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The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.

James Clear

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What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become?
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Principle Stand Value Yourself
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
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Fall Goal Level Rise System Yourself
Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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Fight Habit Maintain Pride Yourself
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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Action Belief Build Evidence Identity Person Transformation Type Vote 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
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
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Inspirational Life Professional Schedule
But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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Best Habit Measurement Progress Way
Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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Goal Lose Winner
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
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
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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Action Failure Goodness Habit Identity Yourself
When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
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Better Different Inspirational Win Yourself
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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Habit Improvement Interest
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
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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Fall In Love Happiness Permission Process Product Wait
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

The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.

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