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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.

James Clear

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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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Goal Happiness Mentality Problem Yourself
Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
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Change Improvement Live People Right Time Wait
You don’t have to be the victim of your environment. You can also be the architect of it.
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Architect Choice Environment Inspirational Job Victim Yourself
Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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You get what you repeat.
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Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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When preparation becomes a form of procrastination, you need to change something. You don’t want to merely be planning. You want to be practicing.
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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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Close Effort Limitation People Rare
Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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Authentic Direction Feeling Genuine Head Right Yourself
The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
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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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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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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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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.

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