10d • Minute Reads
99% of "Self-Improvement" Routines is Just Procrastination with Better Branding
Words I like: “People obsessed with their morning routines make less money than people obsessed with making money.”
Minute Read: Stop Worshipping Routines
A client once told me the business coach from a self help and productivity course he bought had him doing a full morning routine before work. Grounded walking. Meditation. Gratitude journal. Daily list. Ice plunge. The whole "productivity" package. By the time he finished, three hours were gone and he barely had energy left to do the actual thing that would grow his business.
So I told him to do something radical.
Cut the 3-hour routine. Replace it with 3 hours of work.
A week later he messaged me back and said it changed everything. He was getting more done. Which makes sense. If you work more, more gets done.
That’s the whole lesson.
A lot of people copy the habits of successful people at the top of the mountain and assume those habits created the success. That’s backwards. People usually work, sacrifice, and do whatever it takes to get rich. Then, after they’ve already made it, they fill their time with relaxed lifestyle choices and start telling themselves that the "routine" was the reason.
That’s like saying Warren Buffett got rich because he drinks Coke.
No. He got rich because of the actions that created the result.
That’s the filter: What actions actually create the outcome I want?
Anything that does not directly help that outcome is either:
- a tool, or
- a distraction.
And the difference is simple:
If it takes 5 minutes and measurably increases your output, cool. Keep it.
If it takes 3 hours and makes you feel productive while stealing time from the thing that matters, cut it.
Don’t do things for the sake of doing them. Do things because they produce a RESULT.
That’s also why you have to be careful with fake cause-and-effect. Successful people may have routines, scars, habits, drinks, preferences, or stories. That does not mean those things made them successful. Look at what they did on the way up, not what they do now.
Takeaway:
Stop asking, “What do rich people do now?” Start asking, “What actions created the result when they were still building?” Copy the inputs that move the scoreboard, not the decorations around them.
For the next 7 days, audit your routine. Cut anything that does not directly increase output, recovery, or clarity in a measurable way. Then replace that time with real work.
Do more that counts.
Diego
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99% of "Self-Improvement" Routines is Just Procrastination with Better Branding
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