Success comes from stacking habits that compound: discipline, focus, learning, and self-awareness.

27 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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A short YouTube transcript (creator: Dan Novaes) where two speakers rank seven ‘success habits’—waking up at 5am, reading daily, journaling, cold showers, no social media, investing in coaching, and 100-hour workweeks—and briefly debate their relative value. One speaker questions the sustainability of 100-hour weeks but notes that loving your work can make long hours feel less burdensome, reframing extreme effort as a marker of success when it feels like play.

Blind. Rank these 7 success habits waking up at 5am if you can do it 3. Reading daily 1. Journaling 4. Cold showers 5. No social media 7. Investing in coaching 2. 100 hour weeks.
6. I don't think 100 hour weeks are sustainable, but if you find something you love, it's not going to feel like work and so you'll end up putting close to that without having to feel like work. And that's success.