When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
JAMES CLEARAt 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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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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We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
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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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Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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It’s hard to change your habits if you never change the underlying beliefs that led to your past behavior. You have a new goal and a new plan, but you haven’t changed who you are.
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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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A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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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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Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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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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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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