Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement. The same way that money multiplies through interest.
Without reflection, we can make excuses, create rationalizations, and lie to ourselves.
People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
The work that hurts you less than it hurts others is the work you were made to do.
When a habit is easy, you are more likely to be successful. When you are successful, you are more likely to feel satisfied.
You don’t have to build the habits that everyone tells you to build.
The more immediate and more costly a mistake is, the faster you will learn from it.
Lost days hurt you more than successful days help you.
The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
The best way to break a bad habit is to make it impractical to do.
But the point is not to do one thing. The point is to master the habit of showing up.
If I outline twenty ideas for articles I want to write, that’s motion. If I actually sit down and write an article, that’s action.
I find that I often imitate the behavior of those around me without realizing it.
We often say yes to little requests because we are not clear enough about what we need to be doing instead.
The process of behavior change always start with awareness. You need to be aware of your habits before you can change them.
Building habits in the present allows you to do more of what you want in the future.
Fundamentally, habits are not about having something. They are about becoming someone.
The more pride you have in a particular aspect of your identity, the more motivated you’ll be to maintain the habits associated with it.
I began to realize that my results had very little to do with the goals I set and nearly everything to do with the systems I followed.
Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.