Make the Shift: Stop Relying on Willpower
Jul 07, 2026
This month, we can keep the activity simple. It can be as easy as:
Apply the same standard to yourself that you'd apply to a delegate.
When someone on your team misses the mark, you've learned to ask: did they have what they needed to succeed? Clear scope, a defined endpoint, the right inputs?
This month, apply that question to yourself.
Pick one item that has been sitting on your to-do list for more than two weeks.
Before you decide you just need more discipline to tackle it, ask what a well-designed handoff to yourself would actually look like.
- Is the next step specific enough to act on?
- Is the scope clear?
- Is there a real reason it needs to happen this week?
If the answer to any of those questions is "no," don't try harder. Redesign the work. Break it into a smaller next step. Clarify what "done" looks like. Give yourself a realistic deadline instead of an open-ended intention.
Then notice what happens.
Often, the barrier isn't motivation. It's friction. And when you remove the friction, progress becomes much easier.
That's the shift.
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