Book: How to acquire good habits and get rid of bad ones

Well, is that good news? You can train yourself to associate a specific habit with a specific context.

It's easy to get bogged down trying to find the best plan for change: the fastest way to lose weight, the best program for building muscle, the perfect idea for a part-time job. We are so focused on finding the best approach that we don't take any action.

Movement makes you feel like you are doing something. But in reality, you are just getting ready to do something. When preparation becomes a form of procrastination, something needs to be changed. You don't want to just plan. You want to practice.

At the end of the semester, he was surprised to find that all the best photographs had been taken by the number group. Students in this group were busy taking photographs, experimenting with composition and lighting, testing various techniques in the darkroom, and learning from their mistakes. In the process of creating hundreds of photographs, they honed their skills. Meanwhile, the quality group sat and contemplated perfection. As a result, they had little material to reflect their efforts, other than unverified theories and one mediocre photograph.