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The quiet art of actually doing the thing you promised to do.
means Sticking faithfully to a rule, plan, belief, or commitment, especially when it would be easier not to.
from From Latin adhaerere — 'ad' (to) plus 'haerere' (to stick or cling). The same root gives us 'adhesive.' So adherence is etymologically just glue for behavior: the quality of sticking to something, whether it's a diet, a doctrine, or a deadline, rather than peeling away from it.
- medicine fails here
- half of prescriptions are not taken as directed
- not compliance
- adherence implies you agreed, not just obeyed
- biggest predictor
- simplicity beats willpower almost every time
- costly silence
- nonadherence causes billions in avoidable hospitalizations yearly