I cracked the Code to Perseverance
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I cracked the code to perseverance (after years of failing)
(and hit a 140-week exercise streak)
We all know the struggle – starting strong, then fizzling out.
And aiming for building a habit won’t work here.
For exercises I always need to invest willpower and energy.
So instead of relying on habit formation,
the key is that I turned my routines into rituals.
By getting conscious about your WHY behind your routines.
I was inspired by books like “The Why Cafe” and “Outlive,” and longevity became my driving purpose. (actually there is another purpose behind longevity, that I might expose in future too)
Knowing my WHY gives me the drive for daily 100-minute workouts.
My exercise routine became a daily ritual.
And as a result I’ve maintained a 140-week streak
of 5+ intense workouts a week.
For finding your purpose and building your rituals find your inspiration via:
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📖 Outlive by Peter Attia
📖 The Why Cafe by John P. Strelecky
📖 The Big Five for Life by John P. Strelecky
📖 Start With Why and Find Your why by Simon Sinek
Want the key insights of all 5 books and start right away?
Get them for free on my Blinkist space: https://lnkd.in/eRtb7uBi
Content preparation
Hook: I found my key to perseverance and a 140 weeks streak (How you turn it into rituals)
One person: My self forming rituals and not longer giving up on my exercises.
One Problem: We start strong with a routine, but get lost along the way because we did not yet connect a purpose with the routines. When I need to invest willingness and energy to a routine, I cannot rely on forming a habit. It will never get automated and subconscious.
One Solution: Instead you should transform your routines to rituals by getting conscious about your WHY behind your routines.
One Story: Doing my daily exercises with perseverance is a challenge that needs high willingness. In my past I had several bursts of doing exercises, but I gave up even after some months of intense workouts.
Everything changed when I found and connected my bigger purpose. I found it through inspirations from Cafe at the end of the world, combined with the Big 5 for life. Later on Longevity sharpened my mind.
My bigger purpose behind exercises is longevity. And longevity is connected with my reason to exist, that is … (maybe exposed when I feel comfortable sharing that publicly).
Knowing about that connection provides me a high level of motivation every day to go through my 100 minutes exercise ritual. And I’m on my 140 weeks (soon 3 years) streak of at least 5x intense and purposeful exercises per week.
For finding your purpose and building your rituals maybe you find your inspiration through: 📖 The Why Cafe by John P. Strelecky 📖 The Big Five for Life by John P. Strelecky 📖 Outlive by Peter Attia 📖 Start With Why and Find Your why by Simon Sinek
I provide with a free to use access to my Blinkist space with the Key Insight from all 5 books, so that you can start right away: http://www.blinkist.com/nc/spaces/invites/b928fffb-9ee4-488a-9837-1e94ddac5180?messageType=specific_title
One CTA: Follow me if you want to discover more about forming rituals
Posted on LINKEDIN on 2024-04-13_Sat
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