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A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.

James Clear

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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Inspirational Life Professional Schedule
Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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Authentic Direction Feeling Genuine Head Right Yourself
Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
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Action Person Type Vote Yourself
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
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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Boredom Face Fall In Love Improvement Point Yourself
Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Goal Lose Winner
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
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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Change Form Practice Preparation Yourself
Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Environment Motivational Place
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
The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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Goal Happiness Mentality Problem Yourself
Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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Fight Habit Maintain Pride Yourself
Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
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Change Improvement Live People Right Time Wait
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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Bad Cost Future Goodness Habit Present
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
Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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Action Count Leadership Motivational Smart

A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.

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