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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.

James Clear

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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
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Action Person Type Vote Yourself
You do it because it’s who you are and it feels good to be you. The more a habit becomes part of your life, the less you need outside encouragement to follow through.
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Encouragement Feeling Habit Need Yourself
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
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Inspirational Life Professional Schedule
You need to know who you want to be.
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Identity Personality Yourself
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
In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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Areas Destiny Determination Opportunity
Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Goodness Habit Time Yourself
Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Environment Motivational Place
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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Habit Improvement Interest
A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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Change Destination Direction Leadership Meaningful Small
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
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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Change Form Practice Preparation 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
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

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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