How to Break the Success Spiral

"I always think back to when the success spirals are brought up is the case of the military," he says. "Sargent's are really fucking harsh on you, but the goals they set tend to be things like, make your goddamn bed so it's perfect every morning and you can do that and you do." He adds: "It kind of sets up the success spiral kind of thing where you're like, oh, okay, yeah, I can do this".