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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

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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Act Belief Believe Identity Person Research
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
You get what you repeat.
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Habit Inspirational One Liner Repeat Yourself
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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Achievement Attention Course Distract Help Specific Yourself
You need to know who you want to be.
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Identity Personality Yourself
Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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Motion Object Start Stay Time
I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Habit Oneself Start Writing
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Choice Early Habit Imitation
A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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Habit Performance Regular
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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Close Effort Limitation People Rare
Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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Fight Habit Maintain Pride Yourself
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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Action Goal Happiness Rule Strong Yourself
We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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Group Habit Imitation Myself Particular Powerful
But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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Best Habit Measurement Progress Way
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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Fall In Love Permission Product Run Satisfaction Wait Yourself
Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Goodness Habit Time Yourself

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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