People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
JAMES CLEARBut perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
More James Clear Quotes
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You need to know who you want to be.
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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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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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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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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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How can I make it obvious? How can I make it attractive? How can I make it easy? How can I make it satisfying?
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Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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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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At some point, everyone faces the same challenge on the journey of self-improvement: you have to fall in love with boredom.
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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity.
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Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
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Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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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. You can be satisfied anytime your system is running.
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Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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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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In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
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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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Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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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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