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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.

James Clear

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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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Motion Object Start Stay Time
Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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Authentic Direction Feeling Genuine Head Right Yourself
Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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Action Count Leadership Motivational Smart
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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Best Direction Goal Goodness Progress System
Research 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.
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Act Belief Believe Identity Person Research
Your culture sets your expectation for what is normal. Surround yourself with people who have the habits you want to have yourself.
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Culture Expectation Habit Normal People Surround Yourself
Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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Fundamental Habit Improvement Live Ourselves
In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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Areas Destiny Determination Opportunity
The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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Action Change Practice Way Work Yourself
Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Goal Lose Winner
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
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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Fall In Love Happiness Permission Process Product Wait
Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Identity Reflection Yourself
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Choice Early Habit Imitation
The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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Goal Happiness Mentality Problem Yourself
You need to know who you want to be.
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Identity Personality Yourself

Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.

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