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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.

James Clear

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
In 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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Consumption Creation Fact Leadership Oneself Possession
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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Game Goal Play Purpose Win
Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Environment Motivational Place
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
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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Boredom Point Training
The only way to become excellent is to be endlessly fascinated by doing the same thing over and over. You have to fall in love with boredom.
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Boredom End Excellence Fall In Love Fascinate Yourself
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Choice Early Habit Imitation
The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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Goal Happiness Mentality Problem Yourself
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
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
I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Habit Oneself Start Writing
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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Best Build Choice Habit Popular Yourself
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
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
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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Achievement Attention Course Distract Help Specific Yourself

I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.

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