2 Years of Doing The Same Thing Every Day (Results Inside)

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We both quit 900-day Duolingo streaks. Here's what that taught us about consistency.
Jack Austin and Adam Garcia explore why most people fail at consistency and what actually works for long-term change.
After years of waiting for motivation, we discovered the counterintuitive truth: action breeds motivation, not the other way around.
**In this episode:**
✓ Why motivation is backwards (and what to do instead)
✓ The compound interest formula that applies to everything
✓ How $100 becomes $1.3 billion with daily 1% improvements
✓ Warren Buffett's 90% wealth after 60 secret
✓ The Mr. Fothergill seed story (patience pays)
✓ Why Duolingo keeps you bad on purpose
✓ The sock on the stairs experiment
✓ When to sharpen the saw vs keep grinding
**Key takeaways:**
The gym consistency mistake everyone makes (same exercises matter)
How to spot tiny progress when nothing seems to happen
Why boring beats exciting every single time
The difference between being tired and making real progress
**The one rule that changes everything:**
Pick ONE thing. Do it daily for 30 days. Track what happens.
**Timestamps:**
00:00 Motivation vs consistency
00:03 Action breeds motivation theory
00:05 The sock protest
00:08 Mr. Fothergill's garden wisdom
00:11 Compound interest mathematics
00:13 Why we quit Duolingo
00:20 Gym consistency secrets
00:34 The chainsaw parable
00:43 Service and showing up
00:51 Your one thing challenge
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