It is emotion that allows you to mark things as good, bad, or indifferent.
If you want to master a habit, the key is to start with repetition, not perfection.
I try to remind myself of a simple rule: never miss twice.
Lost days hurt you more than successful days help you.
You don’t have to build the habits that everyone tells you to build.
Even if you’re not the most naturally gifted, you can often win by being the best in a very narrow category.
You just need enough ‘winning’ to experience satisfaction and just enough ‘wanting’ to experience desire.
Professionals take action even when the mood isn’t right. They might not enjoy it, but they find a way to put the reps in.
The downside of habits is that you get used to doing things a certain way and stop paying attention to little errors.
Everything is impermanent. Life is constantly changing, so you need to periodically check in to see if you old habits and beliefs are still serving you.
A lack of self-awareness is poison. Reflection and review is the antidote.
Culinary tradition is not always based on fact. Sometimes it's based on history, on habits that come out of a time when kitchens were fueled by charcoal.
I accumulated small but consistent habits that ultimately led to results that were unimaginable when I started.
If you can get 1 percent better each day for one year, you’ll end up thirty-seven times better by the time you’re done.
When we repeat 1 percent errors, day after day, by replicating poor decisions, duplicating tiny mistakes, and rationalizing little excuses, our small choices compound into toxic results.
Habits often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold and unlock a new level of performance.
It’s a hallmark of any compounding process: the most powerful outcomes are delayed.
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.
Your habits are modern-day solutions to ancient desires. New versions of old vices.
Sluggish days and bad workouts maintain the compound gains you accrued from previous good days.
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