You don’t rise to your intentions.
You fall to your standards.
And your standards fire before you’re fully awake.

Here’s the real mechanism most people never see:

Cue → Interpretation → Identity → Behavior.
That loop runs your mornings… and your life.

A cue hits first.
Alarm. Light. Phone. Thought.

Your brain interprets it instantly.
Is this a signal to move or a signal to drift?

That interpretation triggers identity.
“I’m someone who responds.”
Or “I’m someone who delays.”

And identity triggers behavior.
Fast. Slow. On it. Avoiding it.

Most people think they’re “choosing” their mornings.
They’re not.
They’re just reenacting the identity they confirmed in the first minute.

Here’s how it really works:
Your brain needs consistency more than it needs accuracy.
So it repeats whatever standard you set early, even if that standard is low.

Most people stop here. Here’s what to do instead: