Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
JAMES CLEARIf you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
More James Clear Quotes
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Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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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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True long-term thinking is goal-less thinking. It’s not about any single accomplishment. It is about the cycle of endless refinement and continuous improvement.
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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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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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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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A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Whenever you feel authentic and genuine, you are headed in the right direction.
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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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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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Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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