We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

Character is not what you decide about yourself; it is the accumulated record of what you actually did. One outstanding performance proves you are capable of it once. Doing something competently on a Tuesday when nobody is watching is what makes it part of who you are. The practical upshot is that identity is editable, slowly, through what gets repeated rather than through what gets resolved.

Choose one small behaviour you would want said of you and install it on a schedule this week. Repetition is unglamorous and it is the only mechanism available, so pick something you can keep doing when the enthusiasm has gone.