I have never seen someone consistently stick to positive habits in a negative environment.
During the first few months of an infant's life, its manner of taking the breast, of laying its head on the pillow, etc., becomes crystallized into imperative habits. This is why education must begin...
Old stories have a habit of being told and retold and changed. Each subsequent storyteller puts his or her mark upon it. Whatever truth the story once had is buried in bias and embellishment. The reas...
Success is not a goal to reach or a final line to cross. It is a system to improve, an endless process to refine.
You need to regularly search for challenges that push you to your edge while continuing to make enough progress to stay motivated.
We’ll jump through a lot of hoops to avoid a little bit of immediate pain.
Life feels reactive, but it is actually predictive.
Without dopamine, desire died. And without desire, action stopped.
Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior.
We often dismiss small changes because they don’t seem to matter very much in the moment.
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
Good habits are worth being fanatical about.
Choose the habit that best suits you, not the one that is the most popular.
The secret to maximizing your odds of success is to choose the right field of competiton.
Dopamine released not only when you experience pleasure, but also when you anticipate it.
Here’s the punchline: You can break a habit, but you’re unlikely to forget it.
You have the power to change your beliefs about yourself. Your identity is not set in stone. You have a choice in every moment.
The focus should always be on becoming that type of person, not getting a particular outcome.
Live a healthy life.
Each chunk of information that is memorized opens up the mental space for more effortful thinking.