Lesson 9 of 26 · 3 min
I is for Integrity
Integrity here has nothing to do with morality. It means structural soundness — whether the thing holds together under load.
Every time you tell yourself you will do something and then do not, you teach yourself that your own word does not mean much. Do that enough times and your intentions stop having any predictive value, even to you.
The repair is not to try harder. It is to make smaller promises and keep them. A commitment you keep for two weeks rebuilds more self-trust than an ambitious plan you abandon on day four.
This is why the size of your first commitment matters so much more than its ambition. You are not trying to lose weight this week. You are trying to become someone whose word is good.