The more attractive an opportunity is, the more likely it is to become habit-forming.
All habits are bad habits. (...) Madness does not come by breaking out, but by giving in; by settling down in some dirty, little, self-repeating circle of ideas; by being tamed.
The secret of the whole matter is that a habit is not the mere tendency to repeat a certain act, nor is it established by the mere repetition of the act. Habit is a fixed tendency to react or respond...
If successful and unsuccessful people share the same goals, then the goal cannot be what differentiates the winners from the losers.
Genes can’t make you successful if you’re not doing the work.
Decisions create success, and the quality of your decisions will determine the quality of your life.
I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.
A man who is morally clean, other things being equal, has in every instance, greater agility, greater capacity, and greater endurance by far than the man who is not. While the latter is wasting his cr...
Without variety, we get bored. And boredom is perhaps the greatest villain on the quest for self-improvement.
Even when you know you should start small, it’s easy to start too big.
When i was a child, i liked tasting any candy i happened to see, but as i grew older, i realized those are a great meal to the worms in my innards. Will you shun old habits or nay? That's the question...
Manners matter, asserts the professor. What provokes rebellion, he asserts, is not as often a theory out allowing for arbitrary power but be excessive, brusque use of it by a particular individual.
Professionals stick to the schedule; amateurs let life get in the way.
With the same habits, you’ll end with up with the same results. But with better habits, anything is possible.
There is a cause/effect relationship between your investment in yourself and the future you have.
You have to master the art of selectivity in everything you do. Otherwise, you could be side-tracked by secondary events and opportunities.
People often choose products not because of what they are, but because of where they are.
Behaviors need to remain novel in order for them to stay attractive and satisfying.
When you can’t win by being better, you can win by being different.
You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
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