We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
JAMES CLEARWHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
More James Clear Quotes
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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.
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You need to know who you want to be.
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The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do.
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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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Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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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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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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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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Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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You 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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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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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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A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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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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