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A Simple Plan To Win The Year

For Ages 26 And Older. Or Younger.

Niklas Göke
Better Humans
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5 min readDec 17, 2017

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There’s this pithy quote floating around the web that I really like:

In school, you’re taught a lesson and then given a test. In life, you’re given a test that teaches you a lesson.

The one thing I don’t like about it is that it makes it sound like you have to wait to be given the test either way. You don’t. You can decide to take your own test any day of the week and when you do, you’ll learn a lesson instantly.

At the end of 2015, I designed such a test for myself: Learn something from a new book every day, whether that’s a chapter, a full book, a summary, or tons of interviews, and then write about it. Every day for the next year. The day I made the decision I already learned the first lesson.

The New Year Starts Today

In Do The Work, Steven Pressfield writes:

“Don’t prepare. Begin. Remember, our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our bank account.

The enemy is Resistance. The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications, and a million reasons why we…

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Niklas Göke
Niklas Göke

Written by Niklas Göke

I write for dreamers, doers, and unbroken optimists. Read my daily blog here: https://nik.art/

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