In fact, the tendency for one purchase to lead to another one has a name: the Diderot Effect. The Diderot Effect states that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption
JAMES CLEARIn fact, the tendency for one purchase to lead to another one has a name: the Diderot Effect. The Diderot Effect states that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption
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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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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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A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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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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Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
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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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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
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If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
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WHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
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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.
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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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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