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You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.

James Clear

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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
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
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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Creation Discipline Environment Perseverance Person Success Willing
Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Identity Reflection Yourself
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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Habit Improvement Interest
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Inspirational Life Professional Schedule
You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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Current Result Tragedy Worth Yourself
Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Goal Lose Winner
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
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Fall Goal Level Rise System Yourself
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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Boredom Face Fall In Love Improvement Point Yourself
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
A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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Aware Cure Poison Reflection
Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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Habit Life Product Success Time Transformation
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
The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
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Mistake Repeat Ruin Yourself
I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Habit Oneself Start Writing

You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.

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