You don’t have to be the victim of your environment. You can also be the architect of it.
JAMES CLEARBut perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
More James Clear Quotes
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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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We all deal with setbacks but in the long run, the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits
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In fact, the tendency for one purchase to lead to another one has a name: the Diderot Effect. The Diderot Effect states that obtaining a new possession often creates a spiral of consumption
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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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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When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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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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Put another way, the costs of your good habits are in the present. The costs of your bad habits are in the future.
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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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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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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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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Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become?
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