Everyone thinks cooking faster comes from practice. It doesn’t. It comes from redesigning the process.
The biggest mistake people make is believing that cooking is a knowledge gap. In reality, it’s an efficiency issue.
The issue isn’t motivation. It’s that the process itself is too heavy to sustain daily.
Here’s the truth most people ignore: cooking skill does not scale efficiency. You can get better at using a knife, but you’re still bound by the same time constraints.
A simple tool that cuts prep time by 80% doesn’t just save time—it changes behavior entirely.
Most people believe consistency comes from discipline. That belief is flawed. Discipline is unreliable because it depends on energy, mood, and circumstances.
The easiest behaviors to sustain are the ones that require the least effort.
Imagine reducing prep time from 15 minutes to under 5. That single change eliminates the biggest barrier to starting.
And once behavior becomes automatic, consistency is no longer a challenge—it becomes inevitable.
The fastest way to cook more is not to try harder—it’s to remove the reasons you don’t want to start.
The people who cook consistently aren’t more disciplined. They simply have fewer barriers to action.
Instead of asking, “How do I get better at cooking?” the better question is, “How do I make cooking easier to execute?”
And repeatability is what ultimately drives behavior change.
Skill is overrated. Design is underrated. And design is what actually determines outcomes.
Because in the end, more info behavior always follows the path of least resistance.