I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
JAMES CLEARGetting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
More James Clear Quotes
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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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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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You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.
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If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
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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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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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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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WHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
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Being specific about what you want and how you will achieve it helps you say no to things that derail progress, distract your attention, and pull you off course.
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Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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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.
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At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over and over.
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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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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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