True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement.
JAMES CLEAR
JAMES CLEAR
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James Clear69 quotes“True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement.”
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James ClearJames Clear I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
James ClearJames Clear 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.
James ClearJames Clear The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
James ClearJames Clear But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
James ClearJames Clear You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
James ClearJames Clear A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
James ClearJames Clear Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
James ClearJames Clear 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.
James ClearJames Clear WHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
James ClearJames Clear People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
James ClearJames Clear Put another way, the costs of your good habits are in the present. The costs of your bad habits are in the future.
James ClearJames Clear 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.
James ClearJames Clear 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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