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.
JAMES CLEARYou get what you repeat.
More James Clear Quotes
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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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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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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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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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Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
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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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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.
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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
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But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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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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Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.
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