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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.

James Clear

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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Game Goal Play Purpose Win
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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Best Direction Goal Goodness Progress System
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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Creation Discipline Environment Perseverance Person Success Willing
You don’t have to be the victim of your environment. You can also be the architect of it.
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Architect Choice Environment Inspirational Job Victim Yourself
If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
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Better Goal Improvement Result System Yourself
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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Culture Expectation Habit Normal People Surround Yourself
Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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Habit Life Product Success Time Transformation
Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
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Attention Freedom Habit Load Mental Work Yourself
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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Achievement Focus Habit Identity Result
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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Fall In Love Permission Product Run Satisfaction Wait Yourself
Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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Fundamental Habit Improvement Live Ourselves
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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Attraction Easy Myself Satisfaction Work
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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Belief Change Goal Habit Hard Planning Yourself
You get what you repeat.
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Habit Inspirational One Liner Repeat Yourself
Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.

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