Perseverance, grit, and willpower are essential to success, but the way to improve these qualities is not by wishing you were a more disciplined person, but by creating a more disciplined environment.
JAMES CLEARPerseverance, grit, and willpower are essential to success, but the way to improve these qualities is not by wishing you were a more disciplined person, but by creating a more disciplined environment.
JAMES CLEARHabits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
JAMES CLEARIf you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
JAMES CLEARWHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
JAMES CLEARYou should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
JAMES CLEARObjects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
JAMES CLEARThe work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do.
JAMES CLEARBut perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
JAMES CLEARAt some point, everyone faces the same challenge on the journey of self-improvement: you have to fall in love with boredom.
JAMES CLEARBeing motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
JAMES CLEARBecoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
JAMES CLEAREvery action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
JAMES CLEARI didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
JAMES CLEARResearch has shown that once a person believes in a particular aspect of their identity, they are more likely to act in alignment with that belief.
JAMES CLEARYou don’t have to be the victim of your environment. You can also be the architect of it.
JAMES CLEARYou don’t have to build the habits everyone tells you to build. Choose the habit that best suits you, not the one that is most popular.
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