Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
JAMES CLEARProblem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
More James Clear Quotes
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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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Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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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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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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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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When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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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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Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
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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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Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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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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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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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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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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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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But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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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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A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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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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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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You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
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