My first rule is focus on what you control. Roughly 80% of my anxiety comes from losing sight of it. Hermann Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve shows why a rule you know still slips and why I reread mine each morning and most nights.
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(00:00) Motivation doesn't last 
(00:06) My first rule and my anxiety 
(00:20) Ebbinghaus and the forgetting curve 
(00:44) Rereading my rules each morning 
(00:56) A rule lasts about as long as a shower
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My first rule is focus on what you control. Roughly 80% of my anxiety comes from losing sight of it. Hermann Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve shows why a rule you know still slips and why I reread mine each morning and most nights.

Motivation Wears Off. Here's What I Do Each Morning. | Daily Essay

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