From the desk of Willie Delwiche.
The documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi” tells the story of a small Sushi counter operating near a subway platform in Japan. The movie glorifies routine — the day-in, day-out dedication to doing the same thing over and over again. It’s these details and pursuit of perfection that make the dream. We see how Jiro’s sushi is the product of hours of labor and years of experience.
Russian novelist Fydor Dostoevsky understood this concept well, noting “Habit is the chief motive force” in his novel “The Brothers Karamazov”.
Dostoevsky and Jiro understand there are no shortcuts. Instead, the embodied consistency of habit is how we grow and make progress.