In short: genes do not determine your destiny. They determine your areas of opportunity.
JAMES CLEARHabits are the compound interest of self-improvement
More James Clear Quotes
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Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
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A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
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But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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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.
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Becoming the best version of yourself requires you to continuously edit your beliefs, and to upgrade and expand your identity.
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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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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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Small changes often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold. The most powerful outcomes of any compounding process are delayed. You need to be patient.
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The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.
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A genius is not born, but is educated and trained.
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WHY IS IT so easy to repeat bad habits and so hard to form good ones?
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Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
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You do it because it’s who you are and it feels good to be you. The more a habit becomes part of your life, the less you need outside encouragement to follow through.
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Problem #1: Winners and losers have the same goals.
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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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