I recently watched a video that this article reminded me of: I Watch Your Videos But Never Change My Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj5lA7FfUkI https://ww

I recently watched a video that this article reminded me of: I Watch Your Videos But Never Change My Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj5lA7FfUkI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oj5lA7FfUkI The premise is that there's a viewer that watches a bunch of self-improvement videos, but never enacts any of the suggestions. The presenter's argument is that change happens when you understand and digest the suggestions you've been given and it naturally comes to mind. In order to digest the changes, you need to avoid chain consuming content, reflect on what you read or watched, and to be patient. The analogy that really stuck with me is you don't read the textbook over and over again to learn, you read the textbook and quiz yourself. Similarly, to change yourself, you don't read informational articles one after another, you need to sit down and think about what you read at least once right after you read it and ideally multiple times until it's ingrained in your brain. After the concept is ingrained in your brain, then you can start taking the advice. In some cases you can just start doing things differently, but often it's hard because you're not clear on what you need to do differently, you fail, then you become demotivated.