Don’t Give Yourself a Choice
Don’t even let yourself think you have a choice. When you do, like deciding between scrolling videos or learning something useful, you’ll frequently end up picking the easy, comfortable option. It’s just how the brain works—it’s wired to go for the easiest task for survival.
The trick? Don’t let your brain even know what the easy option feels like. Give yourself just one option: the one that’s actually good for you.
🌿 How I Use This Rule:
Read the Arabic script, not the transliteration. It’s easier to look at the Latin alphabet, sure, but that’s not helping you learn or practice properly.
Watch something useful instead of scrolling reels. Like a video on the history of cow domestication—it’s better than wasting time on meaningless shorts.
Skip the simple carbs without overthinking. Don’t even let yourself consider eating them. Just walk past.
🌿 Why It Works:
When you give yourself options, you need extra energy and motivation to pick the harder one. But if there’s no choice, you don’t waste time deciding. You just do it.
Don’t even let yourself think you have a choice. When you do, like deciding between scrolling videos or learning something useful, you’ll frequently end up picking the easy, comfortable option. It’s just how the brain works—it’s wired to go for the easiest task for survival.
The trick? Don’t let your brain even know what the easy option feels like. Give yourself just one option: the one that’s actually good for you.
🌿 How I Use This Rule:
Read the Arabic script, not the transliteration. It’s easier to look at the Latin alphabet, sure, but that’s not helping you learn or practice properly.
Watch something useful instead of scrolling reels. Like a video on the history of cow domestication—it’s better than wasting time on meaningless shorts.
Skip the simple carbs without overthinking. Don’t even let yourself consider eating them. Just walk past.
🌿 Why It Works:
When you give yourself options, you need extra energy and motivation to pick the harder one. But if there’s no choice, you don’t waste time deciding. You just do it.