Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
JAMES CLEARThe first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
More James Clear Quotes
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The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do.
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Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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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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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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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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When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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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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A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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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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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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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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A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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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 need to know who you want to be.
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You don’t have to be the victim of your environment. You can also be the architect of it.
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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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Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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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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