Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
JAMES CLEARProfessionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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At some point, everyone faces the same challenge on the journey of self-improvement: you have to fall in love with boredom.
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When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action.
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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over and over.
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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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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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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Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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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. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.
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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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You get what you repeat.
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You don’t have to build the habits everyone tells you to build. Choose the habit that best suits you, not the one that is most popular.
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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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Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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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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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
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How can I make it obvious? How can I make it attractive? How can I make it easy? How can I make it satisfying?
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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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Perseverance, grit, and willpower are essential to success, but the way to improve these qualities is not by wishing you were a more disciplined person, but by creating a more disciplined environment.
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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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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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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death.
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