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We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.

James Clear

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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
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 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
Motivation is overrated, environment often matters more.
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Environment Motivational Place
At some point it comes down to who can handle the boredom of training every day, doing the same lifts over and over and over.
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Boredom Point Training
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
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
But perhaps the best way to measure your progress is with a habit tracker.
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Best Habit Measurement Progress Way
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
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.
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Action Person Type Vote Yourself
We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.
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Choice Early Habit Imitation
You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
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Current Result Tragedy Worth Yourself
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 habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly—and, in many cases, automatically.
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Habit Performance Regular
Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement
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Habit Improvement Interest

We don’t choose our earliest habits, we imitate them.

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