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What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become?

James Clear

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Goodness Habit Time Yourself
When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don’t have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy.
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Fall In Love Happiness Permission Process Product Wait
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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Group Habit Imitation Myself Particular Powerful
Your culture sets your expectation for what is normal. Surround yourself with people who have the habits you want to have yourself.
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Culture Expectation Habit Normal People Surround Yourself
Research has shown that once a person believes in a particular aspect of their identity, they are more likely to act in alignment with that belief.
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Act Belief Believe Identity Person Research
Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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Action Count Leadership Motivational Smart
Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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Better Count Feeling Impact 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
But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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Best Habit Measurement Progress Way
Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.
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Action Belief Build Evidence Identity Person Transformation Type Vote Yourself
When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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Better Different Inspirational Win Yourself
A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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Habit Performance Regular
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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Best Direction Goal Goodness Progress System
People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
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Close Effort Limitation People Rare
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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Habit Improvement Interest

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