Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
More James Clear Quotes
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Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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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.
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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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Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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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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The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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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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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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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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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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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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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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