#Clockedin with Jordan Edwards

5 Minute Friday: The Real Reason You Break Promises


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If “I’ll start tomorrow” keeps turning into next week, this fast, punchy guide will help you start today. We break down the five silent saboteurs that derail momentum—comfort voice, perfection trap, invisible audience, dopamine dealer, and excuse expert—and show how to beat each one with small, decisive moves that take less than five minutes.

We open by naming the patterns that sound helpful but stall progress. The comfort voice tells you to rest when you need to move, so we swap vague intentions for 120-second starts and simple setups that make action easy. Perfection pretends to protect quality, but it blocks reps, so we lean on constraints, quick deadlines, and the rule of one: one draft, one take, shipped. If you fear judgment, the invisible audience is smaller than you think; use low visibility as a training ground and publish to learn, not to impress.

Next, we tackle the dopamine dealer that lives in your phone. Ten minutes of scrolling stretches into an hour without a plan, so we budget attention with timers, notification silencing, and out-of-reach devices. Urges fade when you don’t feed them, and active recovery beats passive grazing. Finally, we confront the excuse expert. Time isn’t found, it’s assigned, so we anchor priorities with one non-negotiable before noon and the smallest possible version of your habit to protect identity and momentum.

By the end, you’ll have a clear checklist to move now: choose a tiny first step, add a constraint, make distractions costly, and ship something imperfect. No pep talk, just proof through action. If this helped you take even one step today, follow the show, share it with a friend who needs a push, and leave a quick review so more people can turn intention into progress.

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