I think the trick is to make these principles a real, operational part of our lives. I know my life changed the moment I got a PDA, started mapping out and tracking the time of my life and how I spent it.

When take these principles down and make them specific actionable steps, and then schedule it and put it in your face day after day it becomes real. If you can make the best way the easiest way it’ll get done, I see my PDA which is also my mobile phone everyday so there’s no escaping.

It also boils down to a lack of enough pain or pleasure. If the consequences of not staying true to these principles isn’t painful enough, then it’s easy to let them slide. If you don’t get sheer pleasure from using them, you’ll probably won’t be motivated to stay on track either.