Incentives can start a habit. Identity sustains a habit.
Focus on the process rather than the results.
The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It is the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.
The more immediate and more costly a mistake is, the faster you will learn from it.
Behavior only shifts if the punishment is painful enough and reliably enforced.
At some point, you need to make sure you’re playing the right game for your skillset.
People get so caught up in the fact that they have limits that they rarely exert the effort required to get close to them.
Without reflection, we can make excuses, create rationalizations, and lie to ourselves.
These improvements were minor, but they gave me a sense of control over my life.
In the long run, the quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits.
It was gradual evolution, a long series of small wins and tiny breakthroughs.
What starts as a small win or a minor setback accumulates into something much more.
We make a few changes, but the results never seem to come quickly and so we slide back into our previous routines.
Habits are a double-edged sword. Bad habits can cut you down just as easily as good habits can build you up.
The more tasks you can handle without thinking, the more your brain is free to focus on other areas.
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.
People who don’t have their habits handled are often the ones with the least amount of freedom.
The more automatic a behavior becomes, the less likely we are to consciously think about it.
Whenever we are unsure how to act, we look to the group to guide our behavior.
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