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Nicholas Westfall's avatar

Totally! I think one of the best parts of his book is how winners and losers have the same goal. So what truly makes the difference? I use this to motivate my high school volleyball team to be more conscientious in practice. Do all the little things right!

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Tobias Winkler's avatar

Exactly, that’s quite an Aha-moment. At least it was for me.

That’s an awesome way to implement it.

Thanks for sharing, Nicholas!

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Sean Bolling's avatar

Great article Tobias and a great breakdown of Clear’s habit stacking theory (one of my favorites!).

Consistency does not rise from isolated moments of extreme will power (there is already a term for that, it’s called heroism and if you need that consistently you really need to look at your system!), it rises from habit.

Whether in personal action or that of leading teams to achieve results, habit based systems beat isolated heroism every time!

Thank you for sharing!

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Tobias Winkler's avatar

Thanks for your comment, Sean!

Totally agree.

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Katja Holmström's avatar

Great article, thanks for sharing

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Tobias Winkler's avatar

Thanks, Katja!

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Right My Dudes... Now What?'s avatar

Excellent post. I once was in a small start up, and my partner was all about systems. "Don't focus on sales", he said, "but on stuff you can control, like how may contacts are you making, and do you return calls/emails promptly, etc". It was effective.

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