Cody Pritchett

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Underrated life hack: Build a “no matter what” habit. One thing you do every day regardless of mood, chaos, or excuses. Ten minutes of writing. A short walk. A chapter read. These become your anchors. The habit isn’t the point; who you become by keeping it is.

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You'll Stay Stuck Until You Understand These 4 Rules of Human Psychology: 1. The 90-Second Rule — Jill Bolte Taylor - Any emotion triggered in your body - Lasts only 90 seconds chemically - After that, every second you stay in it - Is a choice you are making to keep feeling it - You are not your emotions. You are the one watching them. 2. The 5-Second Rule — Mel Robbins - The moment you have an instinct to act on a goal - You have exactly 5 seconds before your brain kills it - Count backwards. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Move. - Your brain is not designed to do hard things - It is designed to keep you safe and comfortable - These are not the same thing. 3. The Mirror Rule - What irritates you most in others - Is almost always something unresolved in yourself - What you admire most in others - Is almost always something undeveloped in yourself - The people around you are not random - They are a reflection you haven't finished reading yet 4. The Contrast Effect — Daniel Kahneman - Your brain never evaluates anything in isolation - Everything is judged relative to what surrounds it - The same salary feels rich or poor depending on who you compare it to - The same life feels blessed or cursed depending on your reference point - You do not see reality. You see context. - Change the comparison and you change the emotion.

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Yes, baseline dopamine can typically be restored to normal (or improved) via lifestyle resets, especially if lowered by overstimulation, poor habits, or addiction recovery. It recovers naturally with consistency. Practical steps: - Exercise 30+ min daily (walk/run/lift) to raise levels & receptors. - Eat tyrosine foods: eggs, almonds, bananas, chicken, avocados, dairy. - Sleep 7-9 hrs/night. - Meditate 10 min/day. - Limit screens/social media. - Cold showers or nature time. - Hit small daily goals. Results often in 1-4 weeks. Consult a doctor for personalized advice.

"Any high amount of dopamine that comes to you without effort... will eventually destroy you. Or bring you close to destruction." Andrew Huberman warns: The slippery slope starts simple—open a package, take a pill, click a website, scroll porn/social media. Instant high, zero effort. Feels amazing... until it narrows what brings joy, crashes baseline motivation, and turns pursuit into craving. Science nugget: Effortless spikes (drugs, porn, endless feeds) flood dopamine but drop baseline long-term—making everyday wins feel flat. Real rewards come from effort + anticipation, not shortcuts. The trap is everywhere. The fix? Notice when "easy" starts costing more than it gives. What's one effortless dopamine hit (scrolling, snacking, etc.) that's pulled you into the slope—and how'd you pull back? Your stories 👇

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A rule that will accelerate your career: If you bring a problem, bring context. If you bring context, bring options. If you bring options, bring a recommendation. People trust people who help them think. Anyone can spot an issue, few can actually help move things forward.

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The best father-son video ever! 💪Every man should watch this video with their dad ‼️

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In 2018, Stanford professor Matt Abrahams gave a masterclass on why most people fail to communicate well. He broke down: - The structure every message needs - Why audiences stop listening - The psychology of attention 15 lessons that'll make your communication unforgettable:

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Erica Komisar drops parenting gold: Stop leading with “NO”—lead with empathy first. Instead of instant rejection when a kid demands sweets, try this: “I can see you really want that packet of sweets. I can see how hard it is because you really want it… but you know you can’t have it before dinner. That’s the rule.” Then when the meltdown starts: “Oh, I can see it’s really hard for you right now… but you still can’t have the sweets.” Empathy → structure → empathy → structure. She says kids (and adults!) feel heard when feelings are acknowledged before limits are enforced—tantrums de-escalate faster and connection stays strong. Clip from this 48-second masterclass in calm, effective parenting. Tried the “empathize first, then hold the boundary” move? Did it actually work… or did the screaming just get louder? Your real-life wins (or epic fails) — drop them below 👇

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6 LAWS OF TIME THAT WILL MAKE YOU RETHINK HOW YOU SPEND EVERY SINGLE DAY: 1. Hofstadter's Law: Everything takes longer than you think, even when you account for the fact that everything takes longer than you think. Stop planning for the perfect version of your day. Plan for the real one. 2. Carlson's Law: Interrupted work is not just slower ,it is fundamentally worse. Every time you switch tasks your brain pays a switching cost. Deep focus is not a luxury. It is the only way real work gets done. 3. Illich's Law: After a certain point, more time spent on a task makes it worse not better. The person who works twelve hours straight is not more productive. They are just more stubborn. 4. The Law of Forced Efficiency: You will always be most productive in the hour before a deadline. Not because you work better under pressure but because you finally stop perfecting and start finishing. 5. Laborit's Law: Humans naturally do the easiest and most pleasurable tasks first. The work that would change your life sits at the bottom of the list every day. Flip the list. Do the hard thing first. 6. Parkinson's Law of Triviality: Teams spend more time debating small unimportant decisions than large critical ones. The smaller the stakes, the longer the argument. Protect your attention from the trivial. It will consume everything if you let it.

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I broke my phone addiction in 30 days. • Screen Time down ~70% • Phone pickups down ~50% I reclaimed 4 hours 30 minutes per day. That's 1,635 hours across a full year. 68 days of life from a single behavior change. Here's exactly what I did (save this): 1. Grayscale Mode Put your phone on Grayscale Mode for the entire day. Grayscale Mode removes the colors to make your phone immediately less appealing and addicting. It takes 30 seconds to set up. If you have an iPhone, follow these steps: • Settings • Accessibility • Display & Text Size • Color Filters -> On • Grayscale Next, create a simple shortcut: • Settings • Accessibility • Accessibility Shortcut • Color Filters Now, if you triple-click the side button, you'll be able to toggle it on and off. For non-iPhone users, you can find instructions​ with a simple search. I kept my phone on Grayscale at all times and only removed it for specific reasons (like posting something that required me to see the color, looking at photos, etc.). It made me less interested in grabbing my phone for the random "just checks" during the day. 2. No-Phone Zones Set specific locations, times, and events where you won't have your phone on you. I called them No-Phone Zones: • Downstairs (kitchen, living room) • Creative flow time (from ~5-8am) • Family flow time (from ~5-7pm) • Family gatherings During these windows, my phone would be in a lock box or in a drawer in my office. If we were out at a family gathering, I would leave it in the car or in my wife's bag where I couldn't feel it. Specifically listing out these No-Phone Zones had the benefit of making it a clear rule that I could cement in my mind. Create your list of No-Phone Zones. Write it down if you need to. 3. Strategic Friction Even with the Grayscale Mode and No-Phone Zones, my phone addiction intervention would have been difficult to execute without this final piece of the puzzle. Motivation and discipline are never enough when you're trying to crack a deeply entrenched behavior. There's a theory in cognitive science called Choice Architecture, which is the idea that you can design your environment to make good choices easier and bad choices harder. Basically, I wanted to add strategic friction to make it much easier to adhere to my rules (and much more difficult to break them). Three primary ways I did that: 1. I locked my phone in a ​lock box​ during my morning creative flow (5-8am) and evening family flow (5-7pm). It was a timed lock so I couldn’t get it without emailing the company. 2. I left my phone far away from where I was going to be working. If I wanted to get it, I'd have to walk to the other side of the house or down a few flights of stairs to get it. 3. I added really low screen time restrictions to social apps. If I wanted to overuse them, I'd have to keep approving more time, which felt like letting myself down when I did it. Breaking the addiction is going to be difficult at first. Create strategic friction that helps you stick to the change. Make it difficult to make a bad choice. The Life Impact I'm not going to sugarcoat it at all: This was the single most powerful behavior change I've ever made in terms of the tangible impact and ripple effects on my life. That is not an exaggeration. I was more present, less stressed, and able to connect on an entirely different level. In short, I showed up more aligned with how my ideal self would. My capacity for deep work expanded significantly from simply placing my phone in another room or a lock box. I got more done, faster, at a higher quality bar. It was like the holy trinity of productivity improvement, with no fancy productivity tool required. Reviewing the research, this isn't surprising: There is clear ​scientific evidence​ that even having your phone in your pocket or on your desk reduces your cognitive capacity. I felt happier and less stressed immediately upon making the change. So, just keeping score... This was a single, zero cost behavior change that had the net effect of: • Improving my relationships • Improving my work • Improving my happiness To be completely transparent, just a few days in, the only negative thought I had related to the intervention was simple: Why didn't I do this sooner? I hope this is the push you need to make this change in your life. Start small and stick to it. Aim for a 10-20% screen time reduction week-over-week. Keep yourself accountable with a friend. Having now gone through it, I can guarantee you'll see and feel the positive impact immediately. Onward and upward.

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Creamy homemade blueberry ice cream 🍨 😋

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Most dads fail at fitness because they're trying to build a bodybuilder's routine on a father's schedule. It doesn't work. You don't need a massive overhaul. You need small habits that actually stick. Here's how I applied Atomic Habits to fitness as a dad: --- **START STUPIDLY SMALL** I didn't start with 5 workouts per week. I started with 2 workouts I could fit in. That's it. Sounds ridiculous? Good. Because the goal wasn't the workouts. It was showing up. Once showing up became automatic, adding more was easy. Most dads go all-in for 2 weeks then burn out. Start so small you can't fail. --- **STACK YOUR HABITS** Don't create new time. Use time that already exists. After I put the kids to bed → 10 minutes of stretching After my morning coffee → protein shake Before my shower → quick workout You're not adding to your day. You're linking new habits to existing ones. That's how they become automatic. --- **MAKE IT OBVIOUS** I used to tell myself I'd work out "when I had time." Guess what? I never had time. So I made it impossible to ignore: • Gym clothes laid out the night before • Workout shoes by the door • Protein powder on the counter • Calendar reminder at 6am Remove the friction. Remove the decisions. The easier it is to start, the more likely you'll do it. --- **FOCUS ON IDENTITY, NOT OUTCOMES** I stopped saying "I want to lose 30 pounds." I started saying "I'm the type of person who works out." That shift allowed me to take a long time and remove pressure. Because when you're trying to lose weight, skipping a workout feels like a setback. When you're becoming the type of person who works out, skipping feels like a betrayal of who you are. You don't rise to your goals. You fall to your identity. Become the person first. The results follow. --- **THE TWO-DAY RULE** I'm not perfect. I miss workouts. But I have one rule: Never miss twice. Missed Monday? That's fine. But Tuesday is non-negotiable. This keeps one missed day from becoming a week. Then a month. Then quitting. Consistency isn't perfection. It's not breaking the chain for too long. --- **OPTIMIZE FOR ENERGY, NOT JUST AESTHETICS** I used to measure progress by the scale. Now I measure it by how I show up for my kids. Am I patient at bedtime? Do I have energy to play after work? Can I lift and play with my kids my kid without my back hurting? That's the real metric. When you optimize for energy and presence, the body composition follows. --- **MAKE IT SUSTAINABLE** I don't do: • 4am workouts that wreck my sleep • Meal plans I can't maintain • Programs that require 90 minutes a day I do: • 3-4x per week lifting, 30-45 minutes • High protein, whole foods, no obsessing • Habits I can do tired, stressed, and busy Because the best workout program is the one you'll actually do. --- **WHAT CHANGED** I'm not an athlete and won't go on stage. But I've been consistent for years. Not because I have crazy willpower. Because I built a system that doesn't rely on motivation. I don't wake up asking "Do I feel like working out?" I just do it. Because it's who I am now. --- You don't need a perfect plan. You need a plan you can stick to while being a dad. Start with one tiny habit this week. Make it so small you can't say no. Then build from there. That's how you become the dad who's in shape. Not by doing everything at once. By doing one thing until it's automatic. Then adding the next.

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Visiting your low-effort family is confusing. They always want you to visit, but once you're there they're distracted. How To Deal With A Low Effort Family:

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The harsh truth: Most meetings exist because people can't articulate what they need clearly enough to get it. Add clarity. Eliminate meetings. Give your team their time back. Please RT and follow @dklineii for more practical management insights.

As a manager, it took me far too long to learn that meetings aren't actual work. I thought meetings drove output. Turns out, most meetings are about control, not collaboration. About signaling ambition versus pursuing it. If you can't pass these three tests, cancel the meeting:

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5 Best Speed Exercises For Basketball From the 12-Week Athletic Development Program, Cody Roberts takes you through the 5 exercises that are guaranteed to help you increase your speed!

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🚨 BREAKING: CLAUDE can now create a presentation in 2 minutes. Here are 7 prompts you should try: (💾 Save this for later)

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After 3 years of using Claude, I can say it’s the technology that has revolutionized my life. Here are 10 prompts I use daily that have transformed my day-to-day life and could do the same for you: (save this)

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Great teams don't just do the basics better. They obsess over timeless principles others ignore. The 8 Habits of High-Performing Teams:

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Final interview. They ask: “Tell me about a time you had a conflict with a coworker.” Your mind blanks. You say: “I honestly get along with everyone! We just talked it out and moved on.” Interview ends. No offer. Here’s what they actually want (and 15 frameworks to nail it):

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The Old Covenant and it's sacrificial ways of doing things foreshadowed the Lord Jesus Christ in many, many ways. Thank the Lord that He offered a better covenant and a better way of doing things. And Christ is our High Priest and the better, once-and-for-all sacrifice for the sins of His people. JESUS PAID IT ALL! "Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself." - Hebrews 9:25-26