Lucian Pop

“Overthinking is sneaky because it feels like action and it even feels productive. But it’s not.”
― Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline

“When you try to break a bad habit or form a positive one, you’re naturally going to feel awkward or uncomfortable at first because you have to actively make decisions about your behavior. Your brain has already been programmed to function in a certain way, so it will resist the change and, as a result, make the new behavior feel wrong and even frightening. The best thing to do in order to successfully reprogram your behavior is to embrace that awkward feeling of wrongness. It will take a while for your new routine to feel right or natural, so just accept that and keep chugging along. It’s a bit like starting to wear eyeglasses for the first time. You start out feeling uncomfortable and overly conscious of that foreign object sitting atop your nose, but you get used to that feeling with continued wear, such that sooner or later you don’t even notice it when your eyeglasses are on. Eventually, the behavior you want will be wired into your basal ganglia and you can go back to autopilot as an improved version of yourself. Before that happens, though, habit formation will start with feelings of unease rather than feelings of excitement and comfort.”
― Peter Hollins, The Science of Self-Discipline: The Willpower, Mental Toughness, and Self-Control to Resist Temptation and Achieve Your Goals

“When we consciously remind ourselves of benefits while downplaying costs, we can maintain motivation even during difficult or boring steps toward our goal.”
― Peter Hollins, Finish What You Start: The Art of Following Through, Taking Action, Executing, & Self-Discipline

“For Nietzsche, a person is made, not born—it is up to us to develop ourselves, to take control and responsibility of our drives, and to strive to create beauty, order, and wellbeing in the world.”
― Peter Hollins, Philosophies on Self-Discipline: Lessons from History’s Greatest Thinkers on How to Start, Endure, Finish, & Achieve