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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

James Clear

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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
I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
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Habit Oneself Start Writing
Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
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Attention Freedom Habit Load Mental Work Yourself
You get what you repeat.
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Habit Inspirational One Liner Repeat Yourself
Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Environment Motivational Place
The problem with a goals-first mentality is that you’re continually putting happiness off until the next milestone.
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Goal Happiness Mentality Problem Yourself
Perseverance, grit, and willpower are essential to success, but the way to improve these qualities is not by wishing you were a more disciplined person, but by creating a more disciplined environment.
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Creation Discipline Environment Perseverance Person Success Willing
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 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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Fall In Love Permission Product Run Satisfaction Wait Yourself
The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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Action Change Practice Way Work 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
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
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
A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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Born Education Genius Training
How can I make it obvious? How can I make it attractive? How can I make it easy? How can I make it satisfying?
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Attraction Easy Myself Satisfaction Work
A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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Habit Performance Regular

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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