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Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.

James Clear

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You get what you repeat.
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Habit Inspirational One Liner Repeat Yourself
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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Born Death Discipline Man Soft
The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do.
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Hurt Work Yourself
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
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Call Conscious Direct Fate Life Yourself
Habits are like the atoms of our lives. Each one is a fundamental unit that contributes to your overall improvement.
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Fundamental Habit Improvement Live Ourselves
A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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Aware Cure Poison Reflection
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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Bad Cost Future Goodness Habit Present
Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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Identity Reflection Yourself
Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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Habit Life Product Success Time Transformation
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
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Better Goal Improvement Result System Yourself
Getting 1 percent better every day counts for a lot in the long-run.
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Better Count Feeling Impact Run
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
I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Habit Oneself Start Writing
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Choice Early Habit Imitation
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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Change Form Practice Preparation Yourself

Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.

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