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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.

James Clear

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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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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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The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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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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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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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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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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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. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.
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The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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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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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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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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