Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
JAMES CLEARYour 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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Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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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 short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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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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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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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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Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action.
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You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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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 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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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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The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
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