#Basic Bae

There’s typical a cycle to any form of result, regardless of the pursuit. At first, you follow the basics to very real success. Jobs, school, careers, relationships, gym. You name it, and relentless success in the basics work for all of them.

Then, somewhere along the way you decide that you’re too advanced for the basics, so you start endlessly tweaking things in the pursuit of refinement. You go deeper into technical how-to, and you tweak and you tweak. The basics become a speck in your rear view, and you wake up feeling lost in the PhD doctoral program. This is the person who fixes a four days a week plateau at the gym with seven. Who fixes a weight loss plateau with crazy diet fads.

At this point, most quit and chalk it up to tapping out their potential. The savvy folks take a moment for introspection and think back to what delivered the results and moved the needle. The savvy folks revert back to the basics and your journey gets back on track.

Lift heavy weights
Eat diverse whole foods
Get sleep
Walk
Drink water

It’s very easy to think that you need more, and that more is different enough to get you better. It isn’t. The basics work. Stick to them indefinitely and your progress will follow suit.

-Dave