Something I heard recently and I've tried to adopt whenever possible: “Whoever has the most fun, wins.” - James Clear

Sometimes a habit will be hard to remember and you’ll need to make it obvious. Other times you won’t feel like starting and you’ll need to make it attractive. In many cases, you may find that a habit will be too difficult and you’ll need to make it easy. And sometimes, you won’t feel like sticking with it and you’ll need to make it satisfying.

How to build a career in 7 steps:

1. Do great work.
2. Share it publicly.
3. Cold email people 2 steps ahead of you.
4. Talk about your work and trade ideas.
5. Host events and meet in-person.
6. Become friends.
7. Rise together.

When rain falls, it flows downhill. If desired, you can collect the rain in a bucket and carry it uphill, but the natural tendency of water is to flow toward the lowest point.

Most situations in life have a tendency—a direction in which things want to flow. You can choose to go against the flow (just as you can choose to carry water uphill), but your results tend to be better when you find a way to work with the gradient of the situation.

Position yourself to benefit from the external forces at hand and you will get more from the same unit of effort. Energy is conserved and results are multiplied.