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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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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
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Fall Goal Level Rise System Yourself
Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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Fundamental Habit Improvement Live Ourselves
You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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Current Result Tragedy Worth Yourself
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.
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Fall In Love Happiness Permission Process Product Wait
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
Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Identity Reflection 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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Deal Habit Live Ourselves Quality Run
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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Belief Change Goal Habit Hard Planning Yourself
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
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Choice Early Habit Imitation
Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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Authentic Direction Feeling Genuine Head Right Yourself
You get what you repeat.
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Habit Inspirational One Liner Repeat Yourself
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
What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become?
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Principle Stand Value Yourself
The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
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Mistake Repeat Ruin Yourself

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

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