Tiny Systems: The Most Important Self-Motivation Skill Nobody Taught You

August Birch
8 min readSep 18, 2018

Why willpower is crap and tiny systems mean everything to your productivity

Tiny systems are the key to self-motivation

It’s 6:30am. I let the dog outside to pee and head to the coffee maker to get my brain fuel brewing for the day. As the coffee brews I practice Qigong shakes (see story below) to wake myself up. I am not a morning person. I come from generations of night owls…

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August Birch

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