Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
JAMES CLEARWe all deal with setbacks but in the long run, the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits
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Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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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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The only way to become excellent is to be endlessly fascinated by doing the same thing over and over. You have to fall in love with boredom.
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Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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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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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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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
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The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do.
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As a general rule, the more immediate pleasure you get from an action, the more strongly you should question whether it aligns with your long-term goals.
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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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Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
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Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
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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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Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
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Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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We all deal with setbacks but in the long run, the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits
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But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
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Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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You don’t have to be the victim of your environment. You can also be the architect of it.
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