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When preparation becomes a form of procrastination, you need to change something. You don’t want to merely be planning. You want to be practicing.

James Clear

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You need to know who you want to be.
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Identity Personality Yourself
Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
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Belief Best Expand Identity Version Yourself
Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
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Attention Freedom Habit Load Mental Work Yourself
When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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Better Different Inspirational Win Yourself
Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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Consumption Design World Yourself
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
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Change Improvement Live People Right Time Wait
Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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Fundamental Habit Improvement Live Ourselves
Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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Being specific about what you want and how you will achieve it helps you say no to things that derail progress, distract your attention, and pull you off course.
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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
I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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When preparation becomes a form of procrastination, you need to change something. You don’t want to merely be planning. You want to be practicing.

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