The Plateau of Lit and Potential

The San Antonio Spurs have a quote from social reformer Jacob Reese hanging in their locker room, when nothing seems to help. It says: "All the action happens at 32 degrees" When you finally break through the plateau of latent potential, people will call it an overnight success. The task of breaking a bad habit is like uprooting a powerful oak within us. And the task of building a good habit is like cultivating a delicate flower one day at a time. But what determines whether we stick with the habit long enough to survive the Plateau of latent potential and break through to the other side? What is it that causes some people to slide into unwanted habits and enables others to enjoy the comp