Modern society has quietly changed forever.
The changes are drastic and impact every one of us. And I don’t think most people have caught up with it yet. One man has nailed the narrative on where society is heading: Dan Koe.
A few years ago, he came out of nowhere. He’d been reading essays on platforms like Medium and decided to give writing a shot himself on X/Twitter.
Dan quickly grew a cult following.
I initially thought he was a gym bro until I saw something deeper. People dismissed him as another self-improvement guy but they missed something. Dan looks at the world more from a philosophical lens rather than a self-improvement one. His Substack is regularly at the top of the philosophy best-sellers list which is proof.
He believes hoarding information is dead. He believes intellectualism is dead.
He believes the modern 9-5 job is more of a one-person business than a safe job to bank on until retirement at 65. I believe he’s bang on. Dan has never published his rules for life.
I spent the last 3 years taking detailed notes of everything he’s ever written.
His rules for life appear repeatedly throughout his work. Once you see them, your life will never look the same again. And these rules will explain why most people follow the traditional path and end up in a world of pain without even realizing it.
# Rule #1 – You only need 1 hour a day in a flow state
Most people think they need huge blocks of time to achieve a goal.
So they delay taking action until a future moment when it’s the right time. But it’s never the right time because new versions of chaos will always enter your life.
Dan presented another way to view time:
All you need is 1 hour a day of focused work. After a year that equals 365 hours. That small habit will get you more progress.
## This best-selling book echoed the same idea
James Clear wrote the book Atomic Habits.
The premise is unless your goal is a daily habit, it’s bullsh*t. What James missed is he didn’t outline how small the daily commitment had to be. Dan filled the gap in by suggesting one hour.
One hour works because before and after work most people have an hour if they are serious and are willing to give up some Netflix time.
Insight:
Stop delaying your goals. Work on them for one hour a day and aim to create a year-long streak. Once the habit is automated, you can then focus your attention on making sure the action you take leads to daily iteration.
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