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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.

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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Boredom Face Fall In Love Improvement Point Yourself
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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Act Belief Believe Identity Person Research
In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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Areas Destiny Determination Opportunity
Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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Better Count Feeling Impact Run
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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Habit Improvement Interest
The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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Action Change Practice Way Work Yourself
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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Culture Expectation Habit Normal People Surround Yourself
Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
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Attention Freedom Habit Load Mental Work Yourself
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Inspirational Life Professional Schedule
I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Habit Oneself Start Writing
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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Best Direction Goal Goodness Progress System
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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Action Failure Goodness Habit Identity Yourself
The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game.
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Game Goal Play Purpose Win
WHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
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Bad Easy Goodness Habit Oneself Repeat
A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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Aware Cure Poison Reflection
If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
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Better Goal Improvement Result System Yourself

Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.

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