How the "two-day rule" can make your daily work-life much easier

"Public failure is when we tell everyone we want something or that we're trying really hard, and we admit that we fell short. How you respond to public failure tells us a lot about a person."

"Private failure is unique in that it often depends on your own, unseen reserves of resilience and fortitude. It is a kind of test between yourself and yourself, with yourself as the judge."

"About five years ago, the YouTuber and documentary maker Matt D'Avella shared a simple trick to help us in our moments of private endurance. It's known as the 'two-day rule.'"

"The two-day rule is about habit formation. The idea is to consciously do a thing so much that you eventually start to do it unconsciously."

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