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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.

James Clear

The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
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Mistake Repeat Ruin Yourself
The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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Action Change Practice Way Work Yourself
Small changes often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold. The most powerful outcomes of any compounding process are delayed. You need to be patient.
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Appearance Change Need Patience Process Small Yourself
When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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Better Different Inspirational Win Yourself
I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Habit Oneself Start Writing
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
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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Act Belief Believe Identity Person Research
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
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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Action Belief Build Evidence Identity Person Transformation Type Vote Yourself
Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Goal Lose Winner
You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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Current Result Tragedy Worth Yourself
What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become?
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Principle Stand Value Yourself
You do it because it’s who you are and it feels good to be you. The more a habit becomes part of your life, the less you need outside encouragement to follow through.
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Encouragement Feeling Habit Need Yourself
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Inspirational Life Professional Schedule
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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Boredom End Excellence Fall In Love Fascinate Yourself
You need to know who you want to be.
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Identity Personality Yourself

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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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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