The people with the best self-control are typically the ones who need to use it the least.
Behaviors are attractive when they help us fit in.
Most days, we’d rather be wrong with the crowd than be right by ourselves.
Your current habits are not necessarily the best way to solve the problems you face; they are just the methods you learned to use.
Life feels reactive, but it is actually predictive.
The human brain loves a challenge, but only if it is within an optimal zone of difficulty.
Living below your current means increases your future means.
It’s easy to be in motion and convince yourself that you’re making progress.
You don’t need to map out every feature of a new habit. You just need to practice it.
When deciding between two similar options, people will naturally gravitate toward the option that requires the least amount of work.
Trying to pump up your motivation to stick with a hard habit is like trying to force water through a bent hose.
Redesign your life so the actions that matter most are also the actions that are easiest to do.
Even when you know you should start small, it’s easy to start too big.
Behavior only shifts if the punishment is painful enough and reliably enforced.
Positive emotions cultivate habits. Negative emotions destroy them.
Your habits shape your identity, and your identity shapes your habits. It’s a two-way street.
Building better habits isn’t about littering your day with life hacks.
Fundamentally, habits are not about having something. They are about becoming someone.
The more automatic a behavior becomes, the less likely we are to consciously think about it.
We’re so used to doing what we’ve always done that we don’t stop to question whether it’s the right thing to do at all.
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