excellence, actually Unstuck Yourself: The Art of Building and Keeping Momentum
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Mar 12, 2026 They explore how wins and losses can both stall progress and practical rules to reset fast after either. Conversations cover tiny adjacent steps to regain motion and strategies for protecting rhythm like stopping one rep short. They compare daily habits to long-term planning and offer simple warmups and A/B/C goal frameworks to keep momentum without overthinking.
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Start With The Smallest Possible Step
- When stuck, do the smallest possible related action to create rolling energy—10 words, 10 minutes of reading, or a tiny practice.
- Clay Skipper calls this "go where the water's fast" to slip into nearby momentum before tackling big tasks.
Lower The Bar To Make Starting Inevitable
- Lower the bar to make starting easy: commit to a minimum (e.g., one mile, a short post) and stack days to build habit.
- Brad Stulberg describes coach Gerald Stewart's rule: log at least one mile to preserve consistency and spark more.
How NBA Shooters Warm Up To Find Rhythm
- NBA shooters warm up with either micro high-percentage shots or big playful swings to find rhythm.
- Steve Magness contrasts five-foot layup progressions with Steph Curry hoisting threes as two warm-up archetypes.