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.
JAMES CLEARAt 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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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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As a general rule, the more immediate pleasure you get from an action, the more strongly you should question whether it aligns with your long-term goals.
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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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The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do.
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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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If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
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Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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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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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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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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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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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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Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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