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The next right thing, every day.
You've always known the answer is to focus on the next right thing. The Stoics taught it. Coach Saban built dynasties on it. Charles Schwab paid the equivalent of half a million dollars for it. What's new is the coach: one that actually knows what your next right thing is — and then the next, and the next. Six that matter each day — and days like that compound into real traction.
The Stoics
Marcus Aurelius said it first.
In Meditations 8.32, Marcus Aurelius wrote that you should do each act of your life as if it were your last — meet the thing in front of you and do it well. Two thousand years later, that's still the entire job: stop wrestling the whole pile, and do the next right thing.
It's the oldest productivity advice there is — and the hardest to actually follow. The Daily Stoic has spent years making the case.
The Process
Nick Saban built dynasties on it.
Nick Saban won championships by refusing to let his teams stare at the scoreboard. His “Process” was the opposite of a goal: ignore the title, and execute the next play in front of you to a standard. Stack enough of those, and the outcome takes care of itself.
Six things, in order, is that same discipline for your day. ESPN broke down how the Process works.
The method underneath
Schwab paid half a million for it.
A consultant once handed Charles Schwab a single idea: each night, write the six most important things to do tomorrow, in order; work number one to done before touching number two. Schwab paid the equivalent of half a million dollars for it — and called it the most profitable advice he ever took.
That's the tactical engine inside Leverage. The rule never needed improving — most of us just never run it. Now you have a coach that does, every day. James Clear tells the story.