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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

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Research has shown that once a person believes in a particular aspect of their identity, they are more likely to act in alignment with that belief.
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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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WHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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You get what you repeat.
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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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In fact, the tendency for one purchase to lead to another one has a name: the Diderot Effect. The Diderot Effect states that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption
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You need to know who you want to be.
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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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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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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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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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