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. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.
JAMES CLEARA very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action.
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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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A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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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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Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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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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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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When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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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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With outcome-based habits, the focus is on what you want to achieve. With identity-based habits, the focus is on who you wish to become.
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In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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