All big things come from small beginnings.
Improvements is not just about learning habits, it’s about fine-tuning them.
The only way to become excellent is to be endlessly fascinated by doing the same thing over and over. You have to fall in love with boredom.
There have been a lot of sets that I haven’t felt like finishing, but I’ve never regretted doing the workout.
The human brain loves a challenge, but only if it is within an optimal zone of difficulty.
In theory, you can enjoy almost anything. In practice, you are more likely to enjoy the things that come easily to you.
Our environment determines the suitability of our genes and the utility of your natural talents.
Knowing that someone else is watching you can be a powerful motivator.
It’s not always about what happens during the workout. It’s about being the type of person who doesn’t miss workouts.
No matter how consistent you are with your habits, it is inevitable that life will interrupt you at some point.
The most effective form of motivation is progress.
To get a habit to stick you need to feel immediately successful – even if it’s in a small way.
Positive emotions cultivate habits. Negative emotions destroy them.
You don’t need to map out every feature of a new habit. You just need to practice it.
Living below your current means increases your future means.
Habits are about associations. These associations determine whether we predict a habit to be worth repeating or not.
Most days, we’d rather be wrong with the crowd than be right by ourselves.
The people with the best self-control are typically the ones who need to use it the least.
Improvements are only temporary until they become part of who you are.
I know that if things were going to improve, I was the one responsible for making it happen.