At some point, everyone faces the same challenge on the journey to self-improvement: You have to fall in love with boredom.
What matters is whether your habits are putting you on the path toward success.
Have no single point of failure. Have no single path to success.
You don’t want to keep practicing a habit if it becomes ineffective.
A good player works hard to win the game everyone else is playing. A great player creates a new game that favors their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.
We underestimate how much our brains and bodies can do without thinking.
If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision.
You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
Habits reduce cognitive load and free up mental capacity, so you can allocate your attention to other tasks.
Bamboo can barely be seen for the first five years as it builds extensive root systems underground before exploding ninety feet into the air within six weeks.
Learning one new idea won’t make you a genius, but a commitment to lifelong learning can be transformative.
A habit is a routine or behavior that is performed regularly and, in many cases, automatically.
Behaviors need to remain novel in order for them to stay attractive and satisfying.
In the messy world of a college dorm, I made it a point to keep my room neat and tidy.
If you find a more favorable environment, you can transform the situation from one where the odds are against you to one where they are in your favor.