For the past month, I committed to a simple but disciplined ritual: reading the first scroll of The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino three times a day. Morning, midday, and night. No skipping. No rushing. Just repetition, intention, and trust in the process.

At first, the words felt familiar, even predictable. I’ve read the book before, and the message of forming good habits through love is not new. But something unexpected happened as the days passed.

The repetition began to soften my resistance. The scroll stopped feeling like advice and started feeling like instruction—quietly seeping beneath my conscious mind and into my subconscious.

Reading the scroll in the morning set the tone for my day. It reminded me to act with patience, kindness, and persistence before the world had a chance to distract me.

The midday reading served as a reset, pulling me back when stress or frustration tried to take over. At night, the words landed differently—less analytical, more reflective—like seeds planted just before sleep.

There were days when I didn’t feel inspired. Days when the ritual felt mechanical. But I kept reading anyway. And that, I think, is where the real transformation happened.

The scroll teaches that habits are the key to success, and the practice itself became proof of the lesson. Discipline came before motivation, not the other way around.

By the end of the month, I noticed subtle shifts. My reactions were calmer. My self-talk was kinder. I was more consistent in small, meaningful actions. The words “I will form good habits and become their slave” no longer felt abstract—they felt lived.

This month taught me that change doesn’t require constant novelty. Sometimes, it requires returning to the same words again and again until they finally become part of who you are.