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Non-negotiables are essential habits for success<\/a>. 

Are you using them effectively…

Or are you by ravaged by transient emotions?

If it’s the latter, it may be time to draw a line in the sand.

Because habits will make or break you; they don’t discriminate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Habits<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Habits are the engine of progress.
 
Without constant repetition and practice, you stay crap.
 
Like a baby learning to walk, you must fall on your face enough to learn. 

But habits are hard to instil. We abandon them preemptively because change is hard.

Exercise seems like too much effort, so we break our new year’s gym resolution. 

Contacting potential customers is uncomfortable, so we put the business idea on hold. 

Re-reading a crappy first draft is cringeworthy, so we put the novel back in the drawer. 

But these commitments have potential, if only we’d reconcile ourselves to two immutable facts…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discomfort  <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Discomfort and suffering<\/a> are inevitable parts of life. 

The more we push through them, the better. 

Like training a muscle at the gym, heavier weights in the guise of greater challenges are required to grow.

We become increasingly resilient.
 
By adapting to discomfort and embracing discipline<\/a> we:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Transform ourselves into an \u00dcbermensch<\/a><\/li>
  2. Separate ourselves from those taking the easy option<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Time<\/strong>  <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Despite adverts touting two-minute abs, any positive change takes longer than anticipated. 

    But we’re impatient little devils.

    We want rapid progress, an immediate fix, a quick hit.

    That’s not how it works. Real mastery requires     prolonged effort over a sustained period of time<\/a>.

    There’s only one sure-fire way to fail:

    Giving up too soon.  <\/p>\n\n\n