Chris Williamson | @chriswillx
Having faith in your own word is a superpower.
I've been thinking about the value of finishing tasks properly.
Whether it be training in the gym or doing the washing up, the difference between completing an activity 100% fully as you'd planned to and 99% completing it makes a hell of a difference.
In fact it makes all the difference.
How you do anything is how you do everything. But it's more than that.
It's about the story you tell yourself and the satisfaction of a job well done.
Let's say you decide to leave early and miss the final set of your workout in the gym. You've stuck to the plan throughout the entire session, and then at the final hurdle decided to sell yourself short. You've trained hard and done the bulk of the session already, what does it matter if you miss the last part off?
Well it matters because you've already done all the hard work and all you need is a tiny bit more effort to feel unblemishedly proud of your effort.
Throwing a fly into that ointment opens the door for you to miss two sets next week, and a session the week after.
The satisfaction of a job well done is everything. And selling yourself short tarnishes that.
Maybe even more importantly, sticking to your plan teaches you that you're the sort of person who can keep a commitment to yourself.
Having faith in your own word is a superpower.
Saying you're going to do something and knowing that you'll go through with it is the foundation of confidence. And you erode this by not completing your work properly.
Even if you think it's not that big of a deal, your subconscious will always know.
There's a little counter in the back of your mind which is ticking over and keeping track.
Give it something good to write down.
The power of completing tasks fully and building unshakeable confidence through self-commitment, inspired by Chris Williamson's insights on discipline and self-trust from the Modern Wisdom podcast.