How to Stay Consistent (By Finding the Minimum Dose)
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I cut my team's one-on-ones from every 2 weeks to once a month. Stretching the schedule looked like a clean win: fewer calls and more hours back. Alignment broke instead. Reconciling the drift took more time than the calls I set out to save. Each habit has a hurdle rate: the minimum input the system needs to clear what pushes back on it. In 1966, 3 weeks of complete bed rest cost young men 27% of their aerobic fitness; 30 years of natural aging only took 12%. You find the floor by lowering what you put in until progress slips, then returning to the input that held. Featuring: James Clear, William Blake, Benjamin Levine Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: (00:00) Blake on knowing what is enough (00:06) Cutting one-on-ones to once a month breaks alignment (00:35) Each habit has a hurdle rate (00:52) Three weeks of bed rest versus 30 years of aging (01:21) The Silver Bridge collapses in 1967 (01:49) Finding the floor by trimming input Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.
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I cut my team's one-on-ones from every 2 weeks to once a month. Stretching the schedule looked like a clean win: fewer calls and more hours back. Alignment broke instead. Reconciling the drift took more time than the calls I set out to save. Each habit has a hurdle rate: the minimum input the system needs to clear what pushes back on it. In 1966, 3 weeks of complete bed rest cost young men 27% of their aerobic fitness; 30 years of natural aging only took 12%. You find the floor by lowering what you put in until progress slips, then returning to the input that held.
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