a stimulus. If you want improvement, you have to choose something different than convenience.

It can be lovely to have a day where you do not push yourself, but it rarely works out well if you have a life where you do not push yourself.

Focus on whether you are fulfilling your own potential than comparing yourself to someone else. The fact that you have a natural limit to any specific ability has nothing too do with whether you are reaching the ceiling of your capabilities. People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
Genes can not make you successful if you’re not doing the work. Until you work as hard as those you admire, don’t explain away their success as luck.

Consistency before intensity.

Start small and become the kind of person who shows up every day. Build a new identity.

Then increase the intensity.