When the big hard thing comes, it just feels like another daily task.
The one thing that decides if you're going to be successful is probably not what you think. And I haven't just made this up — this is actual science. The one thing that decides who's going to be successful is self-discipline.
The good news is, I don't think it's something people either have or don't have. It's something you can train. You can work on it.
Work on doing hard things even when you don't feel like doing hard things. I try to go to the gym even when I'm tired as fuck. I make it something I must do. I'll stay in the shower even when it's still cold. I'll finish the work I said I was going to finish, even when no one's watching.
These are tiny little things. But by doing them over and over, I'm training my brain to know that when I say I'm going to do something, I will do it.
So when the big hard thing comes — producing a track, recording a DJ mix, getting on stage in front of 50,000 people — it just feels like another daily task.
If you want to win, go and do something hard.
