Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
JAMES CLEARProblem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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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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Men are born soft and supple; dead, they are stiff and hard. Plants are born tender and pliant; dead, they are brittle and dry. Thus whoever is stiff and inflexible is a disciple of death.
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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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You need to know who you want to be.
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A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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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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People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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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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The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do.
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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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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
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Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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