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.
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.
More James Clear Quotes
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We all deal with setbacks but in the long run, the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits
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Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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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, everyone faces the same challenge on the journey of self-improvement: you have to fall in love with boredom.
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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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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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Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
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Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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Objects in motion tend to stay in motion. Find a way to get started in less than two minutes.
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You need to know who you want to be.
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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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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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Be the designer of your world and not merely the consumer of it.
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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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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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