Short motivational excerpt from a Brian Johnson YouTube video encouraging listeners to identify one habit to start (e.g., sleep, exercise, limiting electronics) and one destructive habit to stop (including self-shame). The core claim: stopping known destructive behaviors is often the fastest way to change your life; habitual positive actions amplify impact when supported by training.
What's the one thing that you know you could be doing that if you started doing it more habitually and consistently you think would most change your life? It could be getting a certain amount of sleep. It could be turning off the electronics at a certain time, knowing that the days you don't exercise are like the days you pop a depressant. Identify that. And then we've got so much work in the mastery series and basic training to help you become a habit, installing ninja, if you will. And then what's the thing you need to stop doing? There may be one thing that's kind of your kryptonite. And the powerful truth is that the fastest way to change your life actually isn't to do new things. It's to stop doing the things that you know are destructive. But there's that clarity on what needs to go. But I would encourage you to consider the thing that you know you just need to stop doing. Maybe it's the self shame and the kind of incessant voice that at some point you allow to continue to dominate the airwaves that we need to shift.
