In 2019, I made 365 videos in 365 days, experimenting with two approaches to content creation. I found the bit that works for me – and I also discovered a technique that you can use to make sure that you make consistent, daily progress towards your goal.

The most basic technique focuses on the concept of psychological momentum – and how you can use it to your advantage. There are more advanced techniques that you can find in the 30 E.P.I.C Career Upgrades course.

If you’re looking for a way to make sure you can achieve what you set out to do, read on.

Situation

You keep working on yourself every day

• After a while, you slack off a bit
  • Overconfidence
  • Complacency
  • Hard work deserves a break!
  • Not seeing results
• The slack/gap grows
  • Like mold. Or body fat. Or plaque on your teeth
    • Creeps up slowly
    • Takes hold strongly
    • Quite difficult to revert to original state
• Eventually, you end up taking breaks
  • Small breaks in the beginning
  • Breaks grow
    • In size
    • In number
    • In intensity
  • And pretty soon, you’ve given up entirely
    • You start regressing
    • Good habit lost
    • Hard work lost

Cause

Transformation is not easy

• Not because the things you have to do is difficult
  • The tasks are not the problem
    • You know what to do
    • You know how to do it
    • You know why you should do it
  • They are within your skill level and capabilities
• Because you have to show up every day and work
  • You have to do stuff that’s against your nature
  • You have to consciously choose more resistance
  • You have to go against your default nature
  • You have to do things that are not ‘immediately rewarding’
• And this can be lonely!
  • You may be the only around who’s doing all this
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  • Others are on Netflix/Videogames/Movies

Taking a break

• Has many good arguments
  • Is easy
  • Is welcome
  • Seems logical
  • Lots of literature on the internet of a ‘well deserved break’
• Counterpoints
  • Loss of momentum
    • Once you start, you build up momentum
      • But it can drop easily
    • Once it drops to zero…
      • It’s tough to restart
      • There’s added ‘mental load’ of failure
  • The Resistance at Work
    • Idea from War of Art by Steven Pressfield
    • The Resistance = The force that’s stopping us from being the best we can be
    • The Resistance comes in many forms
      • Has one objective: Stop you from working

Answer

Non-Zero Days

• From Reddit
  • “A zero day is when you don’t do a single f**** thing towards whatever dream or goal or want or whatever that you got going on”
  • https://www.reddit.com/r/getdisciplined/comments/1q96b5/i_just_dont_care_about_myself/
• Some days you will not feel like it
  • Do lesser amounts
  • Not ready to even do a lesser amount?
    • Just touch the tools you’re using
• Example: Cycling
  • I love cycling
    • Every morning
    • Two hours
  • Overcast day
    • Want to sleep in
    • Only do 60 minutes
    • Don’t feel like that also?
      • Just go downstairs and touch the cycle
• Key Idea
  • Progress is a vector
    • Direction
      • You want to go in the right direction
    • Intensity of Effort
      • It doesn’t matter if you don’t go too far
      • Small steps matter

Your Turn

Identify one transformation journey you are on

• Look at E.P.I.C Transformations for guidance
• Use the E.P.I.C Transformation Map to know where you are on your journey

Break down your journey into its smallest actions/parts

Whatever is the next step

• Even if you don’t feel like it
  • Practice Non-Zero Days

If you’re looking for skills to develop to set yourself apart

• 30 E.P.I.C Career Upgrades
• Also get a community to be a part of!

Result

You make consistent progress

• Over time, leads to transformations that stick
• Yields exponential results in the future

You maintain your streak

• The longer the chain of successes (non-zero days), more precious it becomes
• You get extra motivation because you don’t want to break your streak

You manage to push through your ups and downs

• That’s what a professional does
• Show up every day – whether you like it or not

Brought to you by Epic Career Labs

Run by Arvindh Sundar

• Goal: Increase Job Security With E.P.I.C Transformations
• Mission: Liberate a million millennials from an unsatisfying career
• Get in touch at arvindh@epiccareerlabs.com

There’s a course that can help fix most of these

• https://www.epiccareerlabs.com/course

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