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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.

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
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become?
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Principle Stand Value Yourself
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
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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Action Belief Build Evidence Identity Person Transformation Type Vote Yourself
You get what you repeat.
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Habit Inspirational One Liner Repeat 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
How can I make it obvious? How can I make it attractive? How can I make it easy? How can I make it satisfying?
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Attraction Easy Myself Satisfaction Work
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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Best Direction Goal Goodness Progress System
You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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Current Result Tragedy Worth Yourself
WHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
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Bad Easy Goodness Habit Oneself Repeat
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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Habit Improvement Interest
A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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Habit Performance Regular
Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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Consumption Design World Yourself
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
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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Action Goal Happiness Rule Strong Yourself

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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