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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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.
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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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Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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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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A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
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Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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Put another way, the costs of your good habits are in the present. The costs of your bad habits are in the future.
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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death.
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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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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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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