You now have a small habit and a fixed trigger. The final step is making sure it sticks. Pillar 3: Track Completion, Not Performance Consistency breaks when you judge quality instead of completion. Your only metric is whether you showed up. This removes emotion from the habit and replaces it with proof. How to apply this today: 1. Create a simple tracking method. A note in your phone. A checkmark on a calendar. A daily checkbox 2. Mark the habit complete immediately after doing it. 3. Do not rate it. Do not reflect on it. Do not optimize it. Done is the win. The visible streak becomes the reward. When you protect the streak, consistency survives stress, travel, and low motivation. Action for Today: Set up a single checkbox or calendar mark for your habit. Complete the habit once. Mark it complete. That is enough. Framework Recap: Pillar 1: Make the commitment small enough to keep Pillar 2: Attach it to a fixed daily trigger Pillar 3: Track completion and protect the streak This is how consistency becomes automatic instead of exhausting.

Yesterday you made the commitment small enough to keep. Today you make it automatic. Pillar 2: Attach the Habit to Something That Already Happens Most people fail at consistency because they rely on remembering. You remove memory from the equation by tying the habit to an existing action. This turns the habit into a reflex instead of a decision. How to apply this today: 1. Identify something you already do every day at the same time. Examples…Brushing your teeth. Making coffee. Sitting at your desk. Getting into bed. 2. Attach your small habit directly after that action. Example: After brushing teeth, do 5 pushups. After pouring coffee, read one page. After opening laptop, write one sentence 3. Do the habit immediately. No delay. The sequence matters more than the intensity. When action follows action consistently, discipline becomes invisible. Action for Today: Write down your trigger and your habit as one sentence. Example: After I make my coffee, I read one page. Complete it once today. Return tomorrow for Pillar 3.

Framework Overview: Consistency is not about motivation. It is about designing actions you can repeat even on bad days. Today is Pillar 1. Pillar 1: Shrink the Commitment If the habit feels heavy, you will avoid it. Your first job is to make the action so small that skipping it feels silly. How to apply this today: 1. Choose one habit you want to be consistent with. 2. Reduce it to the smallest version that still counts. Examples…Workout becomes 5 pushups. Reading becomes one page. Journaling becomes one sentence 3. Decide that this small action is the win. Nothing extra is required. The goal is not improvement yet. The goal is showing up. When you prove to yourself that you can show up daily, scale becomes easy. Action for Today: Write down the smallest version of one habit you will complete today. Do it once. Stop. Come back tomorrow for Pillar 2.

Most people don’t need more information. They need one decision. Before you go to sleep tonight, pick one action you’ll take tomorrow that actually moves your life forward. Not a list. Not a plan. One move. Examples: - Send the message you’ve been avoiding - Block 30 minutes for something that matters - Make the call - Ship the thing - Go to the gym even if it’s short Write it down. Then tomorrow, do only that if everything else falls apart. Momentum doesn’t come from intensity. It comes from follow-through. What’s your one move for tomorrow?

Self-trust isn’t built through motivation or positive thinking. It’s built through evidence. Every time you do what you said you would do, even in small ways, you deposit trust into the relationship you have with yourself. Every time you don’t, you withdraw from it. Here’s a simple, repeatable way to strengthen that trust. FRAMEWORK: Step 1: Make smaller promises Most people break trust with themselves by overcommitting. Stop setting goals that require heroic effort. Set commitments you can keep even on your worst days. Small promises kept consistently beat big promises broken occasionally. Step 2: Decide in advance Remove decision-making from the moment. Decide ahead of time what you will do, when you will do it, and for how long. Clarity eliminates negotiation. Negotiation is where trust breaks. Step 3: Keep the standard visible Write your commitment down. Put it somewhere you see daily. If it’s not visible, it’s optional. If it’s visible, it becomes a standard. Step 4: Do it even when it doesn’t matter Trust is built fastest when no one is watching and the outcome feels insignificant. Showing up on low-stakes days trains your nervous system to believe you can be relied on. Step 5: Close the loop When you complete the action, acknowledge it. Not with hype. Just recognition. A quiet “I did what I said I would do” is enough. This is how confidence becomes earned instead of imagined. One Action for Today: Pick one small commitment you can complete in under 10 minutes. Decide the exact time you’ll do it. Do it. Then stop. Don’t add more. Stack trust first.