July 13, 2025

“Every limit is a beginning as well as an ending.”

2:10 PM

“A rut is not a sign that you’ve tanked. A plateau is not a cue that you’ve peaked. They’re signals that it may be time to turn around and find a new route. When you’re stuck, it’s usually because you’re heading in the wrong direction, you’re taking the wrong path, or you’re running out of fuel. Gaining momentum often involves backing up and navigating your way down a different road—even if it’s not the one you initially intended to travel”

2:15 PM

“Progress rarely happens in a straight line; it typically unfolds in loops.”

2:19 PM

“When our performance stagnates, before it improves again, it declines. When people’s skills stalled in tasks ranging from Tetris to golf to memorizing facts, they didn’t usually ascend again until after they had deteriorated.”

2:22 PM

“The bad news is that a perfect map won’t exist. The exact route hasn’t been plotted for us—there may not even be a road. We might have to pave our own way, figuring out the route as we go, one turn at a time. The good news is that to start moving, we don’t actually need a map. All we need is a compass to gauge whether we’re heading in the right directio”

2:27 PM