A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
JAMES CLEARYour culture sets your expectation for what is normal. Surround yourself with people who have the habits you want to have yourself.
More James Clear Quotes
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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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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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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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I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Your behaviors are usually a reflection of your identity.
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The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do.
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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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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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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 first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
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Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action.
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Success is the product of daily habits – not once-in-a-lifetime transformations.
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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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You get what you repeat.
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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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