January 1 exposes the lie.

You didn’t fail your resolutions because you’re lazy.
You failed because they were never attached to who you are.

Most people wake up today chasing motivation.
Energy.
Inspiration.
A clean slate feeling.

That high wears off fast.

Because resolutions don’t change identity.
They sit on top of it.

That’s why i teach loops, not goals.

Loops run whether you feel like it or not.
And the right loop doesn’t just change output - it rewires self-image.

I call this one the Breakthrough Loop.

It has three parts.
Miss one, and the system collapses.

Step 1: Identity Anchor

This is where resolutions already die.

People say, “I want to be consistent.”
That’s a behavior, not an identity.

An identity anchor is a sentence you operate from under pressure.

Not aspirational.
Operational.

Example:
“I am the kind of person who executes one hard thing daily before noon.”

Notice what it does:

No anchor means every day you renegotiate who you are.
That negotiation is where drift begins.

Step 2: Execution Constraint

Freedom kills execution.

Most plans fail because they leave too many options.

The constraint decides how you win before emotion shows up.

Time box.
Scope limit.
Single metric.

Example:
One 45-minute execution block.
Same time.
Same trigger.
No expansion allowed.

Constraints remove choice.
Choice burns willpower.
This is where consistency actually comes from.

Step 3: Feedback Cycle

This is what locks identity in.

Without feedback, effort feels invisible.
Invisible effort never compounds.

Your feedback cycle answers one question daily:
“Did I honor the loop?”

Not:
“How much did I do?”
Not:
“How productive was I?”

Binary.
Yes or no.

That’s how identity sticks.

Here’s why resolutions fail every year:

They aim at outcomes without installing a loop.
So when friction shows up, there’s nothing to fall back on.

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