Mason  🏃‍♂️ ✂️

If (a) most sustained changes require a change in circumstances (not willpower) & (b) exceptional performers across activities do things qualitatively differently from typical performers, perhaps we should expect "I'll push myself to do more x for better outcomes" to usually fail

My premises aren't any more or less verifiable than any other broad generalization about human behavior; my conclusion seems pretty likely to be useful if you intend to modify your behavior, but otherwise not really

Also, this is not an argument resting on any logical operators; I think either (a) or (b) can support the conclusion & neither of them are sufficient separately or together to "prove" it. This is not a nail for whatever hammer you're using