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"It's critical that you measure something. But that begets the question: to replace self-discipline, how often do you need to record things? In the experience of the brilliant Nike+ team, and in the experience of their users, more than 1.2 million runners who have tracked more than 130 million miles, that magic number is five.Originally Posted by kicksnmusic
interesting. i tried googling but couldn't find it. if i have proof of this then I'll psyche myself into believing it. even if it's placebo effect.Originally Posted by brettTHEjett
For anyone who seeks some sort of motivation or self discipline, I read an interesting fact.
Since humans are a product of habit it simply takes FIVE to get things really going.
5 healthy meals, 5 workouts, 5 whatever you want to start doing.
If someone uploads only a couple of runs to the site, they might just be trying it out. But once they hit fives runes, they're massively more likely to keep running and uploading data. At five runs, they've gotten hooked on what their data tells them about themselves."
From the 4 Hour Body.
Not saying everything in this book is going to be concrete... it's just a theory, but I've utilized it in various aspects of my lifestyle and reaped the benefits.