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Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.

James Clear

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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
At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over and over.
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Boredom Point Training
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Inspirational Life Professional Schedule
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
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
Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
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Action Design Easy Life Yourself
In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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Areas Destiny Determination Opportunity
Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Environment Motivational Place
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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Game Goal Play Purpose Win
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
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Choice Early Habit Imitation
Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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Action Count Leadership Motivational Smart
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
With outcome-based habits, the focus is on what you want to achieve. With identity-based habits, the focus is on who you wish to become.
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Achievement Focus Habit Identity Result
At some point, everyone faces the same challenge on the journey of self-improvement: you have to fall in love with boredom.
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Boredom Face Fall In Love Improvement Point Yourself

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