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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.

James Clear

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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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Current Result Tragedy Worth Yourself
Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Identity Reflection Yourself
Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Goal Lose Winner
Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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Better Count Feeling Impact Run
A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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Habit Performance Regular
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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Achievement Focus Habit Identity Result
We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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Group Habit Imitation Myself Particular Powerful
Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
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Action Person Type Vote Yourself
Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
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Change Improvement Live People Right Time Wait
When preparation becomes a form of procrastination, you need to change something. You don’t want to merely be planning. You want to be practicing.
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Change Form Practice Preparation Yourself
Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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Consumption Design World Yourself
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Inspirational Life Professional Schedule
You don’t have to be the victim of your environment. You can also be the architect of it.
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Architect Choice Environment Inspirational Job Victim Yourself
Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
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Belief Best Expand Identity Version Yourself
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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Deal Habit Live Ourselves Quality Run
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

Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.

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