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You don’t have to build the habits everyone tells you to build. Choose the habit that best suits you, not the one that is most popular.

James Clear

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Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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Best Habit Measurement Progress Way
When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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Better Different Inspirational Win Yourself
WHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
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Bad Easy Goodness Habit Oneself Repeat
Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Identity Reflection Yourself
Some people spend their entire lives waiting for the time to be right to make an improvement.
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Change Improvement Live People Right Time Wait
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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Consumption Creation Fact Leadership Oneself Possession
As a general rule, the more immediate pleasure you get from an action, the more strongly you should question whether it aligns with your long-term goals.
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Action Goal Happiness Rule Strong Yourself
Being motivated and curious counts for more than being smart because it leads to action.
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Action Count Leadership Motivational Smart
A very small shift in direction can lead to a very meaningful change in destination.
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Change Destination Direction Leadership Meaningful Small
Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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Habit Life Product Success Time Transformation
Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Environment Motivational Place
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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Act Belief Believe Identity Person Research
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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Culture Expectation Habit Normal People Surround Yourself
We imitate the habits of three groups in particular: The close. The many. The powerful.
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Group Habit Imitation Myself Particular Powerful
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Choice Early Habit Imitation
Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Goal Lose Winner

You don’t have to build the habits everyone tells you to build. Choose the habit that best suits you, not the one that is most popular.

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