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.
JAMES CLEARIn fact, the tendency for one purchase to lead to another one has a name: the Diderot Effect. The Diderot Effect states that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption
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Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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You need to know who you want to be.
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Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Small changes often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold. The most powerful outcomes of any compounding process are delayed. You need to be patient.
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It’s hard to change your habits if you never change the underlying beliefs that led to your past behavior. You have a new goal and a new plan, but you haven’t changed who you are.
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With outcome-based habits, the focus is on what you want to achieve. With identity-based habits, the focus is on who you wish to become.
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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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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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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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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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