On: How to do hard things

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What helps me doing something I don’t like on a daily basis (pull up for example) is thinking : I don’t have the choice. That way I consume much less willpower

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How does one make oneself think that?

It always remains circular. Doing X to compel you to do Y just shifts the problem from Y to X. There is no “bottom” that is guaranteed to work.

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Personally I think of lifting weights like brushing teeth. It needs to be done for health, there is no choice in the matter