Sim Van Daele

Does it end in 12 weeks?

That's the difference between a challenge and a system. A challenge ends. And what do most people do? Go back to exactly what they were doing before.

Either they get back to where they started or are even further removed from where they began.

A system, a process, a lifestyle orientation, they don't have an end date.

It's not about what you can do for 12 weeks, it's about what you can keep building on for the next 12 months, and the 12 months after that, and so forth.

Getting gungho about a challenge gives you some cheap dopamine, to begin with, but doesn't build any consistency, focus, commitment, and determination.

Traits that are reliant on internally produced dopamine (value orientation, perception of being on the right track) and GABA (consistency, structure, routine, long-term orientation) alongside acetylcholine (focus, spotlight effect).

Look at behaviors you can keep replicating, keep doing, and serve your purpose without a predetermined end date.