I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
JAMES CLEARBut perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
More James Clear Quotes
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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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Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
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Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
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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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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
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Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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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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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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A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over and over.
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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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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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