Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
JAMES CLEARBeing motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
More James Clear Quotes
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When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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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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Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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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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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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Put another way, the costs of your good habits are in the present. The costs of your bad habits are in the future.
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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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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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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
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In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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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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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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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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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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Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
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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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Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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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 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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What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become?
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WHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
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