Strange how reluctant I was to acknowledge that control of my fate lay beyond my own conscious will. Habit of a lifetime, I suppose.
It is hard to change your habits if you never change the underlying beliefs that led to your past behavior.
The first step to changing bad habits is to be on the lookout for them.
If you want to make a habit a big part of your life, make the cue a big part of your environment.
We need to make our habits attractive because it is the expectation of a rewarding experience that motivates to act in the first place.
If you no longer expect smoking to bring you any benefits, you have no reason to smoke.
The more you read, the more you will love to read.
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.
Habits change into character.
The American automobile has changed the habits of every member of modern society.
I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday,
The game had to be played the same way every day or the pieces would fall to the floor, the board would collapse, and the illusion that you were shaping your own life, that you were in control, would...
Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action.
No behavior happens in isolation. Each action becomes a cue that triggers the next behavior.
Small changes in context can lead to large changes in behavior over time.
In the long run, we become a product of the environment we live in.
If you work in a job where everyone wears expensive suits, then you’ll be inclined to splurge on one as well.
Peer pressure is bad only if you’re surrounded by bad influences.
It’s friendship and community that embed a new identity and help behaviors last over the long run.
If you can make your good habits more convenient, you’ll more likely to follow through on them.
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