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 CLEARYou should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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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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Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
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A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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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 get what you repeat.
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Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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The only way to become excellent is to be endlessly fascinated by doing the same thing over and over. You have to fall in love with boredom.
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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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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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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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