Morning Musings: March 30

It’s not that it wouldn’t be great to develop better willpower (clearly), it’s that I don’t actually have to master that if I am willing to master the environment.  My surroundings are an easier thing to initially manage than my […]

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Morning Musings: March 29

I can teach these principles all day long in my practice, but if I go home to a box of donuts on my own counter, all bets are still off.  What I have developed (through painful trial and error of […]

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Morning Musings: March 28

I used to always confuse self-discipline and willpower.  I thought self-discipline meant that I had willpower.  It doesn’t apparently.   But, if I will be self-disciplined about the action steps involved, I will not need to be relying on my willpower […]

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Morning Musings: March 27

What really makes any plan work is my willingness to do what I need to do to make it convenient, easy, and eventually habitual.  There are always clear action steps involved in any successful plan.  If I identify exactly what […]

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Morning Musings: March 26

“Just tell me what to eat and I will eat it”.  How many times have I said that and wished it were that simple?  I am so glad that eventually I figured out two important things: one, I have zero […]

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