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El documento est&#225; abierto. El cursor parpadea. Sabes lo que necesita suceder ahora. Pero la energ&#237;a que te trajo aqu&#237; hace tres semanas &#8212; la claridad, el impulso, la sensaci&#243;n de que esto importaba &#8212; no est&#225; en ning&#250;n lugar de la habitaci&#243;n contigo ahora.</p><p>Revisas el correo en su lugar. Reorganizas tu escritorio. Te dices que empezar&#225;s despu&#233;s del almuerzo. Para la noche, la tarea sigue intacta, y la culpa es m&#225;s fuerte de lo que era esta ma&#241;ana. Esto no es pereza. A&#250;n te importa el trabajo. Simplemente no puedes encontrar el hilo que conecta el importar con el hacer.</p><p>La chispa te hizo comenzar. El regreso es lo que lo mantiene vivo. Y ahora mismo, no sabes c&#243;mo regresar.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/core-concepts/return?utm_source=paid_companion">Conceptos B&#225;sicos: Regreso</a> &#8212; Qu&#233; es el regreso y por qu&#233; importa m&#225;s que las rachas</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; Lo Que Est&#225;s Entrenando</h3><p>Est&#225;s entrenando el regreso deliberado. Eso significa la capacidad de notar la deriva temprano, elegir la acci&#243;n sin requerir motivaci&#243;n y actuar desde el compromiso cuando la sensaci&#243;n se ha ido. En nuestra &#250;ltima reflexi&#243;n (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/la-parte-mas-dificil-de-la-disciplina?utm_source=paid_companion">La Parte M&#225;s Dif&#237;cil de la Disciplina Es Volver</a>), nombramos el patr&#243;n: la pasi&#243;n inicia las cosas, pero regresar es la habilidad que las sostiene. Este compa&#241;ero te da tres herramientas para practicar esa habilidad.</p><p>Los katas a continuaci&#243;n entrenan el reconocimiento primero. Aprendes a captar el momento cuando est&#225;s a punto de diferir, racionalizar o hacer scroll en lugar de comenzar. Ese notar crea un punto de elecci&#243;n. Una vez que lo ves, puedes interrumpir la deriva antes de que se convierta en una semana de evitaci&#243;n. Las se&#241;ales f&#237;sicas son sutiles &#8212; tensi&#243;n en tu pecho, un cambio en la postura, el impulso de abrir una nueva pesta&#241;a &#8212; pero son confiables. Practicas detectarlas en d&#237;as de poco riesgo para que las reconozcas cuando el trabajo importa.</p><p>Tambi&#233;n hay un segundo beneficio: prueba. Cada vez que regresas sin motivaci&#243;n, construyes evidencia de que la sensaci&#243;n no es requerida. El trabajo no necesita inspiraci&#243;n para avanzar. Necesita una decisi&#243;n y dos minutos de acci&#243;n. Apila suficientes de esos momentos y dejas de esperar por la preparaci&#243;n. Act&#250;as, y la preparaci&#243;n sigue.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/the-return-loop?utm_source=paid_companion">Marco: El Ciclo del Regreso</a> &#8212; C&#243;mo funciona el regreso como sistema de retroalimentaci&#243;n</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; Los Katas</h3><p>Los katas son pr&#225;cticas cortas y nombradas. Cada uno toma 30&#8211;120 segundos. Pract&#237;calos en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que sean autom&#225;ticos cuando el estr&#233;s llegue.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; El Marcador de Deriva</h4><p>Este kata entrena el reconocimiento temprano. &#218;salo cuando notes que est&#225;s difiriendo una tarea que planeaste hacer. Nombrar&#225;s el patr&#243;n de evitaci&#243;n antes de que se convierta en un h&#225;bito.</p>
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The document is open. The cursor blinks. You know what needs to happen next. But the energy that carried you here three weeks ago &#8212; the clarity, the momentum, the feeling that this mattered &#8212; is nowhere in the room with you now.</p><p>You check email instead. You reorganize your desk. You tell yourself you&#8217;ll start after lunch. By evening, the task is still untouched, and the guilt is louder than it was this morning. This isn&#8217;t laziness. You still care about the work. You just can&#8217;t find the thread that connects caring to doing.</p><p>The spark got you started. The return is what keeps it alive. And right now, you don&#8217;t know how to come back.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/core-concepts/return?utm_source=paid_companion">Core Concepts: Return</a> &#8212; What return is and why it matters more than streaks</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; What You&#8217;re Training</h3><p>You are training deliberate return. That means the capacity to notice drift early, choose action without requiring motivation, and act from commitment when the feeling is gone. In our latest reflection (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/the-hardest-part-of-discipline-is?utm_source=paid_companion">The Hardest Part of Discipline Is Coming Back</a>), we named the pattern: passion starts things, but returning is the skill that sustains them. This companion gives you three tools to practice that skill.</p><p>The katas below train recognition first. You learn to catch the moment when you&#8217;re about to defer, rationalize, or scroll instead of starting. That noticing creates a choice point. Once you see it, you can interrupt the drift before it turns into a week of avoidance. The physical cues are subtle &#8212; tightness in your chest, a shift in posture, the impulse to open a new tab &#8212; but they&#8217;re reliable. You practice spotting them on low-stakes days so you recognize them when the work matters.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a second benefit: proof. Each time you return without motivation, you build evidence that the feeling isn&#8217;t required. The work doesn&#8217;t need inspiration to move forward. It needs a decision and two minutes of action. Stack enough of those moments and you stop waiting for readiness. You act, and readiness follows.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/the-return-loop?utm_source=paid_companion">Framework: The Return Loop</a> &#8212; How returning works as a feedback system</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; The Katas</h3><p>Katas are short, named practices. Each one takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them on easy days so they&#8217;re automatic when stress hits.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; The Drift Marker</h4><p>This kata trains early recognition. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Hardest Part of Discipline Is Coming Back]]></title><description><![CDATA[A guest reflection on why passion starts the work, but returning is what actually keeps it alive.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/the-hardest-part-of-discipline-is</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/the-hardest-part-of-discipline-is</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:01:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jVDg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcbd62e6c-ac89-4591-ac00-71e4f8d9588a_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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I wanted to see if my framework, <a href="https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/c%3A/Users/cizam/Downloads/www.adaptable-discipline.com">Adaptable Discipline</a>, was doing decently, or at least close to that.</p><p>Before that day, it was mostly just my website referring to itself... wah wah.</p><p>But while looking through the results, I came across this article: <em><a href="https://embracemess.substack.com/p/the-return-is-the-practice">The return is the practice</a></em>.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br><span>Straight to your inbox.</span></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>That really piqued my interest, so I took a look. As I read through it, I realized I was getting into the mind of the author. It was impossible not to feel identified with her thoughts. My mind had gone through a similar process not too long ago, which is what led me to write <em><a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/what-if-youve-been-measuring-progress?r=dnz82">What If You&#8217;ve Been Measuring Progress the Wrong Way All Along?</a></em>.</p><p>The struggle was too relatable to not care.</p><p>It was sort of nice to realize that the author, Anastasia, went through the same rationale to reach an eerily similar conclusion:</p><blockquote><p><em>The streak model assumes a broken run is a failed run. That the bad days cancel out the good ones. But that&#8217;s not how any of this actually works.</em></p></blockquote><p>It was even more surprising when, further into the article, I realized she had actually <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/discover/discipline-vs-consistency/">referred to Adaptable Discipline&#8217;s content</a> when talking about training.</p><p>I felt flattered. And drawn to learn more.</p><p>I reached out to her, and we discovered we were really aligned on ideas. So I invited her to talk about this topic in her own words.</p><p>And here she is, talking today about her own perspective on <em>returning</em>.</p><p>But I&#8217;ll let her tell you more.</p><p>Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Anastasia Green.</p><div><hr></div><p>After the inspiration, that&#8217;s where craft actually lives.</p><p>The return to unglamorous work is the real skill that nobody talks about. Most things start with a burst of energy that feels a lot like certainty. The idea is clear, the motivation is high, and there&#8217;s something genuinely exciting about being at the beginning of something. People start new projects in this state, tell others about them, and then get into the actual work, and somewhere in the middle of it, without any drama or decision, the feeling quietly disappears.</p><p>What comes after that is the part that almost never gets talked about, not because it&#8217;s rare but because it&#8217;s genuinely unglamorous and doesn&#8217;t make a very good story. It looks like a messy notes document, or research calls where you&#8217;re trying to understand a problem before you&#8217;ve tried to solve it, or just the slow stretch where there&#8217;s no visible progress and you&#8217;re not sure if any of it is going anywhere.</p><p>This is where most of the enthusiasm stops, and it&#8217;s also where the real work begins.</p><h3>Passion is a spark, not a fuel source</h3><p>If you ask someone who achieved any level of success, they will most likely tell you that consistency is what gets you there.</p><p>Showing up every day, not breaking the chain, building the habit, and yes, that&#8217;s a part of it. But consistency assumes the thread never really broke, that momentum is still available somewhere underneath the doubt.</p><p>What doesn&#8217;t get talked about is the art and craft of returning to your practice when the thread did break, when the drift went on longer than you meant it to, and you&#8217;re sitting back down without the support of excitement or momentum or any real confidence that the thing is going to work.</p><p>The truth is, passion was never going to carry anyone through the muddled middle. It tells you something matters, points you toward the work, and then it&#8217;s finished with its job.</p><p>The spark has no doubt in it because nothing has been risked yet, and the doubt arrives later, right on schedule, the moment the excitement clears and you have to face the real work.</p><p>That timing is what makes it so easy to misread as a sign that something is wrong with the idea, when usually it&#8217;s just a sign of where you are in the process.</p><h3>What the return actually is</h3><p>The return isn&#8217;t inspiration, and it isn&#8217;t momentum either.</p><p>It&#8217;s opening the document again when you don&#8217;t particularly feel like it, getting your hands dirty without any strong sense that it&#8217;s going somewhere, making a choice without the clarity or sense of direction, because the belief in the thing is still there even when the feeling isn&#8217;t.</p><p>What we tend to call discipline is really just this: someone who came back after the passion had done its job and gone, who understood that the doubt wasn&#8217;t a verdict on the work, who kept going not because it felt good but because they still believed in what they were making.</p><p>And the return isn&#8217;t made once.</p><p>It gets made over and over again across the life of anything worth finishing, every time the work stops feeling like creation and starts feeling like a job, every time the doubt arrives right as the excitement clears and asks its reasonable-sounding questions, every time there&#8217;s no visible traction yet and the question of whether any of this is actually working gets a little louder.</p><p>The spark is the easy part because it asks nothing of you yet. The return asks for belief without evidence and showing up without any guarantee, and doing that repeatedly, back into the unglamorous middle of something you care about, is what craft actually looks like.</p><div><hr></div><p>Thank you, Anastasia!</p><p>I want to echo a passage from her article:</p><blockquote><p>And the return isn&#8217;t made once.</p><p>It gets made over and over again across the life of anything worth finishing, every time the work stops feeling like creation and starts feeling like a job, every time the doubt arrives right as the excitement clears and asks its reasonable-sounding questions, every time there&#8217;s no visible traction yet and the question of whether any of this is actually working gets a little louder.</p></blockquote><p>What she is describing there is what I&#8217;ve been calling <em>discipline</em>. It&#8217;s the constant combination of noticing, choosing, and acting that brings us back to what is worth finishing.</p><p>Because motivation wanes. Willpower doesn&#8217;t last. But our ability to choose deliberately is always there.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; Want to actually train this, not just read it?</strong></h4><p>Each week inside <em>Discipline Circle</em>, I publish a short <em>Paid Companion</em> you can work through in 10 minutes on a slow day, so the idea sticks when a hard day hits. </p><p>$9.99/month.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">Join the Discipline Circle &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Well, as long as our prefrontal cortex allows us to reason about it. But that&#8217;s where the inner work comes in.</p><p>To learn about ourselves. To learn what triggers our fight-or-flight response. To learn what escalates into procrastination. To learn to identify when drift exercises its pull on our behavior.</p><p>The more we learn to notice and work with those aspects, and the more we practice that, the more we will be able to return as well.</p><p>You don&#8217;t learn by keeping a perfect streak. You learn when you break it, because that challenges you to learn and experiment, so the next time you can remain consistent, or return to it if you drift.</p><p>In our next companion, we will practice katas to notice, choose, and act when we don&#8217;t feel motivated to get back to the tasks that move us toward a goal we care about.</p><p>For now, just remember:</p><blockquote><p><em>Drift is the default. The return is the skill.</em></p></blockquote><p><strong>Have a wonderful week!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024;Ideas Worth Exploring</strong></h3><p>If this piece resonated, here are a few more that go hand-in-hand.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;e997f33c-ec75-4f89-a489-88067d3727d9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Most people think of progress as a straight line.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;What If You&#8217;ve Been Measuring Progress the Wrong Way All Along?&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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Quer&#237;a ver si mi marco de trabajo, <a href="https://file+.vscode-resource.vscode-cdn.net/c%3A/Users/cizam/Downloads/www.adaptable-discipline.com">Adaptable Discipline</a>, estaba funcionando decentemente, o al menos cerca de eso.</p><p>Antes de ese d&#237;a, era principalmente solo mi sitio web refiri&#233;ndose a s&#237; mismo... wah wah.</p><p>Pero mientras revisaba los resultados, me encontr&#233; con este art&#237;culo: <em><a href="https://embracemess.substack.com/p/the-return-is-the-practice">El regreso es la pr&#225;ctica</a></em>.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reflexiones semanales gratuitas para una disciplina sostenible</strong>.<br>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Eso realmente despert&#243; mi inter&#233;s, as&#237; que le ech&#233; un vistazo. Mientras lo le&#237;a, me di cuenta de que estaba adentr&#225;ndome en la mente de la autora. Era imposible no sentirme identificado con sus pensamientos. Mi mente hab&#237;a pasado por un proceso similar no hace mucho tiempo, lo cual me llev&#243; a escribir <em><a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/es/p/y-si-has-estado-midiendo-el-progreso?r=dnz82">&#191;Y Si Has Estado Midiendo el Progreso de la Manera Equivocada Todo Este Tiempo?</a></em>.</p><p>La lucha era demasiado reconocible como para no importar.</p><p>Fue algo agradable darme cuenta de que la autora, Anastasia, pas&#243; por el mismo razonamiento para llegar a una conclusi&#243;n sorprendentemente similar:</p><blockquote><p><em>El modelo de racha asume que una carrera rota es una carrera fallida. Que los d&#237;as malos cancelan los buenos. Pero as&#237; no es como nada de esto realmente funciona.</em></p></blockquote><p>Fue a&#250;n m&#225;s sorprendente cuando, m&#225;s adelante en el art&#237;culo, me di cuenta de que ella realmente hab&#237;a <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/es/guides/discover/discipline-vs-consistency/">referido al contenido de Adaptable Discipline</a> cuando hablaba de entrenamiento.</p><p>Me sent&#237; halagado. Y atra&#237;do a aprender m&#225;s.</p><p>Me comuniqu&#233; con ella, y descubrimos que realmente est&#225;bamos alineados en ideas. As&#237; que la invit&#233; a hablar sobre este tema con sus propias palabras.</p><p>Y aqu&#237; est&#225;, hablando hoy sobre su propia perspectiva sobre <em>regresar</em>.</p><p>Pero dejar&#233; que ella te cuente m&#225;s.</p><p>Damas y caballeros, por favor denle la bienvenida a Anastasia Green.</p><div><hr></div><p>Despu&#233;s de la inspiraci&#243;n, ah&#237; es donde realmente vive el oficio.</p><p>El regreso al trabajo poco glamoroso es la habilidad real de la que nadie habla. La mayor&#237;a de las cosas comienzan con una explosi&#243;n de energ&#237;a que se siente mucho como certeza. La idea es clara, la motivaci&#243;n es alta, y hay algo genuinamente emocionante sobre estar al comienzo de algo. Las personas comienzan nuevos proyectos en este estado, le hablan a otros sobre ellos, y luego entran al trabajo real, y en alg&#250;n lugar en medio de eso, sin ning&#250;n drama o decisi&#243;n, el sentimiento desaparece silenciosamente.</p><p>Lo que viene despu&#233;s de eso es la parte de la que casi nunca se habla, no porque sea raro sino porque es genuinamente poco glamoroso y no hace una muy buena historia. Se ve como un documento de notas desordenado, o llamadas de investigaci&#243;n donde est&#225;s tratando de entender un problema antes de que hayas intentado resolverlo, o simplemente el tramo lento donde no hay progreso visible y no est&#225;s seguro de si algo de esto va a alg&#250;n lado.</p><p>Aqu&#237; es donde se detiene la mayor parte del entusiasmo, y tambi&#233;n es donde comienza el trabajo real.</p><h3><strong>La pasi&#243;n es una chispa, no una fuente de combustible</strong></h3><p>Si le preguntas a alguien que logr&#243; alg&#250;n nivel de &#233;xito, muy probablemente te dir&#225; que la consistencia es lo que te lleva all&#237;.</p><p>Presentarte todos los d&#237;as, no romper la cadena, construir el h&#225;bito, y s&#237;, eso es parte de ello. Pero la consistencia asume que el hilo nunca realmente se rompi&#243;, que el impulso todav&#237;a est&#225; disponible en alg&#250;n lugar bajo la duda.</p><p>De lo que no se habla es del arte y el oficio de regresar a tu pr&#225;ctica cuando el hilo s&#237; se rompi&#243;, cuando el drift dur&#243; m&#225;s de lo que intentaste, y est&#225;s sent&#225;ndote de nuevo sin el apoyo de la emoci&#243;n o el impulso o ninguna confianza real de que la cosa va a funcionar.</p><p>La verdad es que la pasi&#243;n nunca iba a llevar a nadie a trav&#233;s del medio confuso. Te dice que algo importa, te se&#241;ala hacia el trabajo, y luego ha terminado con su trabajo.</p><p>La chispa no tiene duda en ella porque nada se ha arriesgado todav&#237;a, y la duda llega despu&#233;s, justo a tiempo, en el momento en que la emoci&#243;n se aclara y tienes que enfrentar el trabajo real.</p><p>Ese momento es lo que hace que sea tan f&#225;cil malinterpretarlo como una se&#241;al de que algo est&#225; mal con la idea, cuando usualmente es solo una se&#241;al de d&#243;nde est&#225;s en el proceso.</p><h3><strong>Lo que realmente es el regreso</strong></h3><p>El regreso no es inspiraci&#243;n, y tampoco es impulso.</p><p>Es abrir el documento de nuevo cuando no tienes ganas particularmente, ensuciarte las manos sin ning&#250;n sentido fuerte de que va a alg&#250;n lado, hacer una elecci&#243;n sin la claridad o sentido de direcci&#243;n, porque la creencia en la cosa todav&#237;a est&#225; ah&#237; incluso cuando el sentimiento no lo est&#225;.</p><p>Lo que tendemos a llamar disciplina es realmente solo esto: alguien que regres&#243; despu&#233;s de que la pasi&#243;n hab&#237;a hecho su trabajo e ido, que entendi&#243; que la duda no era un veredicto sobre el trabajo, que sigui&#243; adelante no porque se sintiera bien sino porque todav&#237;a cre&#237;a en lo que estaban haciendo.</p><p>Y el regreso no se hace una vez.</p><p>Se hace una y otra vez a trav&#233;s de la vida de cualquier cosa que valga la pena terminar, cada vez que el trabajo deja de sentirse como creaci&#243;n y comienza a sentirse como un empleo, cada vez que la duda llega justo cuando la emoci&#243;n se aclara y hace sus preguntas que suenan razonables, cada vez que no hay tracci&#243;n visible todav&#237;a y la pregunta de si algo de esto realmente est&#225; funcionando se vuelve un poco m&#225;s fuerte.</p><p>La chispa es la parte f&#225;cil porque todav&#237;a no te pide nada. El regreso pide creencia sin evidencia y presentarte sin ninguna garant&#237;a, y hacer eso repetidamente, de vuelta al medio poco glamoroso de algo que te importa, es c&#243;mo realmente se ve el oficio.</p><div><hr></div><p>&#161;Gracias, Anastasia!</p><p>Quiero hacer eco de un pasaje de su art&#237;culo:</p><blockquote><p><em>Y el regreso no se hace una vez.</em></p><p><em>Se hace una y otra vez a trav&#233;s de la vida de cualquier cosa que valga la pena terminar, cada vez que el trabajo deja de sentirse como creaci&#243;n y comienza a sentirse como un empleo, cada vez que la duda llega justo cuando la emoci&#243;n se aclara y hace sus preguntas que suenan razonables, cada vez que no hay tracci&#243;n visible todav&#237;a y la pregunta de si algo de esto realmente est&#225; funcionando se vuelve un poco m&#225;s fuerte.</em></p></blockquote><p>Lo que ella est&#225; describiendo ah&#237; es lo que he estado llamando <em>disciplina</em>. Es la combinaci&#243;n constante de notar, elegir y actuar que nos trae de vuelta a lo que vale la pena terminar.</p><p>Porque la motivaci&#243;n disminuye. La fuerza de voluntad no dura. Pero nuestra capacidad de elegir deliberadamente siempre est&#225; ah&#237;.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; &#191;Quieres entrenar esto de verdad, no solo leerlo?</strong></h4><p>Cada semana, dentro de <em>Discipline Circle</em>, publico un <em>Paid Companion</em> breve que puedes trabajar en 10 minutos en un d&#237;a lento, para que la idea se quede contigo cuando llegue un d&#237;a dif&#237;cil.</p><p>$9.99/mes.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">&#218;nete a la pr&#225;ctica &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Bueno, mientras nuestra corteza prefrontal nos permita razonar sobre ello. Pero ah&#237; es donde entra el trabajo interno.</p><p>Para aprender sobre nosotros mismos. Para aprender qu&#233; desencadena nuestra respuesta de lucha o huida. Para aprender qu&#233; escala hacia la procrastinaci&#243;n. Para aprender a identificar cu&#225;ndo el drift ejerce su atracci&#243;n sobre nuestro comportamiento.</p><p>Cuanto m&#225;s aprendamos a notar y trabajar con esos aspectos, y cuanto m&#225;s practiquemos eso, m&#225;s podremos regresar tambi&#233;n.</p><p>No aprendes manteniendo una racha perfecta. Aprendes cuando la rompes, porque eso te desaf&#237;a a aprender y experimentar, para que la pr&#243;xima vez puedas permanecer consistente, o regresar a ello si te desv&#237;as.</p><p>En nuestro pr&#243;ximo compa&#241;ero, practicaremos katas para notar, elegir y actuar cuando no nos sentimos motivados para regresar a las tareas que nos mueven hacia una meta que nos importa.</p><p>Por ahora, solo recuerda:</p><blockquote><p><em>El drift es lo predeterminado. El retorno es la habilidad.</em></p></blockquote><p><strong>&#161;Que tengas una semana maravillosa!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024; Ideas que Vale la Pena Explorar</strong></h3><p>Si esta pieza reson&#243;, aqu&#237; hay un par m&#225;s que van de la mano.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;94a96cf8-7253-4e55-bab6-ce5ae02cabfd&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;La mayor&#237;a de las personas piensa en el progreso como una l&#237;nea recta.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&#191;Y si todo este tiempo has estado midiendo mal tu progreso?&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Skill We Forgot How to Practice]]></title><description><![CDATA[My TEDx Talk is finally out: a short introduction to returning, self-governance, and how we find our way back when we drift.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/the-skill-we-forgot-how-to-practice</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/the-skill-we-forgot-how-to-practice</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:03:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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It took me months, and many late nights practicing, to be able to convey the message you will watch today.</p><p>In the talk, you will hear me introduce the idea of <em>returning</em>.</p><p>That idea is the foundation of self-governance. And if you&#8217;ve been reading this newsletter for a while, a lot of the concepts in the video will feel familiar.</p><p>This is my attempt to spread the word at scale.</p><p>That&#8217;s the post today: I&#8217;m sharing the video with you.</p><p>I want to invite you to watch it, listen to it, practice it, and share it with the people around you, because this is a skill we all deserve to recover in our lives.</p><p>Tomorrow there will be no paid companion. Instead, I&#8217;ll leave the chat open for Q&amp;A.</p><p>You ask, I answer.</p><p>For now, watch it. 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>This is a paid companion for <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/when-self-control-slips-out-of-your?utm_source=paid_companion">When Self-Control Slips Out of Your Hands</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; The Struggle</h3><p>You snap at someone who didn&#8217;t deserve it. You send the message you knew you&#8217;d regret. You eat the thing, buy the thing, say the thing&#8212;and thirty seconds later, you&#8217;re watching yourself from the outside wondering what just happened.</p><p>It&#8217;s not that you lack discipline. It&#8217;s that something else took the wheel. Instinct moved faster than intention. By the time you noticed, you were already three steps past the point where choice mattered.</p><p>The frustration isn&#8217;t just what you did. It&#8217;s that you knew better. You&#8217;ve been here before. And the gap between knowing and doing feels like it&#8217;s getting wider, not smaller.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/core-concepts/drift?utm_source=paid_companion">Drift</a> &#8212; What happens when instinct overrides intention</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; What You&#8217;re Training</h3><p>You are training interception&#8212;the capacity to notice when instinct is taking over and create enough space to choose a different response. That means catching the moment between trigger and reaction, before the blast radius grows.</p><p>In our latest reflection (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/when-self-control-slips-out-of-your?utm_source=paid_companion">When Self-Control Slips Out of Your Hands</a>), we named this pattern: loss of control as drift. The katas below train you to notice the slip earlier, regulate fast enough to create choice, and return before the damage compounds. Each one takes under two minutes. Practice them when stakes are low so the pathway is automatic when emotion floods the system.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a second benefit: repetition builds evidence. Every time you catch yourself and return, you&#8217;re not just fixing that moment. You&#8217;re training your brain that reacting is human, but staying inside the reaction doesn&#8217;t have to define you. The pathway gets stronger. Comeback speed increases.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/framework-the-return-loop?utm_source=paid_companion">The Return Loop</a> &#8212; The cycle from noticing drift to choosing your response</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; The Katas</h3><p>Katas are short, named practices. Each one takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them on easy days so they&#8217;re automatic when stress hits.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; 4-7-8 Breathing</h4><p><em>Developed by Dr. Andrew Weil</em></p><p>This kata trains rapid nervous system down-regulation. Use it when you feel the surge&#8212;heart rate climbing, thoughts accelerating, the urge to act rising. You will discover that you can interrupt the physiological cascade before it hijacks your next move.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diseñando el Retorno Para Cuando el Instinto Tome el Control]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tres katas y una secuencia para entrenar la habilidad de atraparte antes de que el radio de impacto crezca]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/disenando-el-retorno-para-cuando</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/disenando-el-retorno-para-cuando</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 15:02:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e3ceac0a-de92-4aa5-80a7-64949cf5071f_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp" width="1456" height="332" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:332,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:16844,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/201546505?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBIX!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb858e0de-e842-4543-b861-5155ad2a788f_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>Este es un acompa&#241;ante de pago para <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/cuando-el-autocontrol-se-te-escapa?utm_source=paid_companion">Cuando el Autocontrol Se Te Escapa de las Manos</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; La Lucha</h3><p>Le contestas mal a alguien que no lo merec&#237;a. Env&#237;as el mensaje que sab&#237;as que ibas a lamentar. Comes lo que no deb&#237;as, compras lo que no necesitabas, dices lo que no deb&#237;as&#8212;y treinta segundos despu&#233;s te est&#225;s observando desde afuera pregunt&#225;ndote qu&#233; acaba de pasar.</p><p>No es que te falte disciplina. Es que algo m&#225;s tom&#243; el volante. El instinto se movi&#243; m&#225;s r&#225;pido que la intenci&#243;n. Para cuando lo notaste, ya hab&#237;as dado tres pasos m&#225;s all&#225; del punto donde la elecci&#243;n importaba.</p><p>La frustraci&#243;n no es solo lo que hiciste. Es que sab&#237;as mejor. Ya estuviste aqu&#237; antes. Y la brecha entre saber y hacer parece que se hace m&#225;s grande, no m&#225;s peque&#241;a.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/core-concepts/drift?utm_source=paid_companion">Drift</a> &#8212; Qu&#233; pasa cuando el instinto anula la intenci&#243;n</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; Lo Que Est&#225;s Entrenando</h3><p>Est&#225;s entrenando la <strong>intercepci&#243;n</strong>&#8212;la capacidad de notar cu&#225;ndo el instinto est&#225; tomando el control y crear suficiente espacio para elegir una respuesta diferente. Eso significa atrapar el momento entre el detonante y la reacci&#243;n, antes de que el radio de impacto crezca.</p><p>En nuestra &#250;ltima reflexi&#243;n (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/cuando-el-autocontrol-se-te-escapa?utm_source=paid_companion">Cuando el Autocontrol Se Te Escapa de las Manos</a>), nombramos este patr&#243;n: la p&#233;rdida de control como drift. Los katas a continuaci&#243;n te entrenan a notar el deslizamiento antes, regularte lo suficientemente r&#225;pido como para crear una elecci&#243;n, y volver antes de que el da&#241;o se acumule. Cada uno toma menos de dos minutos. Pract&#237;calos cuando los riesgos son bajos para que el camino sea autom&#225;tico cuando la emoci&#243;n inunda el sistema.</p><p>Tambi&#233;n hay un segundo beneficio: la repetici&#243;n construye evidencia. Cada vez que te atrapes y regreses, no solo est&#225;s arreglando ese momento. Est&#225;s entrenando a tu cerebro a que reaccionar es humano, pero quedarse dentro de la reacci&#243;n no tiene que definirte. El camino se fortalece. La velocidad de retorno aumenta.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/framework-the-return-loop?utm_source=paid_companion">El Ciclo de Retorno</a> &#8212; El ciclo desde notar el drift hasta elegir tu respuesta</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; Los Katas</h3><p>Los katas son pr&#225;cticas cortas con nombre propio. Cada uno toma entre 30 y 120 segundos. Pract&#237;calos en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que sean autom&#225;ticos cuando llegue el estr&#233;s.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; Respiraci&#243;n 4-7-8</h4><p><em>Desarrollada por el Dr. Andrew Weil</em></p><p>Este kata entrena la regulaci&#243;n r&#225;pida del sistema nervioso. &#218;salo cuando sientes la oleada&#8212;el ritmo card&#237;aco subiendo, los pensamientos aceler&#225;ndose, el impulso de actuar en aumento. Descubrir&#225;s que puedes interrumpir la cascada fisiol&#243;gica antes de que secuestre tu pr&#243;ximo movimiento.</p>
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I&#8217;m not quite sure. Whatever.</p><p>The thing is that it affects me. Affects my work. Affects how I communicate. Affects my day-to-day. And it completely sucks because even something this small can make me feel out of myself.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br>Straight to your inbox.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Now, frustration and all, this is the reality. There&#8217;s not much to do, other than take the precautions I can take, and maybe go to the doctor if it lasts longer.</p><p>My voice sounds raspy, and sometimes I have to make more effort than usual just to communicate. I think that makes the problem worse, because I don&#8217;t let my throat rest. But unfortunately, this is not totally under my control. So I have to accept it. I have learned to accept it. Not necessarily accepting the fact of spending a chunk of time with a hoarse voice, but accepting that I don&#8217;t get to control everything that happens around me.</p><p>It doesn&#8217;t bring my voice back, but at least removes the weight of thinking that I should be able to fix it. Because that&#8217;s not true. I <em>can</em> do things for it to maybe improve, but nothing guarantees that <em>that</em> will be the solution.</p><p>It&#8217;s obnoxious, and I still spend some time complaining about it, but mainly as a way to channel the fact that it sucks, while still trying to do what I can.</p><p>You see, in life there are a lot of things that we believe we have control over when it&#8217;s not quite true. We think we can control outcomes and sometimes the only thing we can do is just to do damage control.</p><p>Recently, I watched <em>The Smashing Machine</em>, where Dwayne Johnson plays Mark Kerr, one of the pioneers of MMA. The movie follows the period when MMA was becoming real, Kerr was becoming important, and he still believed he was someone who wouldn&#8217;t lose. Until he did. Sometimes life has a way to teach you in the worst ways, and that is how it went for Kerr. I won&#8217;t tell more because I don&#8217;t want to spoil it, but I think you should watch the movie, it&#8217;s pretty good.</p><p>Of course, losing your voice and losing a fight are orders of magnitude away. But both expose the same illusion: the belief that because you prepared, cared, or tried hard, you are entitled to a successful outcome.</p><p>Kerr thought he had control over the outcome, until the outcome said &#8220;not today.&#8221; And when that happened, life suddenly seemed out of place, almost meaningless.</p><p>It&#8217;s the human dilemma.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; Want to actually train this, not just read it?</strong></h4><p>Each week, alongside this reflection, I publish a short practice guide &#8212; something you can work through in 10 minutes on a slow day, so the idea sticks when a hard day hits.</p><p>It&#8217;s called the Paid Companion. $9.99/month.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">Join the practice &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The truth is, we don&#8217;t really control what happens to us. We control what we do with it. On the small or the big stuff.</p><p>The Stoics knew it pretty well.</p><p>Marcus Aurelius mentions something close to this in his Meditations:</p><blockquote><p><em>You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength</em></p></blockquote><p>It was because of Stoicism that I learned that for myself. It&#8217;s a tough lesson to learn, and you don&#8217;t learn it until you live it. But once you do learn it, your worldview flips upside down.</p><p>It&#8217;s very easy to lose it when things don&#8217;t go the way you want. When your kid acts in a way you don&#8217;t like, even if it is completely natural. When you lose something. When life kicks the hell out of you even when you&#8217;ve been doing things the right way. Losing control means handing the reins to the version of you that is not thinking about consequences.</p><p>Do you want that?</p><p>I for sure know that I don&#8217;t want that for myself.</p><p>And working on that is hard, because you shouldn&#8217;t be working to suppress that instinctual part of you that acts out as a survival mechanism. You should be working on teaching that version of yourself the signals it needs to return to you.</p><p>So you can return to yourself.</p><p>I&#8217;ve had a bumpy relationship with control due to my anxiety, because when you are anxious you try to control the outcomes, the mere thought of uncertainty makes your stomach twitch, and you try to predict the outcomes and plan for them before they even happen.<br>Going through this journey of discipline I learned that in order to return to myself, to come back to the version of myself that can choose and not just react, the key is not to prevent my instincts, but to be aware enough to notice when they kick in, and shepherd myself back on track so the blast radius is small.</p><p>Loss of control, in my opinion, is a form of drift. It just makes you act like a different person, and knocks you off your path of coherence. So learning the skill of returning here is crucial.</p><p>Returning helps you do damage control &#8211; speaking of control, lol &#8211;, but it also trains your brain to notice the slip earlier next time. Sometimes that means catching yourself before you lose control. Other times it means getting back to yourself faster once it already happened.</p><p>When you develop comeback speed in the domain of self-control, you are teaching your brain that reacting is human, but staying inside the reaction doesn&#8217;t have to define you.</p><p>In simple terms, this is where neuroplasticity matters. Every time you notice the slip and choose to return, you are not just fixing that moment. You are training the pathway that makes returning more available next time.</p><p>Because we are talking about return, I&#8217;ll share the same loop that I shared last week.</p><p>If you find yourself continuously making instinctual calls, losing control &#8211; even in little things &#8211; a way to kickstart your return practice is to actually try <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/the-return-loop">The Return Loop</a>. We talked about it <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/why-self-doubt-makes-it-harder-to">here</a>.</p><p>The Return Loop is the cycle we follow from noticing drift to actually returning to what matters. In this case, it means noticing when emotion or instinct is taking over, regulating enough to create space, choosing the response you actually want, and closing the gap before the blast radius gets bigger.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2hAj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08bc4960-555b-4bea-96c6-a826352b7785_1915x821.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2hAj!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F08bc4960-555b-4bea-96c6-a826352b7785_1915x821.png 424w, 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Look for the moments where you act from instinct or emotion instead of choice, and ask yourself: was that the outcome I wanted?<br>If not, try the Return Loop. Use it to practice deliberate choosing, so little by little, returning becomes the new default.</p><p>In our next paid companion we will work on this more in-depth, and I will share some katas to help engineer the conditions for the Return Loop to work more smoothly.</p><p><strong>Have a wonderful week!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024;Ideas Worth Exploring</strong></h3><p>If this piece resonated, here are a few more that go hand-in-hand.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;1e72b94a-1aa4-4738-8bb7-0679271f251f&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Hey everyone! It&#8217;s me again.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Shoot the arrow&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. I teach you how to practice discipline by engineering the conditions to train your return. &#128071;&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ssF-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30579d5c-6cca-4bf3-8311-ec2c557580e0_864x864.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-09-21T03:30:57.442Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YMHs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F96773bfb-9c3e-4bb7-b20f-98dc68ca6500_1792x1024.webp&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/shoot-the-arrow&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:148873813,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:14,&quot;comment_count&quot;:2,&quot;publication_id&quot;:2988691,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Self Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;224bf1c8-ab06-44c0-9262-8072065a9c72&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;We tend to think discipline is a matter of force.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Not All Slips Are Your Fault: Why Discipline Is About Alignment, Not Willpower&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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In past articles, I&#8217;ve explored topics like gratitude, confidence, self-control, and resilience &#8212; tools that help us navigate life with positivity. But sometimes life throws us challenges that make these tools feel insufficient or out of reach. Pain sometimes lingers,&#8230;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;When Pain Knocks On Your Door&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. I teach you how to practice discipline by engineering the conditions to train your return. &#128071;&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ssF-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30579d5c-6cca-4bf3-8311-ec2c557580e0_864x864.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2024-11-20T15:02:29.222Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CdPi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c644eeb-6545-4d04-8263-f7cd9b3f0c21_1792x1024.webp&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/when-pain-comes-your-way&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:151166666,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:1,&quot;comment_count&quot;:2,&quot;publication_id&quot;:2988691,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Self Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cuando el Autocontrol Se Te Escapa de las Manos]]></title><description><![CDATA[No controlamos todos los resultados, pero podemos entrenar la habilidad de regresar a nosotros mismos cuando el instinto, la emoci&#243;n o la vida toman el control.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/cuando-el-autocontrol-se-te-escapa</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/cuando-el-autocontrol-se-te-escapa</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:01:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure 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No estoy muy seguro. Como sea.</p><p>El asunto es que me afecta. Afecta mi trabajo. Afecta c&#243;mo me comunico. Afecta mi d&#237;a a d&#237;a. Y apesta por completo porque incluso algo tan peque&#241;o como esto puede hacerme sentir fuera de m&#237; mismo.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reflexiones semanales gratuitas para una disciplina sostenible</strong>.<br>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Ahora, con toda la frustraci&#243;n, esta es la realidad. No hay mucho que hacer, aparte de tomar las precauciones que puedo tomar, y tal vez ir al doctor si dura m&#225;s tiempo.</p><p>Mi voz suena ronca, y a veces tengo que hacer m&#225;s esfuerzo de lo usual solo para comunicarme. Creo que eso empeora el problema, porque no dejo que mi garganta descanse. Pero desafortunadamente, esto no est&#225; totalmente bajo mi control. As&#237; que tengo que aceptarlo. He aprendido a aceptarlo. No necesariamente aceptar el hecho de pasar un buen tiempo con una voz ronca, sino aceptar que no puedo controlar todo lo que sucede a mi alrededor.</p><p>No devuelve mi voz, pero al menos quita el peso de pensar que deber&#237;a poder arreglarlo. Porque eso no es cierto. <em>Puedo</em> hacer cosas para que tal vez mejore, pero nada garantiza que <em>eso</em> ser&#225; la soluci&#243;n.</p><p>Es molesto, y todav&#237;a paso algo de tiempo quej&#225;ndome al respecto, pero principalmente como una forma de canalizar el hecho de que apesta, mientras a&#250;n trato de hacer lo que puedo.</p><p>Ver&#225;s, en la vida hay muchas cosas que creemos controlar cuando no es del todo cierto. Pensamos que podemos controlar los resultados y a veces lo &#250;nico que podemos hacer es solo controlar los da&#241;os.</p><p>Recientemente, vi <em>The Smashing Machine</em>, donde Dwayne Johnson interpreta a Mark Kerr, uno de los pioneros de MMA. La pel&#237;cula sigue el per&#237;odo cuando MMA se estaba volviendo real, Kerr se estaba volviendo importante, y &#233;l todav&#237;a cre&#237;a que era alguien que no perder&#237;a. Hasta que lo hizo. A veces la vida tiene una manera de ense&#241;arte de las peores formas, y as&#237; fue como le fue a Kerr. No contar&#233; m&#225;s porque no quiero arruinarlo, pero creo que deber&#237;as ver la pel&#237;cula, es bastante buena.</p><p>Por supuesto, perder tu voz y perder una pelea est&#225;n a &#243;rdenes de magnitud de distancia. Pero ambos exponen la misma ilusi&#243;n: la creencia de que porque te preparaste, te import&#243;, o te esforzaste mucho, tienes derecho a un resultado exitoso.</p><p>Kerr pens&#243; que ten&#237;a control sobre el resultado, hasta que el resultado dijo &#8220;hoy no&#8221;. Y cuando eso sucedi&#243;, la vida de repente pareci&#243; fuera de lugar, casi sin sentido.</p><p>Es el dilema humano.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; &#191;Quieres entrenar esto de verdad, no solo leerlo?</strong></h4><p>Cada semana, junto con esta reflexi&#243;n, publico una breve gu&#237;a de pr&#225;ctica &#8212; algo que puedes trabajar en 10 minutos en un d&#237;a tranquilo, para que la idea se mantenga cuando llegue un d&#237;a dif&#237;cil.</p><p>Se llama el Compa&#241;ero de Pago. $9.99/mes.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">&#218;nete a la pr&#225;ctica &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>La verdad es que realmente no controlamos lo que nos sucede. Controlamos lo que hacemos con ello. En las cosas peque&#241;as o las grandes.</p><p>Los estoicos lo sab&#237;an bastante bien.</p><p>Marco Aurelio menciona algo cercano a esto en sus Meditaciones:</p><blockquote><p><em>Tienes poder sobre tu mente - no sobre los eventos externos. Date cuenta de esto, y encontrar&#225;s fuerza</em></p></blockquote><p>Fue gracias al estoicismo que aprend&#237; eso por m&#237; mismo. Es una lecci&#243;n dif&#237;cil de aprender, y no la aprendes hasta que la vives. Pero una vez que la aprendes, tu visi&#243;n del mundo se voltea.</p><p>Es muy f&#225;cil perderlo cuando las cosas no van como quieres. Cuando tu hijo act&#250;a de una manera que no te gusta, incluso si es completamente natural. Cuando pierdes algo. Cuando la vida te patea con todo incluso cuando has estado haciendo las cosas de la manera correcta. Perder el control significa entregar las riendas a la versi&#243;n de ti que no est&#225; pensando en las consecuencias.</p><p>&#191;Quieres eso?</p><p>Yo con seguridad s&#233; que no quiero eso para m&#237;.</p><p>Y trabajar en eso es dif&#237;cil, porque no deber&#237;as estar trabajando para suprimir esa parte instintiva de ti que act&#250;a como un mecanismo de supervivencia. Deber&#237;as estar trabajando en ense&#241;arle a esa versi&#243;n de ti mismo las se&#241;ales que necesita para regresar a ti.</p><p>Para que puedas regresar a ti mismo.</p><p>He tenido una relaci&#243;n dif&#237;cil con el control debido a mi ansiedad, porque cuando est&#225;s ansioso tratas de controlar los resultados, el simple pensamiento de la incertidumbre hace que tu est&#243;mago se retuerza, y tratas de predecir los resultados y planear para ellos antes de que siquiera sucedan.<br>Al pasar por este viaje de disciplina aprend&#237; que para regresar a m&#237; mismo, para volver a la versi&#243;n de m&#237; mismo que puede elegir y no solo reaccionar, la clave no es prevenir mis instintos, sino estar lo suficientemente consciente para notar cuando se activan, y guiarme de vuelta al camino para que el radio de explosi&#243;n sea peque&#241;o.</p><p>La p&#233;rdida de control, en mi opini&#243;n, es una forma de drift. Simplemente te hace actuar como una persona diferente, y te saca de tu camino de coherencia. As&#237; que aprender la habilidad de regresar aqu&#237; es crucial.</p><p>Regresar te ayuda a controlar los da&#241;os &#8211; hablando de control, jaja &#8211;, pero tambi&#233;n entrena tu cerebro para notar el desliz m&#225;s temprano la pr&#243;xima vez. A veces eso significa atraparte antes de perder el control. Otras veces significa regresar a ti mismo m&#225;s r&#225;pido una vez que ya sucedi&#243;.</p><p>Cuando desarrollas velocidad de regreso en el dominio del autocontrol, est&#225;s ense&#241;ando a tu cerebro que reaccionar es humano, pero permanecer dentro de la reacci&#243;n no tiene que definirte.</p><p>En t&#233;rminos simples, aqu&#237; es donde importa la neuroplasticidad. Cada vez que notas el desliz y eliges regresar, no solo est&#225;s arreglando ese momento. Est&#225;s entrenando el camino que hace que regresar est&#233; m&#225;s disponible la pr&#243;xima vez.</p><p>Como estamos hablando de regresar, compartir&#233; el mismo ciclo que compart&#237; la semana pasada.</p><p>Si te encuentras continuamente tomando decisiones instintivas, perdiendo el control &#8211; incluso en cosas peque&#241;as &#8211; una forma de iniciar tu pr&#225;ctica de regreso es realmente intentar <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/the-return-loop">El Ciclo de Retorno</a>. Hablamos de ello <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/por-que-dudar-de-ti-mismo-hace-mas">aqu&#237;</a>.</p><p>El Ciclo de Retorno es el ciclo que seguimos desde notar la deriva hasta realmente regresar a lo que importa. En este caso, significa notar cuando la emoci&#243;n o el instinto est&#225;n tomando el control, regular lo suficiente para crear espacio, elegir la respuesta que realmente quieres, y cerrar la brecha antes de que el radio de explosi&#243;n se haga m&#225;s grande.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png" width="1456" height="624" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:624,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Mi invitaci&#243;n para ti es que enciendas tu detector de p&#233;rdida de control. Busca los momentos donde act&#250;as desde el instinto o la emoci&#243;n en lugar de la elecci&#243;n, y preg&#250;ntate: &#191;fue ese el resultado que quer&#237;a?<br>Si no, intenta el Ciclo de Retorno. &#218;salo para practicar la elecci&#243;n deliberada, para que poco a poco, regresar se convierta en el nuevo predeterminado.</p><p>En nuestro pr&#243;ximo compa&#241;ero de pago trabajaremos en esto con m&#225;s profundidad, y compartir&#233; algunos katas para ayudar a dise&#241;ar las condiciones para que el Ciclo de Retorno funcione m&#225;s suavemente.</p><p><strong>&#161;Ten una semana maravillosa!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024; Ideas que Vale la Pena Explorar</strong></h3><p>Si esta pieza reson&#243;, aqu&#237; hay un par m&#225;s que van de la mano.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;c6bfab33-9288-4a4e-94d2-79465d1f8545&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&#161;Hola a todos! 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>This is a paid companion for <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/why-self-doubt-makes-it-harder-to?r=dnz82&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">Why Self-Doubt Makes It Harder to Get Things Done</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; The Struggle</h3><p>You notice it again. The cursor blinks. The outline sits open. You know what you want to say, but your hand won&#8217;t move. Not because you don&#8217;t have ideas&#8212;because you have too many objections. <em>Someone already said this better. You don&#8217;t know enough. What makes you qualified?</em></p><p>The more you learn, the louder that voice gets. Early on, you just wrote. You shared what you knew without the weight of everything you didn&#8217;t. But now? Now you see the gaps. You compare your rough draft to polished work and feel the distance. So you wait. You research more. You tell yourself you&#8217;ll start when you&#8217;re ready, but ready never comes.</p><p>Self-doubt doesn&#8217;t announce itself. It shows up as research spirals, as &#8220;I&#8217;ll start tomorrow,&#8221; as the belief that motion requires certainty. And the longer you wait, the harder it gets to move at all.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/core-concepts/drift?utm_source=paid_companion">Core Concepts: Drift</a> &#8212; What drift looks like when self-doubt drives it</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; What You&#8217;re Training</h3><p>You are training return speed when self-doubt interferes with execution. That means shortening the time between noticing hesitation and taking the smallest actionable step forward.</p><p>In our latest reflection (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/why-self-doubt-makes-it-harder-to?r=dnz82&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">Why Self-Doubt Makes It Harder to Get Things Done</a>), we walked through the cycle: confidence at the start, doubt as you learn more, avoidance when the gap between what you know and what you think you should know feels too wide. The katas below train each stage of the Return Loop&#8212;notice, regulate, choose, close&#8212;so you can intervene before avoidance becomes your default.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a second benefit: evidence. Each time you notice doubt, regulate through it, and act anyway, you&#8217;re building proof that hesitation doesn&#8217;t have to stop you. Repetition makes the loop automatic.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/the-return-loop?utm_source=paid_companion">Framework: The Return Loop</a> &#8212; The four stages that take you from drift to return</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; The Katas</h3><p>Katas are short, named practices. Each one takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them on easy days so they&#8217;re automatic when stress hits.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; The Physiological Sigh</h4><p><em>Based on research by Dr. Andrew Huberman (Stanford)</em></p><p>This kata trains nervous system regulation on demand. Use it when your chest tightens, your thoughts loop, or you feel stuck before starting. You will notice your arousal level drop within two breath cycles.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volver a Ponerte en Movimiento Cuando la Duda de Ti Mismo Te Detiene]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tres katas para notar la vacilaci&#243;n, regularte a trav&#233;s de ella y cerrar la brecha antes de que la evitaci&#243;n se convierta en tu patr&#243;n predeterminado]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/volver-a-ponerte-en-movimiento-cuando</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/volver-a-ponerte-en-movimiento-cuando</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:01:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0d718c3b-5563-4e7e-b53a-944608c0c903_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp" width="1456" height="332" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:332,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:16844,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/200575801?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ak2J!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8585f48c-70bb-4432-a3a5-378fffc613e6_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>Este es un compa&#241;ero de pago para </strong></em><strong><a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/por-que-dudar-de-ti-mismo-hace-mas">Por Qu&#233; Dudar De Ti Mismo Hace M&#225;s Dif&#237;cil Hacer Las Cosas</a></strong> </p></div><h3>&#129517; La Lucha</h3><p>Lo notas de nuevo. El cursor parpadea. El esquema est&#225; abierto. Sabes lo que quieres decir, pero tu mano no se mueve. No porque no tengas ideas&#8212;porque tienes demasiadas objeciones. <em>Alguien ya dijo esto mejor. No sabes lo suficiente. &#191;Qu&#233; te hace estar calificado?</em></p><p>Mientras m&#225;s aprendes, m&#225;s fuerte se vuelve esa voz. Al principio, simplemente escrib&#237;as. Compart&#237;as lo que sab&#237;as sin el peso de todo lo que no sab&#237;as. &#191;Pero ahora? Ahora ves las brechas. Comparas tu borrador con trabajo pulido y sientes la distancia. As&#237; que esperas. Investigas m&#225;s. Te dices a ti mismo que comenzar&#225;s cuando est&#233;s listo, pero listo nunca llega.</p><p>La duda de ti mismo no se anuncia. Aparece como espirales de investigaci&#243;n, como &#8220;empezar&#233; ma&#241;ana&#8221;, como la creencia de que el movimiento requiere certeza. Y mientras m&#225;s esperas, m&#225;s dif&#237;cil se vuelve moverte en absoluto.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/core-concepts/drift?utm_source=paid_companion">Conceptos Fundamentales: Drift</a> &#8212; C&#243;mo se ve la deriva cuando la duda de ti mismo la impulsa</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; Lo Que Est&#225;s Entrenando</h3><p>Est&#225;s entrenando la velocidad de retorno cuando la duda de ti mismo interfiere con la ejecuci&#243;n. Eso significa acortar el tiempo entre notar la vacilaci&#243;n y dar el paso accionable m&#225;s peque&#241;o hacia adelante.</p><p>En nuestra &#250;ltima reflexi&#243;n (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/por-que-dudar-de-ti-mismo-hace-mas">Por Qu&#233; Dudar De Ti Mismo Hace M&#225;s Dif&#237;cil Hacer Las Cosas</a>), recorrimos el ciclo: confianza al inicio, duda a medida que aprendes m&#225;s, evitaci&#243;n cuando la brecha entre lo que sabes y lo que crees que deber&#237;as saber se siente demasiado amplia. Los katas a continuaci&#243;n entrenan cada etapa del Ciclo de Retorno&#8212;notar, regular, elegir, cerrar&#8212;para que puedas intervenir antes de que la evitaci&#243;n se convierta en tu patr&#243;n predeterminado.</p><p>Tambi&#233;n hay un segundo beneficio: evidencia. Cada vez que notas la duda, te regulas a trav&#233;s de ella y act&#250;as de todos modos, est&#225;s construyendo prueba de que la vacilaci&#243;n no tiene que detenerte. La repetici&#243;n hace que el ciclo sea autom&#225;tico.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/the-return-loop?utm_source=paid_companion">Marco de Referencia: El Ciclo de Retorno</a> &#8212; Las cuatro etapas que te llevan de la deriva al retorno</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; Los Katas</h3><p>Los katas son pr&#225;cticas cortas y con nombre. Cada uno toma 30&#8211;120 segundos. Pract&#237;calos en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que sean autom&#225;ticos cuando llegue el estr&#233;s.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; El Suspiro Fisiol&#243;gico</h4><p><em>Basado en la investigaci&#243;n del Dr. Andrew Huberman (Stanford)</em></p><p>Este kata entrena la regulaci&#243;n del sistema nervioso bajo demanda. &#218;salo cuando tu pecho se apriete, tus pensamientos den vueltas o te sientas atascado antes de empezar. Notar&#225;s que tu nivel de activaci&#243;n baja dentro de dos ciclos de respiraci&#243;n.</p>
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sostenible</strong>.<br>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Podemos ser nuestros peores cr&#237;ticos.</p><p>Me ha pasado m&#250;ltiples veces. Demonios, me pasa cada vez que trabajo en este proyecto paralelo m&#237;o llamado <em>Self Disciplined</em>. Me pasa cuando tengo ideas para <em>cada</em> parte de mi ecosistema.</p><p>Y es perjudicial. Me hace procrastinar respecto a lo que importa. Esa voz me enga&#241;a haci&#233;ndome pensar que lo que creo puede no ser lo suficientemente valioso quiz&#225;s porque me falta experiencia, alguien ya lo hizo... o si lo pens&#233; y nadie lo ha hecho todav&#237;a, entonces puede ser <em>por una raz&#243;n</em>.</p><p>Pensar&#237;as que despu&#233;s de que te pasa un par de veces, aprendes a identificar esa voz, a callarla y a realmente hacer las cosas. He hablado de esto antes.</p><p>Pero no, sigue pasando.</p><p>Lo curioso es que cuando empiezas en el camino, t&#237;picamente tiendes a ser m&#225;s confiado y simplemente haces las cosas; o al menos pones el esfuerzo en aprender lo que se necesita y los trucos de ello.</p><p>Entonces, &#191;por qu&#233; pasa que a medida que aprendemos m&#225;s, y hacemos m&#225;s, y ganamos m&#225;s visibilidad, experiencia y conocimiento, nos toma m&#225;s tiempo realmente hacer las cosas?</p><p>Creo que tengo una idea.</p><p>Cuando empec&#233; a escribir sobre disciplina, ni siquiera estaba realmente motivado. Simplemente no sab&#237;a lo que no sab&#237;a, y realmente quer&#237;a documentar lo que estaba aprendiendo. <br>La motivaci&#243;n tiene algo de pasi&#243;n en ella que te empuja a hacer cosas casi impulsivamente. Eso me pas&#243; a m&#237;, y no me arrepiento.</p><p>No te obsesionas con ello al principio, simplemente lo haces porque sientes el impulso de hacerlo, pero no est&#225;s 24/7 pensando en ello.</p><p>Alrededor de ese tiempo, estaba navegando qui&#233;n quer&#237;a ser para mis hijos, esa era mi motivaci&#243;n. Escribir al respecto no lo era.</p><p>Simplemente quer&#237;a documentar mis hallazgos, mi progreso y mantenerme p&#250;blicamente responsable de convertirme en &#8220;una mejor persona&#8221;. Eso, bajo la lente del rendimiento, donde ser productivo es tratado como un sin&#243;nimo de volverse mejor, por lo tanto tratado como una virtud. Moralizado. Habl&#233; de eso en un art&#237;culo anterior.</p><p>A medida que obtuve mis propias ideas sobre c&#243;mo se ve&#237;a la disciplina, ten&#237;a tanto para volcar como material, que parec&#237;a imposible que se me acabara, as&#237; que escrib&#237;, y escrib&#237;, y aprend&#237; m&#225;s y m&#225;s sobre el tema.</p><p>Pero a medida que escrib&#237;, y mientras m&#225;s escrib&#237;, empec&#233; a dudar de m&#237; mismo. De mi conocimiento. <em>&#191;Qu&#233; pasa si lo que estoy escribiendo est&#225; mal?</em> <em>&#191;Qu&#233; pasa si hago una afirmaci&#243;n incorrecta?</em> Es curioso, esa voz se hace cada vez m&#225;s fuerte, y al principio es f&#225;cil callarla, porque te dices a ti mismo que est&#225; bien, que est&#225;s aprendiendo, pero mientras m&#225;s aprendes, m&#225;s cuestionas lo que escribiste, y miras atr&#225;s, y te sientes avergonzado por algunas de las ideas que escribiste. Y eso aumenta tu duda. Y en realidad, porque descubres que hay <em>tanto all&#225; afuera</em>, tiendes a creerlo a&#250;n m&#225;s.</p><p>Y m&#225;s...</p><p>Y m&#225;s.</p><p>Hasta que llegas al punto en donde realmente regresas al punto de partida. Bueno, para m&#237; nunca fue realmente el punto de partida, pero llegas a ese punto lento de m&#225;xima evitaci&#243;n, donde simplemente te vuelves extremadamente propenso a desviarte.</p><p>En mi caso mi respaldo era el hecho de que ya hab&#237;a programado art&#237;culos para esos momentos para poder negociar conmigo mismo. Pero vaya que fue dif&#237;cil.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; &#191;Quieres entrenar esto de verdad, no solo leerlo?</strong></h4><p>Cada semana, junto con esta reflexi&#243;n, publico una breve gu&#237;a de pr&#225;ctica &#8212; algo que puedes trabajar en 10 minutos en un d&#237;a tranquilo, para que la idea se mantenga cuando llegue un d&#237;a dif&#237;cil.</p><p>Se llama el Compa&#241;ero de Pago. $9.99/mes.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">&#218;nete a la pr&#225;ctica &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Pienso en esto como un ciclo. La vida no es lineal, es sinusoidal.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JoBv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93551fac-1485-4c97-92ee-8da99f7eb65f_1672x941.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JoBv!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93551fac-1485-4c97-92ee-8da99f7eb65f_1672x941.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JoBv!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93551fac-1485-4c97-92ee-8da99f7eb65f_1672x941.png 848w, 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JoBv!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93551fac-1485-4c97-92ee-8da99f7eb65f_1672x941.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JoBv!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93551fac-1485-4c97-92ee-8da99f7eb65f_1672x941.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JoBv!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93551fac-1485-4c97-92ee-8da99f7eb65f_1672x941.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JoBv!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F93551fac-1485-4c97-92ee-8da99f7eb65f_1672x941.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Creo que este ciclo se explica en parte por el efecto <em>Dunning-Kruger</em>.</p><p>Seg&#250;n <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dunning-kruger-effect">PsychologyToday</a>:</p><blockquote><p>El efecto Dunning-Kruger es un <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bias">sesgo</a> cognitivo en el que las personas sobreestiman err&#243;neamente su conocimiento o habilidad en un &#225;rea espec&#237;fica. Esto tiende a ocurrir porque una falta de autoconciencia les impide evaluar con precisi&#243;n sus propias habilidades.</p></blockquote><p>Esto explicar&#237;a el ciclo.</p><p>No sabes mucho, as&#237; que compartes lo que sabes y est&#225;s confiado en que lo sabes, aunque no sabes lo que no sabes.</p><p>A medida que aprendes, tu comprensi&#243;n del asunto alcanza su punto m&#225;ximo, y est&#225;s en un alto, lo que te motiva a seguir aprendiendo y a salir de tu zona de confort.</p><p>Con ese aprendizaje, empiezas a descubrir que tal vez lo que aprendiste antes es solo una gota de agua en un oc&#233;ano de informaci&#243;n, que tal vez no lo sabes todo. Te vuelves menos confiado. Como lo que me pas&#243; a m&#237;. Pensaba m&#225;s de una vez antes de escribir una oraci&#243;n. Empiezas a volverte demasiado autoconsciente. Caes presa de la <a href="https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/management/curse-of-knowledge">maldici&#243;n del conocimiento</a>.</p><p>Entonces, pierdes tu confianza en lo que sabes. <em>&#191;Cu&#225;l es el punto?<br></em>Te vuelves hiperconsciente, comparas tus ideas con las de todos. Piensas que todos tienen un punto, y si ya lo compartieron, entonces para qu&#233; perder tiempo compartiendo el tuyo, al final del d&#237;a, es solo una opini&#243;n m&#225;s. &#191;A qui&#233;n le importa?</p><p>Entonces, recuerdas por qu&#233; empezaste este proceso, y el ciclo se retoma de nuevo, ahora empezando con la l&#237;nea base del nuevo conocimiento, pero con una inc&#243;gnita que quieres abordar, para mantenerte involucrado.</p><p>Y as&#237; sucesivamente.</p><p>Creo que la pregunta en este preciso punto es: <strong>&#191;hay una forma de atrapar esto antes de llegar a tocar fondo?</strong></p><p>Dir&#237;a que hay una forma: <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/framework/the-return-loop">El Ciclo de Retorno</a></p><p>El Ciclo de Retorno es el ciclo que seguimos desde notar la desviaci&#243;n hasta realmente regresar a lo que importa. En este caso, significa notar cuando nuestro pensamiento se est&#225; sesgando, ver c&#243;mo afecta nuestra confianza, y prevenir que dirija nuestro comportamiento hacia m&#225;s evitaci&#243;n.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dpoE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb23ad3ac-ca28-493f-b7c5-a138d665f660_1916x821.png 424w, 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En el caso que describimos, la conciencia significar&#237;a notar esto: <em>has aprendido tanto que ahora est&#225;s dudando de ti mismo</em>.</p><p>Pero notar no es suficiente. Puedes notar y a&#250;n as&#237; no tomar acci&#243;n. Y a veces tomar acci&#243;n no suceder&#225; si no regulamos c&#243;mo nos sentimos al respecto. La desregulaci&#243;n trabaja en contra de eso.<br>Si, cuando lo notas, entras en p&#225;nico y te enfocas en las implicaciones de no hacer lo que se supon&#237;a que deb&#237;as hacer, podr&#237;as moverte hacia una respuesta de lucha o huida, haciendo a&#250;n m&#225;s dif&#237;cil pasar a la siguiente etapa.</p><p>As&#237; que necesitas enfocarte en la <em>regulaci&#243;n</em>. Lo cual no es suprimir c&#243;mo te sientes al respecto, sino desacelerar, respirar y decirte a ti mismo lo que ya sabes, y que est&#225; bien.</p><blockquote><p>No tengo todas las respuestas y eso est&#225; bien. S&#233; lo que s&#233;, y a&#250;n puedo compartir al respecto.</p></blockquote><p>Una vez que tus emociones regresan a la l&#237;nea base, la siguiente etapa es <em>elegir</em>.<br>Elegir es el acto deliberado de decidir <em>qu&#233; hacer a continuaci&#243;n</em>.</p><p>Puedes estar consciente de tu estado, puedes regresar a una l&#237;nea base emocional, y a&#250;n as&#237; decidir que <em>ahora no es el momento</em>. Y el mensaje interno es dif&#237;cil, aqu&#237; es donde la mayor&#237;a de nosotros luchamos, porque nos contamos historias que queremos creer para hacer el golpe menos duro: <em>&#191;cu&#225;l es el punto?</em>, <em>ya lo arruin&#233;</em>, <em>empezar&#233; ma&#241;ana</em>, etc...</p><p>Cuando eliges, haces un compromiso. Nada loco o irracional, aunque para muchos de nosotros esa es la v&#237;a ideal, la verdad es que cuando eliges, necesitas empezar con un <em>peque&#241;o compromiso</em>. Al hacer esto, est&#225;s aprovechando el <em>efecto pie en la puerta</em>. Solo por contexto, en su experimento en 1966, dos investigadores, Jonathan L. Freedman y Scott C. Fraser, notaron que las personas que primero aceptaban una peque&#241;a solicitud eran luego m&#225;s propensas a aceptar una solicitud mucho mayor, como poner un gran letrero de &#8220;Conduce con seguridad&#8221; en su jard&#237;n<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a>.<br>Puedes hacer lo mismo haciendo compromisos peque&#241;os y enfocados. Le da a tu cerebro prueba de que el trabajo ya comenz&#243;.</p><p>As&#237; que, notas, regulas y luego haces un compromiso estrat&#233;gico y peque&#241;o. Como escribir el esquema de tu art&#237;culo, o solo la idea general sobre lo que te gustar&#237;a decir. Ni siquiera te dar&#225;s cuenta cuando estar&#225;s dos horas metido, con tu art&#237;culo casi escrito. Si no sucede de esa manera, al menos tendr&#225;s un esquema como evidencia de que hiciste lo que dijiste que har&#237;as, porque es est&#250;pidamente simple. No toma m&#225;s de 5 minutos.</p><p>Una vez que eliges y te comprometes, viene la etapa final: <em>cerrar la brecha</em>.</p><p>Te comprometiste. Ahora necesitas ejecutar.</p><p>Ya sabes c&#243;mo va esto, tienes dos opciones aqu&#237;: o cumples con tu compromiso, o no.</p><p>Si lo haces, &#161;fant&#225;stico!<br>Acabas de regresar.</p><p>Si no lo haces, en lugar de castigarte por no seguir adelante, preg&#250;ntate qu&#233; te llev&#243; a ese punto. &#191;Qu&#233; caus&#243; que despu&#233;s de notar, regular, y finalmente hacer un compromiso peque&#241;o, casi inevitable, no pudieras cerrar la brecha?<br>Preg&#250;ntate usando un lente de curiosidad, no uno de juicio.<br>Experimenta y aprende. Por eso esto es un ciclo.</p><p>No es algo de una sola vez.</p><p>Te dar&#225;s cuenta de que mientras m&#225;s lo haces, m&#225;s claramente ver&#225;s la etapa en la que te quedas atascado, y mientras m&#225;s claramente veas eso, menos tiempo toma cerrar la brecha y regresar a lo que importa.</p><p>Me encantar&#237;a hablar m&#225;s sobre experimentaci&#243;n y aprendizaje, pero dejar&#233; eso para otro n&#250;mero.</p><p>En nuestro pr&#243;ximo compa&#241;ero de pago, discutiremos algunos katas para practicar el ciclo de retorno, y apoyar nuestra pr&#225;ctica con las herramientas que necesita para realmente funcionar como queremos.</p><p>Por ahora, prueba el ciclo t&#250; mismo, en las peque&#241;as cosas. Recuerda, regresar es una meta-habilidad. Es transversal. Este ciclo aplica a cada posible dominio. As&#237; que t&#243;malo como un consejo profesional: hacer las cosas no es la &#250;nica &#225;rea donde este ciclo sobresale.</p><p>Pero podemos hablar de eso despu&#233;s.</p><p><strong>&#161;Ten una semana maravillosa!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024; Ideas que Vale la Pena Explorar</strong></h3><p>Si esta pieza reson&#243;, aqu&#237; hay un par m&#225;s que van de la mano.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;32d97e07-3ccc-41b2-9064-d3f626229838&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Conoc&#237; al intruso durante un paseo con el perro despu&#233;s de cenar. 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Staying behind is a choice. I teach you how to practice discipline by engineering the conditions to train your return. &#128071;&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ssF-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30579d5c-6cca-4bf3-8311-ec2c557580e0_864x864.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-13T16:01:49.917Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3cd832e0-6dd7-42de-bc68-77d59ff313f6_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/entrenando-la-conciencia-antes-de&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:&quot;Autodisciplina&quot;,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:178465938,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:0,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:2988691,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Self Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>Freedman, J. L., &amp; Fraser, S. C. (1966). Compliance without pressure: The foot-in-the-door technique. <em>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 4</em>(2), 195&#8211;202. <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/h0023552">https://doi.org/10.1037/h0023552</a></p><p></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Self-Doubt Makes It Harder to Get Things Done]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why learning more can make you hesitate, and how to return before self-doubt takes over.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/why-self-doubt-makes-it-harder-to</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/why-self-doubt-makes-it-harder-to</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 14:01:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pNTy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6770224a-f9e9-49d0-ae8a-e721711cd348_1536x1024.png" 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Have you ever been in that situation, where you want to write about something, or maybe have an idea you want to do, and you have an inner voice that tells you: &#8220;if you thought of it, someone else already did, so what&#8217;s the point?&#8221; or, &#8220;you don&#8217;t really know everything about this, what makes you think you can write about it?&#8221;, or even worse &#8220;why <em>you</em> out of all the people out there?&#8221;.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br>Straight to your inbox.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>We can be our worst critics.</p><p>It has happened to me multiple times. Damn, it happens to me every time I work on this side project of mine called <em>Self Disciplined</em>. It happens when I have ideas for <em>every</em> single part of my ecosystem.</p><p>And it&#8217;s detrimental. It makes me procrastinate around what matters. That voice tricks me into thinking that what I create might not be valuable enough maybe because I lack experience, somebody already did it...or if I thought of it and nobody has done it yet, then it might be <em>for a reason</em>.</p><p>You&#8217;d think that after it happens to you a couple of times, you learn to identify that voice, to shush it and to actually get stuff done. I&#8217;ve talked about this before.</p><p>But no, it keeps happening.</p><p>The funny thing is, that when you start on the journey, you typically tend to be more confident and just get the stuff done; or at least you put the effort on learning what it takes and the ropes of it.</p><p>So, why does it happen that as we learn more, and we do more, and we gain more visibility, experience and knowledge, it takes longer for us to actually get things done?</p><p>I think I have an idea.</p><p>When I started writing about discipline, I wasn&#8217;t even really motivated. I just didn&#8217;t know what I didn&#8217;t know, and really wanted to document what I was learning.<br>Motivation has some passion in it that pushes you to do things almost impulsively. That happened to me, and I don&#8217;t regret it.</p><p>You don&#8217;t get obsessed with it at first, you just do it because you feel the impulse of doing it, but you are not 24/7 thinking of it.</p><p>Around that time, I was navigating who I wanted to be for my children, that was my motivation. Writing about it wasn&#8217;t.</p><p>I just wanted to document my findings, my progress and to publicly hold myself accountable on becoming &#8220;a better person&#8221;. That, under the lens of performance, where being productive is treated as a synonym for becoming better, hence treated like a virtue. Moralized. I talked about that in a previous article.</p><p>As I got my own ideas on what discipline looked like, I had just so much to dump as material, that it seemed impossible to run out of it, so I wrote, and wrote, and learned more and more about the topic.</p><p>But as I wrote, and the more I wrote, I started doubting myself. Of my knowledge. <em>What if what I&#8217;m writing is wrong?</em> <em>What if I make a wrongful statement?</em> It&#8217;s funny, that voice gets louder and louder, and at first it&#8217;s easy to shut it up, because you tell yourself that it&#8217;s fine, that you are learning, but the more you learn, the more you question what you wrote, and you look back, and you feel embarrassed by some of the ideas you wrote. And that increases your doubt. And actually, because you discover that there is <em>so much out there</em>, you tend to believe it even more.</p><p>And more...</p><p>And more.</p><p>Until you reach the point in where you actually go back to square one. Well, for me was never really square one, but you reach that sluggish point of maximum avoidance, in where you just become extremely prone to drift.</p><p>In my case my backup was the fact I had already scheduled articles for those moments so I could negotiate with myself. But boy it was hard.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; Want to actually train this, not just read it?</strong></h4><p>Each week, alongside this reflection, I publish a short practice guide &#8212; something you can work through in 10 minutes on a slow day, so the idea sticks when a hard day hits.</p><p>It&#8217;s called the Paid Companion. $9.99/month.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">Join the practice &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I think of this as a cycle. Life is not linear, is sinusoidal.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GRDN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fccbd115d-5b1d-47b2-b74d-e370bf649369_1672x941.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GRDN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fccbd115d-5b1d-47b2-b74d-e370bf649369_1672x941.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GRDN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fccbd115d-5b1d-47b2-b74d-e370bf649369_1672x941.png 848w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I think that this cycle is explained in part by the <em>Dunning-Kruger </em>effect.</p><p>According to <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/dunning-kruger-effect">PsychologyToday</a>:</p><blockquote><p>The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive <a href="https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/bias">bias</a> in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness prevents them from accurately assessing their own skills.</p></blockquote><p>This would explain the cycle.</p><p>You don&#8217;t know much, so you share what you know and you are confident you know, even though you don&#8217;t know what you don&#8217;t know.</p><p>As you learn, your understanding of the matter peaks, and you are on a high, which motivates you to keep learning and to get out of your comfort zone.</p><p>With that learning, you start discovering that maybe what you learned before is just a drop of water in an ocean of information, that maybe you don&#8217;t know everything. You become less confident. Like what happened to me. I would think more than once before writing a sentence. You start becoming too self-aware. You fall prey of the <a href="https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/management/curse-of-knowledge">curse of knowledge</a>.</p><p>Then, you lose your confidence on what you know. <em>What&#8217;s the point?</em><br>You become hyperaware, you compare your ideas with everyone&#8217;s. You think everybody has a point, and if they already shared it, then why to waste time sharing yours, at the end of the day, is just one more opinion. Who cares?</p><p>Then, you remember why you started this process, and the cycle picks up again, now starting with the baseline of the new knowledge, but with an unknown that you want to address, to keep yourself invested.</p><p>And so on.</p><p>I think the question at this very point is: <strong>is there a way to catch this before reaching rock bottom?</strong></p><p>I would say there is a way: <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/framework/the-return-loop">The Return Loop</a></p><p>The Return Loop is the cycle we follow from noticing drift to actually returning to what matters. In this case, it means noticing when our thinking is getting biased, seeing how it affects our confidence, and preventing it from steering our behavior into more avoidance.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MiVB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0ba4988-7cc1-4d51-80a0-7760758464e0_1915x821.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MiVB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd0ba4988-7cc1-4d51-80a0-7760758464e0_1915x821.png 424w, 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stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>We&#8217;ve talked in the past about the idea of <em>awareness</em>: in this space meaning noticing, identifying drift before it has an impact on your behavior. In the case we described, awareness would mean noticing this: <em>you have learned so much that now you are doubting yourself</em>.</p><p>But noticing is not sufficient. You can notice and still not take action. And sometimes taking action won&#8217;t happen if we don&#8217;t regulate how we feel about it. Dysregulation works against that.<br>If, when you notice it, you freak out and focus on the implications of not doing what you were supposed to do, you might move into a fight-or-flight response, making it even harder to move to the next stage.</p><p>So you need to focus on <em>regulation</em>. Which is not suppressing how you feel about it, but slowing down, breathing and telling yourself what you already know, and that it&#8217;s fine.</p><blockquote><p>I don&#8217;t have all the answers and that&#8217;s fine. I know what I know, and I can still share about it.</p></blockquote><p>Once your emotions return to baseline, the next stage is <em>choosing</em>.<br>Choosing is the deliberate act of deciding <em>what to do next</em>.</p><p>You can be aware of your state, you can go back to an emotional baseline, and yet deciding that <em>right now is not the time</em>. And the internal messaging is hard, this is where most of us struggle, because we tell ourselves stories that we want to believe to make the blow less hard: <em>what&#8217;s the point?</em>, <em>I already blew it</em>, <em>I&#8217;ll start tomorrow</em>, etc...</p><p>When you choose, you make a commitment. Nothing crazy or irrational, although for many of us that&#8217;s the ideal avenue, the truth is when you choose, you need to start with a <em>small commitment</em>. By doing this, you are leveraging the <em>foot-in-the-door effect</em>. Just for context, in their experiment in 1966, two researchers, Jonathan L. Freedman and Scott C. Fraser, noticed that people who first agreed to a small request were later more likely to agree to a much larger request, like putting a large &#8220;Drive safely&#8221; sign in their yard<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a>.<br>You can do the same by making small, focused commitments. It gives your brain proof that the work has already started.</p><p>So, you notice, you regulate and then you do a strategic, small commitment. Like writing the outline of your article, or just the rough idea around what you would like to say. You won&#8217;t even realize when you will be two hours in, with your article almost written. If it doesn&#8217;t happen that way, at least you will have an outline as evidence that you did what you said you&#8217;d do, because it&#8217;s stupid simple. It doesn&#8217;t take more than 5 minutes.</p><p>Once you choose and commit, comes the final stage: <em>closing the gap</em>.</p><p>You committed. Now you need to execute.</p><p>You know how this goes, you have two options here: you either follow through with your commitment, or you don&#8217;t.</p><p>If you do it, fantastic!<br>You just returned.</p><p>If you don&#8217;t, instead of beating yourself up for not carrying forward, ask yourself what drove you to that point. What caused that after noticing, regulating, and finally making a small, almost unavoidable commitment, you couldn&#8217;t close the gap?<br>Ask yourself using a curiosity lens, not a judgmental one.<br>Experiment and learn. That&#8217;s why this is a loop.</p><p>It&#8217;s not a one time thing.</p><p>You&#8217;ll realize that the more you do it, the more clearly you&#8217;ll see the stage where you get stuck, and the more clearly you see that, the less time it takes to close the gap and get back to what matters.</p><p>I would love to talk more about experimentation and learning, but I will leave that for another issue.</p><p>In our next paid companion, we will discuss some katas to practice the return loop, and support our practice with the tools it needs to actually work as we want.</p><p>For now, try the loop yourself, in the little things. Remember, return is a meta-skill. It&#8217;s transversal. This loop applies to every possible domain. So take it as a pro-tip: getting things done is not the only area where this loop excels.</p><p>But we can talk about that later.</p><p><strong>Have a wonderful week!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024;Ideas Worth Exploring</strong></h3><p>If this piece resonated, here are a few more that go hand-in-hand.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;9e46341d-0730-4415-974b-45e4ea16fa1b&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;I met the intruder on a dog walk after dinner. Streetlights on, leash in my left hand, and my wandering mind still settling the day.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Don&#8217;t Let the Intruder Run the House&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. I teach you how to practice discipline by engineering the conditions to train your return. &#128071;&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ssF-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30579d5c-6cca-4bf3-8311-ec2c557580e0_864x864.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-05T15:00:23.194Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gqtN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1db33197-a5b1-4b67-bc42-744b582c83c6_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/dont-let-the-intruder-run-the-house&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:177960706,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:5,&quot;comment_count&quot;:2,&quot;publication_id&quot;:2988691,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Self Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;a9adb05f-644a-458f-9545-3068c5f599cf&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This is a paid companion for Don&#8217;t Let the Intruder Run the House&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Training Calm When the Intruder Knocks&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. 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I teach you how to practice discipline by engineering the conditions to train your return. &#128071;&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ssF-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30579d5c-6cca-4bf3-8311-ec2c557580e0_864x864.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-06T16:02:11.383Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/19732c6e-4769-42e6-95f3-b18005466c96_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/training-calm-when-the-intruder-knocks&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:178060368,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:5,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:2988691,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Self Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;5fda27fc-d9f0-4ae7-9b48-f3066b9d18d0&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This is a paid companion for How Ego Turns Discipline Into Control (And How to Take It Back)&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Training Awareness Before the Ego Reacts&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. I teach you how to practice discipline by engineering the conditions to train your return. &#128071;&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ssF-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F30579d5c-6cca-4bf3-8311-ec2c557580e0_864x864.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-13T16:01:41.311Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/72b9c65a-d7b9-43f8-ad31-623523481ebd_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/training-awareness-before-the-ego&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:178464360,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:3,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:2988691,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Self Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p>Freedman, J. L., &amp; Fraser, S. C. (1966). Compliance without pressure: The foot-in-the-door technique. <em>Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 4</em>(2), 195&#8211;202. <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/h0023552">https://doi.org/10.1037/h0023552</a></p><p></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Presentando Adaptable Organizations]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lo que Boeing revela sobre la deriva organizacional, y por qu&#233; los equipos necesitan la capacidad de retornar.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/presentando-adaptable-organizations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/presentando-adaptable-organizations</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:01:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!osoh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f8b408c-6109-4caf-86c5-392def704c4a_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!osoh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f8b408c-6109-4caf-86c5-392def704c4a_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!osoh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0f8b408c-6109-4caf-86c5-392def704c4a_1536x1024.png 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" 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Ese nunca fue su objetivo.</p><p>Boeing fue fundada en 1916 y se convirti&#243; en una de las compa&#241;&#237;as aeroespaciales m&#225;s importantes del mundo. Ayud&#243; a definir la aviaci&#243;n, la defensa, el espacio y la econom&#237;a del &#225;rea de Seattle durante generaciones. En un momento durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el empleo de Boeing en Washington super&#243; las 50,000 personas, y el posterior &#8220;Boeing Bust&#8221; de principios de la d&#233;cada de 1970 fue lo suficientemente severo como para deprimir la econom&#237;a local.</p><p>No solo estaban haciendo productos.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reflexiones semanales gratuitas para una disciplina sostenible</strong>.<br>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Boeing era parte de una identidad regional. Le daba trabajo a la gente, moldeaba familias, entrenaba ingenieros y, lo m&#225;s importante, constru&#237;a m&#225;quinas donde la precisi&#243;n, la seguridad y la calidad no eran ideales abstractos.</p><p>Ellos <em>eran</em> el trabajo.</p><p>Incluso hoy, el propio lenguaje de Boeing todav&#237;a apunta a ese legado. La compa&#241;&#237;a se describe a s&#237; misma como una empresa aeroespacial global l&#237;der que desarrolla, fabrica y da servicio a aviones comerciales, productos de defensa y sistemas espaciales para clientes en m&#225;s de 150 pa&#237;ses. Tambi&#233;n coloca la seguridad y la calidad en el centro de su mensaje p&#250;blico.</p><p>El problema nunca fue que Boeing tuviera malas intenciones.</p><p>El problema fue que lo que Boeing compart&#237;a p&#250;blicamente como principios y valores no se reflejaba realmente en sus acciones y decisiones.</p><p>Dos de los incidentes m&#225;s grandes que involucraron a la compa&#241;&#237;a muestran eso.</p><p>Los accidentes del 737 MAX en 2018 y 2019 mataron a 346 personas y expusieron serias preguntas sobre la relaci&#243;n de Boeing con los reguladores, la toma de decisiones internas y la forma en que se manejaban las preocupaciones de seguridad<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a>.</p><p>A&#241;os despu&#233;s, en enero de 2024, un Boeing 737-9 MAX de Alaska Airlines perdi&#243; un tap&#243;n de puerta en vuelo, causando una descompresi&#243;n r&#225;pida. El NTSB inform&#243; que la aeronave experiment&#243; una separaci&#243;n en vuelo del tap&#243;n de puerta de salida media izquierda mientras ascend&#237;a desde Portland, y la FAA respondi&#243; poniendo en tierra 171 aviones Boeing 737-9 MAX y diciendo que aumentar&#237;a la supervisi&#243;n debido a los &#8220;problemas sist&#233;micos de calidad de producci&#243;n&#8221; de Boeing<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a>.</p><p>Entonces, si la seguridad era una preocupaci&#243;n principal para Boeing, <em>&#191;c&#243;mo sucedieron estos incidentes?</em></p><p>Puedes tener la misi&#243;n y puedes tener la infraestructura, pero a&#250;n necesitas coherencia del lugar que m&#225;s importa: las personas.</p><p>No quiero usar estos eventos solo por su valor de choque. Lo que quiero que veas es lo que revelan sobre la deriva.</p><p>En el caso del 737 MAX, las investigaciones p&#250;blicas no se&#241;alaron a una sola persona mala tomando una sola mala decisi&#243;n. Se&#241;alaron una cadena de decisiones en torno al dise&#241;o, la certificaci&#243;n, las suposiciones de entrenamiento de pilotos, la supervisi&#243;n regulatoria y la comunicaci&#243;n. El problema no fue solo t&#233;cnico. Fue organizacional.</p><p>El riesgo se movi&#243; a trav&#233;s del sistema sin ser detenido lo suficientemente temprano. Las decisiones fueron tomadas por personas operando dentro de incentivos, suposiciones, plazos, estructuras de reporte y h&#225;bitos institucionales. La investigaci&#243;n del Comit&#233; de Transporte de la C&#225;mara se centr&#243; directamente en el proceso de certificaci&#243;n, la transparencia, la rendici&#243;n de cuentas y la relaci&#243;n entre Boeing y la FAA despu&#233;s de los dos accidentes fatales. El propio resumen de retorno al servicio de la FAA tambi&#233;n describi&#243; la revisi&#243;n del MAX como involucrando cambios de dise&#241;o t&#233;cnico, entrenamiento de pilotos y lecciones de proceso despu&#233;s de los accidentes.</p><p>El incidente del tap&#243;n de puerta de Alaska Airlines muestra el mismo patr&#243;n de manera m&#225;s concreta. El registro p&#250;blico se&#241;ala tornillos faltantes, trabajo no documentado, entrenamiento insuficiente, orientaci&#243;n d&#233;bil, condiciones de f&#225;brica apresuradas y supervisi&#243;n que no logr&#243; detectar el problema antes de que la aeronave entrara en servicio. El informe del NTSB y los res&#250;menes p&#250;blicos encontraron que el tap&#243;n de puerta hab&#237;a sido removido durante el trabajo de f&#225;brica y los tornillos requeridos no fueron reinstalados. El trabajo no fue documentado adecuadamente, y los empleados reportaron estar apresurados o poco calificados.</p><p>Eso es lo que hace que estos incidentes sean relevantes para la deriva.</p><p>No fueron producidos por fuerzas abstractas; fueron producidos por decisiones humanas.</p><p>El asunto es que, cuando una organizaci&#243;n se desv&#237;a, los sistemas destinados a detectar y regular esa deriva tambi&#233;n pueden desviarse. Aqu&#237; es donde el caso de Boeing se vuelve a&#250;n m&#225;s importante.</p><p>La deriva no se detuvo en las paredes de Boeing. Tambi&#233;n expuso debilidades en el sistema destinado a regular a Boeing.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; &#191;Quieres entrenar esto de verdad, no solo leerlo?</strong></h4><p>Cada semana, junto con esta reflexi&#243;n, publico una breve gu&#237;a de pr&#225;ctica &#8212; algo que puedes trabajar en 10 minutos en un d&#237;a tranquilo, para que la idea se mantenga cuando llegue un d&#237;a dif&#237;cil.</p><p>Se llama el Compa&#241;ero de Pago. $9.99/mes.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">&#218;nete a la pr&#225;ctica &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Se supon&#237;a que la FAA actuar&#237;a como un bucle de retroalimentaci&#243;n externo. Su papel era detectar el riesgo, desafiar las suposiciones y asegurarse de que la misi&#243;n de seguridad permaneciera m&#225;s fuerte que las presiones de producci&#243;n, costo y entrega<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a>, pero las revisiones p&#250;blicas tambi&#233;n encontraron debilidades en la supervisi&#243;n de la FAA. Los informes despu&#233;s de los accidentes del 737 MAX plantearon preocupaciones sobre la certificaci&#243;n y la delegaci&#243;n. Las revisiones posteriores de la producci&#243;n de Boeing encontraron que los procesos de supervisi&#243;n de la FAA para identificar y resolver problemas de producci&#243;n no eran lo suficientemente efectivos, y que la supervisi&#243;n segu&#237;a siendo demasiado reactiva.</p><p>Eso importa porque la deriva no solo ocurre dentro de la organizaci&#243;n que produce el da&#241;o. Tambi&#233;n puede ocurrir dentro de las instituciones destinadas a detectar la deriva.</p><p>Entonces, <em>&#191;c&#243;mo resolvemos este problema?</em></p><p>Me refiero al problema de desarrollar capacidad de retorno en una organizaci&#243;n.</p><p><strong>&#191;C&#243;mo retorna una organizaci&#243;n de la deriva cuando la regulaci&#243;n y la infraestructura pueden ayudar, pero las personas dentro del sistema todav&#237;a tienen que llevar la direcci&#243;n?</strong></p><p>Esa pregunta es la raz&#243;n por la que sigo volviendo a la idea de gran escala.</p><p>He estado reflexionando sobre esto durante un tiempo, y he escrito sobre ello un par de veces. Describ&#237; mi idea de que la deriva y la coherencia son fractales, arraigadas en el marco te&#243;rico que arm&#233;, <em><a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/cdt">Coherence Dynamics Theory</a></em>, o CDT para abreviar.</p><p>Ten&#237;a la idea del problema, y ten&#237;a una direcci&#243;n general a gran escala para la soluci&#243;n. B&#225;sicamente, si practicar el retorno a trav&#233;s de la disciplina funciona a nivel individual, entonces una pr&#225;ctica similar <em>debe</em> existir para organizaciones que experimentan deriva a escala.</p><p>Pero realmente no ten&#237;a una gu&#237;a p&#250;blica que pudiera compartir, con m&#225;s detalle, c&#243;mo veo que esa soluci&#243;n existe.</p><p><a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/">Adaptable Discipline</a> funciona para individuos. Pero, &#191;podr&#237;a una startup, como organizaci&#243;n, tomar esos mismos preceptos y traducirlos al nivel organizacional? Lo mismo con una instituci&#243;n como una organizaci&#243;n sin fines de lucro o un gobierno.</p><p>Creo que podr&#237;an.</p><p>Pero en el proceso de hacer eso, algunas ideas probablemente se perder&#237;an en la traducci&#243;n. No por falta de capacidad, sino porque cada organizaci&#243;n, como todo sistema humano, incorpora fallas y sesgos que crean deriva. Esto significa que la deriva podr&#237;a incluso corromper el intento de traducir los principios detr&#225;s de Adaptable Discipline en algo que se aplique a las organizaciones.</p><p>Entonces, &#191;c&#243;mo resolvemos ese problema?</p><p>He estado hablando mucho sobre la agencia. Tal vez no expl&#237;citamente, pero a trav&#233;s de mis reflexiones y documentaci&#243;n, he estado tratando de introducir la idea de <strong>agencia invertida</strong>: la noci&#243;n de que cada uno de nosotros tiene la capacidad de impactar los sistemas a los que pertenecemos desarrollando nuestra capacidad de autogobernarnos.</p><p>Imagina un mundo donde las personas realmente pudieran ser confiables lo suficiente como para tomar decisiones alineadas con los principios del colectivo general.</p><p>No es demasiado rebuscado.</p><p>Las empresas y organizaciones sin fines de lucro alineadas con su misi&#243;n en sus etapas tempranas a menudo est&#225;n muy cerca de esto, pero generalmente no dura mucho tiempo. Estas organizaciones a menudo no tienen o no construyen la infraestructura necesaria para sostener la misi&#243;n, y cuando lo hacen, a menudo tratan esa infraestructura como si pudiera prevenir la deriva en primer lugar.</p><p>La fractalidad resulta &#250;til aqu&#237; porque, si reducimos la escala, tenemos el mismo problema a nivel individual:</p><p><em>&#191;Qu&#233; sucede cuando tenemos la infraestructura y los h&#225;bitos, pero por una raz&#243;n u otra rompemos la racha?</em></p><p>Muchas personas dir&#237;an, bueno, si realmente fueras disciplinado, no romper&#237;as la racha.</p><p>Incorrecto.</p><p>Todos somos falibles. Es parte de ser humano. Y porque somos humanos, estamos destinados a desviarnos, h&#225;bitos y todo.</p><p>Lo mismo es cierto para las organizaciones. Puedes tener infraestructura y todo, pero porque una organizaci&#243;n es un colectivo hecho por humanos, posee las mismas fallas que poseen sus miembros.</p><p>Entonces las organizaciones est&#225;n destinadas a desviarse porque dependen de humanos.</p><p>Dependen del comportamiento.</p><p>Lo que hace la infraestructura, entonces, es mitigar y reducir el riesgo y la profundidad de la deriva, pero no puede prevenirla en su totalidad. S&#233; que esto sonar&#225; algo tonto, pero da igual: piensa en la estructura como un chaleco antibalas. Puede que no deje entrar las balas, pero maldici&#243;n, doler&#225;. Y si sigues usando el mismo chaleco antibalas da&#241;ado, un d&#237;a ya no funcionar&#225;.</p><p>Lo vimos en el caso de Boeing. Ten&#237;an la infraestructura y la misi&#243;n, y sin embargo la deriva hizo lo que hace la deriva.</p><p>Para las organizaciones, al igual que para los individuos, la soluci&#243;n es construir la capacidad de retornar a lo que importa. Dise&#241;ar las condiciones que hagan posible el retorno cuando ocurra la deriva.</p><p>Aqu&#237; es donde se supone que ayude mi &#250;ltimo trabajo, y el que estoy lanzando hoy.</p><p>Perm&#237;teme presentarte <strong><a href="https://www.adaptable-organizations.com/">Adaptable Organizations</a></strong>.</p><p>Este es mi intento de traducir la pr&#225;ctica del retorno a la vida organizacional.</p><p>Adaptable Organizations es un marco para construir capacidad de retorno organizacional: la capacidad de un equipo o instituci&#243;n de volver a la coherencia despu&#233;s de la deriva, sin requerir correcci&#243;n externa constante.</p><p>La premisa es simple.</p><p>Al igual que los individuos, las organizaciones experimentan deriva.</p><p>Si bien la infraestructura importa, no prevendr&#225; la deriva. Construir capacidad de retorno es lo que ayuda a la empresa a permanecer coherente a lo largo de su ciclo de vida.</p><p>Adaptable Organizations es mi respuesta a eso.</p><p>Esto cierra el c&#237;rculo que comenc&#233; con Adaptable Discipline.</p><p>Las organizaciones est&#225;n hechas de individuos.</p><p>Los individuos se desv&#237;an, por lo tanto las organizaciones tambi&#233;n se desv&#237;an.</p><p>Porque los individuos se desv&#237;an, tambi&#233;n pueden retornar. Lo mismo con las organizaciones.</p><p>Adaptable Discipline ayuda a los individuos a dise&#241;ar las condiciones para su retorno.<br>Adaptable Organizations ayuda a las organizaciones a dise&#241;ar las condiciones para desarrollar capacidad de retorno.</p><p>Al desarrollar su capacidad de retornar, los individuos desarrollan agencia de abajo hacia arriba.</p><p>Al desarrollar su capacidad de retornar, las organizaciones se vuelven m&#225;s autosuficientes.<br>Y las organizaciones no pueden volverse autosuficientes si sus miembros no han desarrollado agencia de abajo hacia arriba.</p><p>Entonces, si eres un l&#237;der que est&#225; luchando porque tu equipo est&#225; haciendo demasiadas cosas no relacionadas, o est&#225;s lidiando con conflictos de equipo, alta rotaci&#243;n, o una sensaci&#243;n general de que las personas se est&#225;n moviendo en diferentes direcciones, considera esto una oportunidad para mirar una forma diferente de construir alineaci&#243;n.</p><p>&#201;chale un vistazo. Mira si te gusta la idea. Es gratis para que la pruebes.</p><p>Si quieres o necesitas ayuda adicional, estar&#233; encantado de trabajar contigo para ordenar las cosas.</p><p>Esta semana no habr&#225; un compa&#241;ero de pago, solo por la naturaleza de este anuncio. Pero tienes mi compromiso de que la pr&#243;xima semana tendremos una nueva reflexi&#243;n y su compa&#241;ero apropiado.</p><p>Por ahora, juega con Adaptable Organizations. Si tienes alguna pregunta, por favor comun&#237;cate. Estar&#233; feliz de ayudar.</p><p><strong>&#161;Que tengas una semana maravillosa!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024; Ideas que Vale la Pena Explorar</strong></h3><p>Si esta pieza reson&#243;, aqu&#237; hay un par m&#225;s que van de la mano.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;aea58fba-7a70-464a-970f-edaa4caf18d4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Esta publicaci&#243;n es un poco diferente de lo que normalmente escribo.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Cuando tu empresa comienza a desviarse: c&#243;mo la inestabilidad organizacional afecta silenciosamente tu disciplina&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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Disciplined&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5_8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F82aadeca-515a-44cd-9f43-9e4e8b43d18a_654x654.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-1" href="#footnote-anchor-1" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">1</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><a href="https://democrats-transportation.house.gov/committee-activity/boeing-737-max-investigation">https://democrats-transportation.house.gov/committee-activity/boeing-737-max-investigation</a></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-2" href="#footnote-anchor-2" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">2</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/boeing-ntsb-door-plug-737-alaska-airlines-721493c5e64081145aab21f2cf3fabcd">https://apnews.com/article/boeing-ntsb-door-plug-737-alaska-airlines-721493c5e64081145aab21f2cf3fabcd</a></p></div></div><div class="footnote" data-component-name="FootnoteToDOM"><a id="footnote-3" href="#footnote-anchor-3" class="footnote-number" contenteditable="false" target="_self">3</a><div class="footnote-content"><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/faa-administrator-boeing-737-max-senate-4e58c2b21980b34bc72cde7779925fe1">https://apnews.com/article/faa-administrator-boeing-737-max-senate-4e58c2b21980b34bc72cde7779925fe1</a></p></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Introducing Adaptable Organizations]]></title><description><![CDATA[What Boeing reveals about organizational drift, and why teams need the capacity to return.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/introducing-adaptable-organizations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/introducing-adaptable-organizations</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 14:01:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ck8f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc80784ad-d477-4710-9970-180a46a20b8c_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ck8f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc80784ad-d477-4710-9970-180a46a20b8c_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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That was never their goal.</p><p>Boeing was founded in 1916 and became one of the most important aerospace companies in the world. It helped define aviation, defense, space, and the economy of the Seattle area for generations. At one point during World War II, Boeing employment in Washington topped 50,000 people, and the later &#8220;Boeing Bust&#8221; of the early 1970s was severe enough to depress the local economy.</p><p>They were not just making products.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br>Straight to your inbox.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>Boeing was part of a regional identity. It gave people work, shaped families, trained engineers, and, most importantly, built machines where precision, safety, and quality were not abstract ideals.</p><p>They <em>were</em> the work.</p><p>Even today, Boeing&#8217;s own language still points to that legacy. The company describes itself as a leading global aerospace company that develops, manufactures, and services commercial airplanes, defense products, and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. It also places safety and quality at the center of its public messaging.</p><p>The problem was never that Boeing had ill intentions.</p><p>The problem was that what Boeing publicly shared as principles and values was not really reflected in its actions and decisions.</p><p>Two of the biggest incidents involving the company show that.</p><p>The 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019 killed 346 people and exposed serious questions about Boeing&#8217;s relationship with regulators, internal decision-making, and the way safety concerns were handled<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-1" href="#footnote-1" target="_self">1</a>.</p><p>Years later, in January 2024, an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX lost a door plug in flight, causing rapid depressurization. The NTSB reported that the aircraft experienced an in-flight separation of the left mid exit door plug while climbing out of Portland, and the FAA responded by grounding 171 Boeing 737-9 MAX aircraft and saying it would increase oversight because of Boeing&#8217;s &#8220;systemic production-quality issues&#8221;<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-2" href="#footnote-2" target="_self">2</a>.</p><p>So if safety was a main concern for Boeing, <em>how did these incidents happen?</em></p><p>You can have the mission and you can have the infrastructure, but you still need coherence from the place that matters the most: the people.</p><p>I don&#8217;t want to use these events just for shock value. What I want you to see is what they reveal about drift.</p><p>In the 737 MAX case, the public investigations did not point to one single bad person making one single bad decision. They pointed to a chain of decisions around design, certification, pilot training assumptions, regulatory oversight, and communication. The issue was not only technical. It was organizational.</p><p>Risk moved through the system without being stopped early enough. Decisions were made by people operating inside incentives, assumptions, deadlines, reporting structures, and institutional habits. The House Transportation Committee investigation focused directly on the certification process, transparency, accountability, and the relationship between Boeing and the FAA after the two fatal crashes. The FAA&#8217;s own return-to-service summary also described the MAX review as involving technical design changes, pilot training, and process lessons after the accidents.</p><p>The Alaska Airlines door-plug incident shows the same pattern more concretely. The public record points to missing bolts, undocumented work, insufficient training, weak guidance, rushed factory conditions, and oversight that failed to catch the problem before the aircraft entered service. The NTSB report and public summaries found that the door plug had been removed during factory work and the required bolts were not reinstalled. The work was not properly documented, and employees reported being rushed or underqualified.</p><p>That is what makes these incidents relevant to drift.</p><p>They were not produced by abstract forces; they were produced by human decisions.</p><p>The thing is, when an organization drifts, the systems meant to detect and regulate that drift can also drift. This is where the Boeing case becomes even more important.</p><p>The drift did not stop at Boeing&#8217;s walls. It also exposed weaknesses in the system meant to regulate Boeing.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; Want to actually train this, not just read it?</strong></h4><p>Each week, alongside this reflection, I publish a short practice guide &#8212; something you can work through in 10 minutes on a slow day, so the idea sticks when a hard day hits.</p><p>It&#8217;s called the Paid Companion. $9.99/month.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">Join the practice &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The FAA was supposed to act as an external feedback loop. Its role was to detect risk, challenge assumptions, and make sure the mission of safety remained stronger than the pressures of production, cost, and delivery<a class="footnote-anchor" data-component-name="FootnoteAnchorToDOM" id="footnote-anchor-3" href="#footnote-3" target="_self">3</a>, but public reviews found weaknesses in FAA oversight too. Reports after the 737 MAX crashes raised concerns about certification and delegation. Later reviews of Boeing production found that FAA oversight processes for identifying and resolving production issues were not effective enough, and that oversight was still too reactive.</p><p>That matters because drift does not only happen inside the organization producing the harm. It can also happen inside the institutions meant to catch the drift.</p><p>So, <em>how do we solve this problem?</em></p><p>I mean the problem of developing return capacity in an organization.</p><p><strong>How does an organization return from drift when regulation and infrastructure can help, but the people inside the system still have to carry the direction?</strong></p><p>That question is the reason I keep coming back to scale.</p><p>I&#8217;ve been pondering this for a while, and I&#8217;ve written about it a couple of times. I described my idea of drift and coherence being fractal, rooted in the theoretical framework I put together, <em><a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/cdt">Coherence Dynamics Theory</a></em>, or CDT for short.</p><p>I had the idea of the problem, and I had a general, big-scale direction for the solution. Basically, if practicing return through discipline works at an individual level, then a similar practice <em>must</em> exist for organizations that experience drift at scale.</p><p>But I didn&#8217;t really have a public guideline that could share, in more detail, how I see that solution existing.</p><p><a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com">Adaptable Discipline</a> works for individuals. But could a startup, as an organization, take those same precepts and translate them at the organizational level? Same with an institution like a non-profit or a government.</p><p>I think they could.</p><p>But in the process of doing that, some ideas would probably get lost in translation. Not because of lack of capacity, but because every organization, like every human system, incorporates flaws and biases that create drift. This means that drift could even corrupt the attempt to translate the principles behind Adaptable Discipline into something that applies to organizations.</p><p>So how do we solve that problem?</p><p>I&#8217;ve been talking a lot about agency. Maybe not explicitly, but through my reflections and documentation, I&#8217;ve been trying to introduce the idea of <strong>bottom-up agency</strong>: the notion that every one of us has the ability to impact the systems we belong to by developing our ability to self-govern.</p><p>Imagine a world where people could actually be trusted enough to make decisions aligned with the principles of the overarching collective.</p><p>It&#8217;s not too far-fetched.</p><p>Mission-aligned companies and non-profits in their early stages are often very close to this, but it usually doesn&#8217;t last for long. These organizations often do not have or build the necessary infrastructure to sustain the mission, and when they do, they often treat that infrastructure as if it could prevent drift in the first place.</p><p>Fractality proves to be useful here because, if we scale down, we have the same problem at an individual level:</p><p><em>What happens when we have the infrastructure, and the habits, but for one reason or another we break the streak?</em></p><p>Many people would say, well, if you were really disciplined, you wouldn&#8217;t break the streak.</p><p>Wrong.</p><p>We are all fallible. It&#8217;s part of being human. And because we are human, we are bound to drift, habits and everything.</p><p>The same is true for organizations. You can have infrastructure and all, but because an organization is a collective made by humans, it possesses the same flaws its members possess.</p><p>So organizations are bound to drift because they depend on humans.</p><p>They depend on behavior.</p><p>What infrastructure does, then, is mitigate and reduce the risk and depth of drift, but it cannot prevent it in its totality. I know this will sound somewhat dumb, but whatever: think of structure as a bulletproof jacket. It might not let the bullets get in, but damn, it will hurt. And if you keep using the same damaged bulletproof jacket, one day it won&#8217;t work anymore.</p><p>We saw it in the case of Boeing. They had the infrastructure and the mission, and yet drift did what drift does.</p><p>For organizations, just like for individuals, the solution is to build the ability to return to what matters. To engineer the conditions that make return possible when drift happens.</p><p>Here is where my latest work, and the one I&#8217;m launching today, is supposed to help.</p><p>Let me introduce you to <strong><a href="https://www.adaptable-organizations.com">Adaptable Organizations</a></strong>.</p><p>This is my attempt to translate the practice of return into organizational life.</p><p>Adaptable Organizations is a framework for building organizational return capacity: the ability of a team or institution to come back to coherence after drift, without requiring constant external correction.</p><p>The premise is simple.</p><p>Just like individuals, organizations experience drift.</p><p>While infrastructure matters, it won&#8217;t prevent drift. Building return capacity is what helps the company remain coherent along its lifecycle.</p><p>Adaptable Organizations is my answer to that.</p><p>This closes the circle I started with Adaptable Discipline.</p><p>Organizations are made of individuals.</p><p>Individuals drift, hence organizations drift too.</p><p>Because individuals drift, they can return too. Same with organizations.</p><p>Adaptable Discipline helps individuals engineer the conditions for their return.<br>Adaptable Organizations helps organizations engineer the conditions to develop return capacity.</p><p>By developing their ability to return, individuals develop bottom-up agency.<br>By developing their ability to return, organizations become more self-sufficient.</p><p>And organizations can&#8217;t become self-sufficient if their members haven&#8217;t developed bottom-up agency.</p><p>So, if you are a leader struggling because your team is doing too many unrelated things, or you are dealing with team conflict, high turnover, or a general sense that people are moving in different directions, consider this an opportunity to look at a different way to build alignment.</p><p>Take a look. See if you like the idea. It&#8217;s free for you to try out.</p><p>If you want or need additional help, I&#8217;d be happy to work with you to sort things out.</p><p>This week there won&#8217;t be a paid companion, just because of the nature of this announcement. But you have my commitment that next week we will have a new reflection and its proper companion.</p><p>For now, play with Adaptable Organizations. If you have any questions, please reach out. I&#8217;ll be happy to help.</p><p><strong>Have a wonderful week!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024;Ideas Worth Exploring</strong></h3><p>If this piece resonated, here are a few more that go hand-in-hand.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;171f904a-6136-41fa-a14d-8d8c0626f618&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;This post is a bit different from what I typically write about.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;When Your Company Starts Drifting: How Organizational Instability Quietly Affects Your Discipline&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. Staying behind is a choice. 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maleza]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/podando-tu-vida-tres-katas-para-cuidar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/podando-tu-vida-tres-katas-para-cuidar</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 15:03:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2fdd8148-b2f7-4473-9c9f-c6cb69903a50_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!S_GN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf8937e-3866-429b-a827-ed17054170b8_1456x332.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>Este es un compa&#241;ero de pago para <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/como-cuidar-de-tu-vida-como-un-bonsai?r=dnz82&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">C&#243;mo Cuidar de Tu Vida Como un Bons&#225;i</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; La Lucha</h3><p>Ves las partes de tu vida creciendo sin control. Los h&#225;bitos que no ten&#237;as intenci&#243;n de conservar. Los compromisos que se acumularon sin tu permiso. La direcci&#243;n hacia la que te est&#225;s desviando que no coincide con lo que dijiste que importaba. Sabes que necesitas podar, pero no comienzas. No porque no te importe, sino porque podar se siente como admitir que dejaste que llegara tan lejos.</p><p>As&#237; que esperas. Te dices que te ocupar&#225;s de ello cuando tengas m&#225;s tiempo, m&#225;s claridad, m&#225;s energ&#237;a. Pero la maleza no hace una pausa. Se acumula. Lo que comenz&#243; como una rama desviada se convierte en una mara&#241;a. Lo que se supon&#237;a que era temporal se convierte en tu nueva forma. Y cuanto m&#225;s esperas, m&#225;s abrumador se siente el trabajo.</p><p>No est&#225;s evitando el trabajo porque seas perezoso. Lo est&#225;s evitando porque no has entrenado el retorno. Porque podar tu vida&#8212;cortar lo que no te sirve, redirigir lo que s&#237;&#8212;requiere repetici&#243;n que a&#250;n no has construido. Y sin ese m&#250;sculo, cada intento se siente como comenzar desde cero.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/v1/foundations/understanding-your-context/context-overview?utm_source=paid_companion">Entendiendo Tu Contexto</a> &#8212; Aprende c&#243;mo sucede la deriva y por qu&#233; el contexto importa al construir capacidad de retorno.</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; Lo Que Est&#225;s Entrenando</h3><p>Est&#225;s entrenando <em>poda intencional</em>. Eso significa notar la deriva temprano y regresar a tu direcci&#243;n elegida antes de que la maleza se convierta en tu predeterminado.</p><p>En nuestra &#250;ltima reflexi&#243;n (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/como-cuidar-de-tu-vida-como-un-bonsai?r=dnz82&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">C&#243;mo Cuidar de Tu Vida Como un Bons&#225;i</a>), nombramos la tendencia de la vida a crecer en direcciones que no elegimos. Los Katas a continuaci&#243;n entrenan la capacidad de detectar ese crecimiento y podarlo. Practicar&#225;s reconocer la deriva en tiempo real, nombrar la direcci&#243;n que realmente quieres y hacer un peque&#241;o corte que te realinee. El primer beneficio es inmediato: dejas de permitir que la deriva se acumule sin control.</p><p>Tambi&#233;n hay un segundo beneficio: confianza. Cada vez que podas y regresas, te demuestras a ti mismo que puedes redirigir. Que la forma de tu vida no est&#225; fija. Que puedes cuidar lo que importa sin esperar el momento perfecto o la revisi&#243;n completa. La repetici&#243;n construye evidencia. La evidencia construye confianza. La confianza hace que el pr&#243;ximo retorno sea m&#225;s f&#225;cil.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/es/v1/foundations/building-your-foundation/designing-low-friction-routines?utm_source=paid_companion">Dise&#241;ando Rutinas de Baja Fricci&#243;n</a> &#8212; Construye sistemas que hagan que regresar sea autom&#225;tico en lugar de requerir esfuerzo.</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; Los Katas</h3><p>Los katas son pr&#225;cticas cortas y nombradas. Cada una toma 30&#8211;120 segundos. Pract&#237;calas en d&#237;as f&#225;ciles para que sean autom&#225;ticas cuando llegue el estr&#233;s.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; La Auditor&#237;a de Deriva</h4><p>Este kata entrena la conciencia de la desalineaci&#243;n. &#218;salo cuando te sientas ocupado pero no intencional. Identificar&#225;s un &#225;rea que est&#225; creciendo en una direcci&#243;n que no elegiste.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pruning Your Life: Three Katas for Tending What Matters]]></title><description><![CDATA[How to shape your life with intention using short, repeatable practices that train return before drift becomes overgrowth]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/pruning-your-life-three-katas-for</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/pruning-your-life-three-katas-for</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 15:03:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a3a56ceb-bcb4-47e7-af78-5b43f0ffa262_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp" width="1456" height="332" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:332,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:13740,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/webp&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/198634118?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kH2l!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9cf07f80-706c-499f-b652-be05531c0fca_1456x332.webp 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><div class="pullquote"><p><em><strong>This is a paid companion for <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/how-to-take-care-of-your-life-like">How to Take Care of Your Life Like a Bonsai</a></strong></em></p></div><h3>&#129517; The Struggle</h3><p>You see the parts of your life growing wild. The habits you didn&#8217;t mean to keep. The commitments that accumulated without your permission. The direction you&#8217;re drifting that doesn&#8217;t match what you said mattered. You know you need to prune, but you don&#8217;t start. Not because you don&#8217;t care, but because pruning feels like admitting you let it get this far.</p><p>So you wait. You tell yourself you&#8217;ll tend to it when you have more time, more clarity, more energy. But the overgrowth doesn&#8217;t pause. It compounds. What started as one stray branch becomes a tangle. What was supposed to be temporary becomes your new shape. And the longer you wait, the more overwhelming the work feels.</p><p>You&#8217;re not avoiding the work because you&#8217;re lazy. You&#8217;re avoiding it because you haven&#8217;t trained the return. Because pruning your life&#8212;cutting what doesn&#8217;t serve you, redirecting what does&#8212;requires repetition you haven&#8217;t built yet. And without that muscle, every attempt feels like starting from scratch.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/v1/foundations/understanding-your-context/context-overview?utm_source=paid_companion">Understanding Your Context</a> &#8212; Learn how drift happens and why context matters when building return capacity.</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#127919; What You&#8217;re Training</h3><p>You are training <em>intentional pruning</em>. That means noticing drift early and returning to your chosen direction before overgrowth becomes your default.</p><p>In our latest reflection (<a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/how-to-take-care-of-your-life-like">How to Take Care of Your Life Like a Bonsai</a>), we named the tendency for life to grow in directions we didn&#8217;t choose. The Katas below train the capacity to spot that growth and prune it. You&#8217;ll practice recognizing drift in real time, naming the direction you actually want, and making one small cut that realigns you. The first benefit is immediate: you stop letting drift accumulate unchecked.</p><p>There&#8217;s also a second benefit: trust. Each time you prune and return, you prove to yourself that you can redirect. That the shape of your life isn&#8217;t fixed. That you can tend to what matters without waiting for the perfect moment or the complete overhaul. Repetition builds evidence. Evidence builds trust. Trust makes the next return easier.</p><p>&#128073; <a href="https://www.adaptable-discipline.com/guides/v1/foundations/building-your-foundation/designing-low-friction-routines?utm_source=paid_companion">Designing Low-Friction Routines</a> &#8212; Build systems that make returning automatic instead of effortful.</p><div><hr></div><h3>&#9889; The Katas</h3><p>Katas are short, named practices. Each one takes 30&#8211;120 seconds. Practice them on easy days so they&#8217;re automatic when stress hits.</p><div><hr></div><h4>1&#65039;&#8419; The Drift Audit</h4><p>This kata trains awareness of misalignment. Use it when you feel busy but not intentional. You will identify one area growing in a direction you didn&#8217;t choose.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Take Care of Your Life Like a Bonsai]]></title><description><![CDATA[A reflection on patience, drift, and return, and how small acts of care can help you shape your life with more intention.]]></description><link>https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/how-to-take-care-of-your-life-like</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/how-to-take-care-of-your-life-like</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Camilo Zambrano]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 14:01:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5TWr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd22adcb5-a7ab-41b8-9c33-e0ebdbecbc99_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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It&#8217;s kind of my adult hobby, I think I&#8217;ve talked about it before in <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/not-all-slips-are-your-fault-why?r=dnz82&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">previous articles</a>. I try to take care of my plants.</p><p>I have a bonsai.</p><p>Well, the bonsai I wrote about a while ago unfortunately didn&#8217;t make it. Bonsais are hard. They are trees that require a very specific level of care, patience, and maintenance.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Free weekly reflections for sustainable discipline.</strong><br>Straight to your inbox.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>I didn&#8217;t give up, but after around two years, that bonsai didn&#8217;t make it. Learned a lot from the process, which included some grief as well. Two years of efforts hurt when the results are not the ones you expect. I also felt responsible for the bonsai to die, and I don&#8217;t take that lightly.</p><p>After a while I moved on, and during one of my visits to the local Farmer&#8217;s Market, I got a new one. A juniper.</p><p>Beautiful tree.</p><p>Since then, I&#8217;ve been trying to keep it alive. It&#8217;s not that it&#8217;s too demanding, but it does require care and consistency. For instance, if I travel, it becomes harder for me to take care of it, and that has already created some issues with that juniper I have now.</p><p>But I try to do my best.<br>That&#8217;s the thing.<br>I try to do my best.</p><p>I&#8217;ve been learning. I&#8217;ve been reading. As I mentioned in the beginning, I&#8217;m part of a Facebook group for people who take care of bonsais, which makes me feel like an old man saying it, but whatever. It has helped me learn more about caring of my own.</p><p>The problem is that when I look at that group, it&#8217;s very easy to get a little jealous. Especially now in spring, when so many of those bonsais look beautiful. Full of flowers. Well groomed. Carefully shaped.</p><p>The other day, someone posted an azalea tree, and it was just beautiful. Full of beautiful red flowers. Perfectly maintained, pristine. Ah...you should have seen it. I lost the picture because my feed refreshed after like 10 seconds, but that was enough to feel sort of triggered.</p><p>When I looked at it, I compared it with the bonsais I have had at home. Mine are humble...they have tried their best. I know comparing is the thief of joy, but I&#8217;m not comparing to feel miserable, but to see where can I get in my own journey.</p><p>It sets the bar high.</p><p>I think bonsais require a very specific dedication from those who really want to get into the craft. I&#8217;m very new to all of this. Everything I&#8217;ve learned has been through trial and error, or by reading around, and even then, it has been hard, because it&#8217;s not only about learning the materials, the techniques, the timing, or how to care for the tree. It also requires patience. Real patience.</p><p>You need time to take care of the bonsai, but you also need time to see it grow, because it is a slow process.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; Want to actually train this, not just read it?</strong></h4><p>Each week, alongside this reflection, I publish a short practice guide &#8212; something you can work through in 10 minutes on a slow day, so the idea sticks when a hard day hits.</p><p>It&#8217;s called the Paid Companion. $9.99/month.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">Join the practice &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>From what I&#8217;ve read, and maybe people who actually know bonsais can correct me here, it can take decades to see a really well-developed bonsai, depending on the type of tree and the technique you&#8217;re applying to it. So it takes dedication.</p><p>It takes patience.</p><p>And I started thinking to myself:</p><blockquote><p>How am I able to take care of a tree with that level of dedication and precision, while there are <em>still</em> parts of my life that I don&#8217;t tend to?<br>Parts I don&#8217;t take care of.</p></blockquote><p>And yes, as cheesy as it may sound, that led me to this reflection: Our life should be treated like a bonsai, because it is precious.</p><p>With a bonsai, you can mess it up. It&#8217;s not ideal, because it is still a living being, but you can try again.<br>With life, there is one component we don&#8217;t get back, and that is <em>time</em>.</p><p>So we should be focused on taking care of our life in every aspect, and that&#8217;s where drift comes into play, because drift is the mechanism that makes the tree of life grow by default.</p><p>Your tree will keep growing, it will keep moving in different possible directions, and it is your job to prune the directions you don&#8217;t want in your life, so you can keep your tree growing the way you want it to grow. In this case, the mechanism you use to keep your tree aligned is returning. The idea of <a href="https://cizambra.com/return-as-a-meta-skill/">return as a meta-skill</a>.</p><p>Returning is how you make sure the parts you don&#8217;t want to grow don&#8217;t take over.</p><p>You keep pruning, even if one area of your life starts growing in a direction you don&#8217;t want, that&#8217;s okay. Drift is the default. It will happen.</p><p>Returning is how you prune it. It is how you come back to the main trunk of your life. The main direction. The spine of it.</p><p>We should take care of our bonsais. We all have one, and it is the most precious one.</p><p>Something I want to leave clear though: this all may sound overwhelming, but don&#8217;t worry. If you take a direction you thought you wanted, and later realize that wasn&#8217;t it, you can change direction. Your tree of life will keep growing, and you can still shape it in the way you want.</p><p>So my message to you, my invitation, is to reflect on this: think of your life as something to tend. Something to take care of holistically.<br>Look at the areas of your life. Look at the directions you are taking. Ask yourself if those are the directions you actually want, and then ask yourself what direction you want to follow in those areas.</p><p>That is how you shape the tree of your life.</p><p>The way you want, only the way you want.</p><p>In our next paid companion, we will navigate how to prune our bonsai. We will look at some techniques to shape it the way we want to see it, and the way we want to experience it.</p><p>Because that bonsai is ours, and only ours.</p><p><strong>Have a wonderful week!</strong></p><div><hr></div><h3><strong>&#10024;Ideas Worth Exploring</strong></h3><p>If this piece resonated, here are a few more that go hand-in-hand.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;2d32f900-c04d-4b41-87d6-37d67b989c65&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;We tend to think discipline is a matter of force.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Not All Slips Are Your Fault: Why Discipline Is About Alignment, Not Willpower&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:22953746,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Camilo Zambrano&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Falling behind is human. 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Es como mi pasatiempo de adulto, creo que he hablado de ello antes en <a href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/p/no-todas-las-caidas-son-tu-culpa?utm_source=publication-search">art&#237;culos anteriores</a>. Trato de cuidar mis plantas.</p><p>Tengo un bons&#225;i.</p><p>Bueno, el bons&#225;i sobre el que escrib&#237; hace un tiempo desafortunadamente no sobrevivi&#243;. Los bons&#225;is son dif&#237;ciles. Son &#225;rboles que requieren un nivel muy espec&#237;fico de cuidado, paciencia y mantenimiento.</p><div><hr></div><p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reflexiones semanales gratuitas para una disciplina sostenible</strong>.<br>Directas a tu bandeja de entrada.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p>No me rend&#237;, pero despu&#233;s de alrededor de dos a&#241;os, ese bons&#225;i no lo logr&#243;. Aprend&#237; mucho del proceso, que tambi&#233;n incluy&#243; algo de duelo. Dos a&#241;os de esfuerzos duelen cuando los resultados no son los que esperas. Tambi&#233;n me sent&#237; responsable de que el bons&#225;i muriera, y no me tomo eso a la ligera.</p><p>Despu&#233;s de un tiempo segu&#237; adelante, y durante una de mis visitas al Mercado de Agricultores local, consegu&#237; uno nuevo. Un enebro.</p><p>Hermoso &#225;rbol.</p><p>Desde entonces, he estado tratando de mantenerlo vivo. No es que sea muy exigente, pero s&#237; requiere cuidado y consistencia. Por ejemplo, si viajo, se vuelve m&#225;s dif&#237;cil para m&#237; cuidarlo, y eso ya ha creado algunos problemas con ese enebro que tengo ahora.</p><p>Pero trato de hacer mi mejor esfuerzo.<br>Esa es la cosa.<br>Trato de hacer mi mejor esfuerzo.</p><p>He estado aprendiendo. He estado leyendo. Como mencion&#233; al principio, soy parte de un grupo de Facebook para personas que cuidan bons&#225;is, lo que me hace sentir como un viejo al decirlo, pero bueno. Me ha ayudado a aprender m&#225;s sobre el cuidado del m&#237;o.</p><p>El problema es que cuando miro ese grupo, es muy f&#225;cil ponerse un poco celoso. Especialmente ahora en primavera, cuando muchos de esos bons&#225;is se ven hermosos. Llenos de flores. Bien cuidados. Cuidadosamente moldeados.</p><p>El otro d&#237;a, alguien public&#243; un &#225;rbol de azalea, y era simplemente hermoso. Lleno de hermosas flores rojas. Perfectamente mantenido, pr&#237;stino. Ah... deber&#237;as haberlo visto. Perd&#237; la imagen porque mi feed se actualiz&#243; despu&#233;s de unos 10 segundos, pero eso fue suficiente para sentirme algo activado.</p><p>Cuando lo mir&#233;, lo compar&#233; con los bons&#225;is que he tenido en casa. Los m&#237;os son humildes... han hecho su mejor esfuerzo. S&#233; que comparar es el ladr&#243;n de la alegr&#237;a, pero no estoy comparando para sentirme miserable, sino para ver d&#243;nde puedo llegar en mi propio viaje.</p><p>Eso pone el list&#243;n alto.</p><p>Creo que los bons&#225;is requieren una dedicaci&#243;n muy espec&#237;fica de aquellos que realmente quieren adentrarse en el oficio. Soy muy nuevo en todo esto. Todo lo que he aprendido ha sido a trav&#233;s de prueba y error, o leyendo por ah&#237;, e incluso entonces, ha sido dif&#237;cil, porque no se trata solo de aprender los materiales, las t&#233;cnicas, el momento, o c&#243;mo cuidar el &#225;rbol. Tambi&#233;n requiere paciencia. Paciencia real.</p><p>Necesitas tiempo para cuidar el bons&#225;i, pero tambi&#233;n necesitas tiempo para verlo crecer, porque es un proceso lento.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><h4><strong>&#128073; &#191;Quieres entrenar esto de verdad, no solo leerlo?</strong></h4><p>Cada semana, junto con esta reflexi&#243;n, publico una breve gu&#237;a de pr&#225;ctica &#8212; algo que puedes trabajar en 10 minutos en un d&#237;a tranquilo, para que la idea se mantenga cuando llegue un d&#237;a dif&#237;cil.</p><p>Se llama el Compa&#241;ero de Pago. $9.99/mes.</p><p><strong><a href="http://www.self-disciplined.com/subscribe">&#218;nete a la pr&#225;ctica &#8594;</a></strong></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png" width="1456" height="73" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:73,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1745,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.self-disciplined.com/i/178402736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JaAq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9f813584-0850-4202-a373-6ad56ffe71cd_2400x120.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Por lo que he le&#237;do, y tal vez las personas que realmente conocen los bons&#225;is puedan corregirme aqu&#237;, puede tomar d&#233;cadas ver un bons&#225;i realmente bien desarrollado, dependiendo del tipo de &#225;rbol y la t&#233;cnica que est&#233;s aplic&#225;ndole. As&#237; que requiere dedicaci&#243;n.</p><p>Requiere paciencia.</p><p>Y empec&#233; a pensar:</p><blockquote><p>&#191;C&#243;mo soy capaz de cuidar un &#225;rbol con ese nivel de dedicaci&#243;n y precisi&#243;n, mientras todav&#237;a hay partes de mi vida que no atiendo?<br>Partes que no cuido.</p></blockquote><p>Y s&#237;, tan cursi como pueda sonar, eso me llev&#243; a esta reflexi&#243;n: Nuestra vida deber&#237;a ser tratada como un bons&#225;i, porque es preciosa.</p><p>Con un bons&#225;i, puedes arruinarlo. No es ideal, porque sigue siendo un ser vivo, pero puedes intentarlo de nuevo.<br>Con la vida, hay un componente que no recuperamos, y ese es el <em>tiempo</em>.</p><p>As&#237; que deber&#237;amos estar enfocados en cuidar nuestra vida en cada aspecto, y ah&#237; es donde entra en juego la deriva, porque la deriva es el mecanismo que hace que el &#225;rbol de la vida crezca por defecto.</p><p>Tu &#225;rbol seguir&#225; creciendo, seguir&#225; movi&#233;ndose en diferentes direcciones posibles, y es tu trabajo podar las direcciones que no quieres en tu vida, para que puedas mantener tu &#225;rbol creciendo de la manera que quieres que crezca. En este caso, el mecanismo que usas para mantener tu &#225;rbol alineado es retornar. La idea del <a href="https://cizambra.com/return-as-a-meta-skill/">retorno como una meta-habilidad</a>.</p><p>Retornar es c&#243;mo te aseguras de que las partes que no quieres que crezcan no tomen el control.</p><p>Sigues podando, incluso si un &#225;rea de tu vida comienza a crecer en una direcci&#243;n que no quieres, est&#225; bien. La deriva es lo predeterminado. Va a suceder.</p><p>Retornar es c&#243;mo lo podas. Es c&#243;mo vuelves al tronco principal de tu vida. La direcci&#243;n principal. La columna vertebral de ella.</p><p>Deber&#237;amos cuidar nuestros bons&#225;is. Todos tenemos uno, y es el m&#225;s precioso.</p><p>Algo que quiero dejar claro: todo esto puede sonar abrumador, pero no te preocupes. Si tomas una direcci&#243;n que pensabas que quer&#237;as, y luego te das cuenta de que no era esa, puedes cambiar de direcci&#243;n. Tu &#225;rbol de vida seguir&#225; creciendo, y a&#250;n puedes moldearlo de la manera que quieres.</p><p>As&#237; que mi mensaje para ti, mi invitaci&#243;n, es reflexionar sobre esto: piensa en tu vida como algo que cuidar. Algo que atender hol&#237;sticamente.<br>Mira las &#225;reas de tu vida. Mira las direcciones que est&#225;s tomando. Preg&#250;ntate si esas son las direcciones que realmente quieres, y luego preg&#250;ntate qu&#233; direcci&#243;n quieres seguir en esas &#225;reas.</p><p>As&#237; es como moldeas el &#225;rbol de tu vida.</p><p>De la manera que quieres, solo de la manera que quieres.</p><p>En nuestro pr&#243;ximo compa&#241;ero de pago, navegaremos c&#243;mo podar nuestro bons&#225;i. 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