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NOTE // 029

Sunday, 7pm_
November 13, 2025

It's Sunday evening.

7pm.

I've just driven back from Sunderland.

Another karate competition with my girls.

Long day.

No medals.

"Trust the process."

I need to ride my bike.

I've trained every Sunday for 12 weeks straight.

9 times a week for 12 weeks straight in fact.

Cycling is important to me.

But today?

No.

I'm exhausted.

I've already told my coach I'm skipping it.

Then I got home.

And got on my bike.

And did the session.

Not because I wanted to.

(I really didn't have the motivation)

But because it was harder not to ride.

In my house we have a bike room.

A spare room just for bikes.

One bike is only for me.

It's set up.

Ready to go.

In under 5 mins.

24hrs a day.

I didn't ride because of motivation.

I rode because of how little effort it took to start.

B=MAP

Behavior = Motivation + Ability + Prompt

It's so hard not to do something when you have no reason not to.

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Enough about cycling.

Most stuck businesses I work with aren't missing motivation.

They're missing the bike room.

The thing that's set up and ready to go.

Making it easier to do the thing than to avoid it.