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The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.

James Clear

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The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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Action Change Practice Way Work Yourself
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
You do it because it’s who you are and it feels good to be you. The more a habit becomes part of your life, the less you need outside encouragement to follow through.
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Encouragement Feeling Habit Need Yourself
Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Goal Lose Winner
As a general rule, the more immediate pleasure you get from an action, the more strongly you should question whether it aligns with your long-term goals.
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Action Goal Happiness Rule Strong Yourself
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Inspirational Life Professional Schedule
Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Goodness Habit Time Yourself
True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement.
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Accomplishment End Goal Improvement Thinking True
You need to know who you want to be.
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Identity Personality Yourself
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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Best Direction Goal Goodness Progress System
Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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Authentic Direction Feeling Genuine Head Right Yourself
Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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Action Count Leadership Motivational Smart
Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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Consumption Design World Yourself
Put another way, the costs of your good habits are in the present. The costs of your bad habits are in the future.
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Bad Cost Future Goodness Habit Present
We all deal with setbacks but in the long run, the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits
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Deal Habit Live Ourselves Quality Run
What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become?
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Principle Stand Value Yourself

The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.

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