You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results.
Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. It will multiply whatever you feed it.
(a.) Alt. of Atomical
Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.
Habits are a double-edged sword. Bad habits can cut you down just as easily as good habits can build you up.
Learning one new idea won’t make you a genius, but a commitment to lifelong learning can be transformative.
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.
Habits often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold and unlock a new level of performance.
In the early and middle stages of any quest, there is often a Valley of Disappointment.
It’s a hallmark of any compounding process: the most powerful outcomes are delayed.
All big things come from small beginnings.
The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision.
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.
If you want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on your system instead.
Behind every system of actions are a system of belief.
It is hard to change your habits if you never change the underlying beliefs that led to your past behavior.
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.
Once your pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
Improvements are only temporary until they become part of who you are.
Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action.
You are not born with your present beliefs. Every belief, including those about yourself, is learned and conditioned through experience.
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