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James Clear

@JamesClear

3 years

My top 10 tweets of the year A thread 👇

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James Clear

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5 years

Most people need consistency more than they need intensity. Intensity: -run a marathon -write a book in 30 days -silent meditation retreat Consistency: -don't miss a workout for 2 years -write every week -daily silence Intensity makes a good story. Consistency makes progress.

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James Clear

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6 years

There are 4 types of wealth: 1. Financial wealth (money) 2. Social wealth (status) 3. Time wealth (freedom) 4. Physical wealth (health) Be wary of jobs that lure you in with 1 and 2, but rob you of 3 and 4.

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James Clear

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6 years

Habits that have a high rate of return in life: - sleep 8+ hours each day - lift weights 3x week - go for a walk each day - save at least 10 percent of your income - read every day - drink more water and less of everything else - leave your phone in another room while you work

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James Clear

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1 year

Just start. Start slow if you have to. Start small if you have to. Start privately if you have to. Just start.

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James Clear

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5 years

The ultimate list of biohacks and smart drugs: -Drink more water -Get 8 hours of sleep -Walk outside in the sun -Leave your phone on silent -Read a few pages each day -Eat more vegetables and greens -Don’t hang out with toxic people -Work on projects you care about

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James Clear

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1 year

When making plans, think big. When making progress, think small.

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James Clear

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2 years

3 ideas to start your year: 1) You don't rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. 2) Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. 3) Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins.

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James Clear

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3 years

Strangely, life gets harder when you try to make it easy. Exercising might be hard, but never moving makes life harder. Uncomfortable conversations are hard, but avoiding every conflict is harder. Mastering your craft is hard, but having no skills is harder. Easy has a cost.

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James Clear

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4 years

Working on a problem reduces the fear of it. It’s hard to fear a problem when you are making progress on it—even if progress is imperfect and slow. Action relieves anxiety.

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James Clear

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5 years

Real wealth is not about money. Real wealth is: -not having to go to meetings -not having to spend time with jerks -not being locked into status games -not feeling like you have to say “yes” -not worrying about others claiming your time and energy Real wealth is about freedom.

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James Clear

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4 years

Entrepreneur’s mind. Athlete’s body. Artist’s soul.

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James Clear

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3 years

1) Do less. Stop dividing your attention. 2) Do it right now. Once you have identified the essential, go fast. Maintain a bias toward action. 3) Do it the right way. Acting quickly doesn't mean acting carelessly. Get to work right away, but keep working on it until it's right.

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James Clear

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7 months

Marrying well makes everything easier.

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James Clear

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4 years

When you choose who to follow on Twitter, you are choosing your future thoughts.

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James Clear

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4 years

What can you do with 5 good minutes? 5 good minutes of: -pushups is a solid workout -sprints will leave you winded -writing can deliver 1 good page -reading can finish an insightful article -meditation can reset your mood You don’t need more time—just a little focused action.

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James Clear

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4 years

We often avoid taking action because we think "I need to learn more," but the best way to learn is often by taking action.

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James Clear

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4 years

Aim to be great in 10 years. Build health habits today that lead to a great body in 10 years. Build social habits today that lead to great relationships in 10 years. Build learning habits today that lead to great knowledge in 10 years. Long-term thinking is a secret weapon.

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James Clear

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2 years

Possibly the biggest accomplishment of my career thus far: Atomic Habits is the #1 best-selling book of the year on Amazon. All books. All categories. Unbelievable! Happy New Year everyone! 🥳

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James Clear

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4 years

Lack of confidence kills more dreams than lack of ability. Talent matters—especially at elite levels—but people talk themselves out of giving their best effort long before talent becomes the limiting factor. You're capable of more than you know. Don't be your own bottleneck.

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James Clear

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3 years

We need to redefine "hard work" to include "hard thinking." The person who outsmarts you is out working you. The person who finds shortcuts is out working you. The person with a better strategy is out working you. Usually, the hardest work is thinking of a better way to do it.

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James Clear

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5 years

The ultimate productivity hack is saying no.

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James Clear

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5 years

Your 1st blog post will be bad, but your 1000th will be great. Your 1st workout will be weak, but your 1000th will be strong. Your 1st meditation will be scattered, but your 1000th will be focused. Put in your reps.

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James Clear

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3 years

It took me... 200+ articles before I got a book deal. 250+ articles before I got major media coverage (NYT). 100+ interviews before my book hit the bestseller list. You need a lot of shots on goal. Not everything will work, but some of it will. Keep shooting.

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James Clear

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4 years

I have a suspicion that most adults (75%+) could pick any skill—excluding sports—and work their way into the top 10% in the world simply by working exclusively on it every day for two years. But almost nobody displays that degree of focus, so we will never know.

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James Clear

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3 years

Looking back, most of the excuses I made... not enough time not enough money not enough knowledge not the right connections ...were just ways to avoid the real bottleneck. Not enough courage. There was always a small step I could have taken—if I had the guts to take it.

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James Clear

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1 year

Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.

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James Clear

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2 years

Marrying well makes everything easier.

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James Clear

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4 years

There are 3 primary drivers of results in life: 1) Your luck (randomness). 2) Your strategy (choices). 3) Your actions (habits). Only 2 of the 3 are under your control. But if you master those 2, you can improve the odds that luck will work for you rather than against you.

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James Clear

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4 years

Be “selectively ignorant.” Ignore topics that drain your attention. Unfollow people that drain your energy. Abandon projects that drain your time. Do not keep up with it all. The more selectively ignorant you become, the more broadly knowledgable you can be.

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James Clear

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3 years

The more comfortable I am with myself, the less I feel a need to win arguments with other people.

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James Clear

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3 years

The teacher learns more than the student. The author learns more than the reader. The speaker learns more than the attendee. The way to learn is by doing.

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James Clear

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Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour. You don’t have to do it all today. Just lay a brick. That’s how you build an empire.

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James Clear

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2 years

The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.

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James Clear

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2 years

Anyone planning to read Atomic Habits to start 2022?

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James Clear

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5 years

How to Be Unhappy: -stay inside all day -move as little as possible -spend more than you earn -take yourself (and life) too seriously -look for reasons why things won’t work -always consume, never contribute -resent the lucky and successful -never say hello first -be unreliable

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James Clear

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3 years

Bottom right 👀

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i’m going to see this Holyfield Vs. Belford fight. who you like? • #bransoncognac #lecheminduroi

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James Clear

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3 years

The more you create, the more powerful you become. The more you consume, the more powerful others become.

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James Clear

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2 years

All the tech companies want to become banks. All the banks want to become tech companies.

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James Clear

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3 years

How I run my business 2020 was my 10th year as an entrepreneur. Here are some "rules" I try to follow after a decade of stumbling around building my company. (Not rules for all businesses. Just how I choose to run mine.) A thread 👇👇👇

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James Clear

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2 years

Nearly everything awesome takes longer than you think. Get started and don't worry about the clock.

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James Clear

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6 months

Atomic Habits came out 5 years ago today! What a wild ride. Thank you to all the readers! To celebrate, I'm asking for stories from anyone who was helped by the book. If you found it useful, leave a comment below and share how it made a difference for you.

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James Clear

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3 years

A simple question that often changes my behavior: Does the amount of attention I’m giving this match its importance?

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James Clear

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Highly focused people do not leave their options open. They select their priorities and are comfortable ignoring the rest. If you commit to nothing, you’ll be distracted by everything.

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James Clear

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3 years

Maintain a margin of safety—even when it’s going well. Rich people go bankrupt chasing even more wealth. Fit people get injured chasing personal records. Productive people become ineffective taking on too many projects. Don’t let your ambition ruin your position.

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James Clear

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3 years

A simple rule for life and work: Don’t rush, but don’t wait. Thoughtful action.

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James Clear

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2 years

An expert is someone who, over many years, manages to remain confident enough to keep trying and humble enough to keep learning.

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James Clear

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4 years

What looks like talent is often careful preparation. What looks like skill is often persistent revision.

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James Clear

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10 months

Just start. Start slow if you have to. Start small if you have to. Start privately if you have to. Just start.

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James Clear

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6 months

Start now. Optimize later. Imperfect starts can always be improved. Obsessing over a perfect plan will never take you anywhere on its own.

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James Clear

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4 years

Most people think they lack motivation when they really lack clarity.

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James Clear

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6 months

Life is short. And if life is short, then moving quickly matters. Launch the product. Write the book. Ask the question. Take the chance. Be thoughtful, but get moving.

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James Clear

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1 year

Do you actually need more information or do you simply need to act on the information you already have?

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James Clear

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3 years

Where to focus: For the beginner, execution. For the intermediate, strategy. For the expert, mindset.

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James Clear

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3 years

Anyone planning to read Atomic Habits to start 2021?

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James Clear

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4 years

“You’re probably right” is becoming one of my favorite phrases. Whenever someone disagrees with you on a small matter (read: most things), you can just shrug, say “you’re probably right” and move on. Not caring about winning trivial arguments saves so much time and energy.

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James Clear

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2 years

Define yourself by your effort, not your suffering.

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James Clear

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2 years

Mental toughness is often portrayed as determination and persistence, but it can also be flexibility and adaptability. - I can be happy anywhere - I can work with what I have - I can have a good day with anyone You are tough when your mood is not dependent on your conditions.

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James Clear

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5 years

The person who learns the most in any classroom is the teacher. Lesson: If you really want to learn a topic, then “teach” it. Write a book. Teach a class. Build a product. Start a company. The act of making something will force you to learn more deeply than reading ever will.

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James Clear

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5 years

When making plans, think big. When making progress, think small.

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James Clear

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8 months

You’ll feel better once you get started.

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James Clear

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5 years

A strategy for thinking clearly: Rather than trying to be right, assume you are wrong and try to be less wrong. Trying to be right has a tendency to devolve into protecting your beliefs. Trying to be less wrong has a tendency to prompt more questions and intellectual humility.

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James Clear

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4 years

Solve big problems early. Rebound after one missed workout, not a decade of inactivity. Repair a strained relationship the next day, not years later. Fix overspending before it becomes a lifestyle. Problems with simple solutions at first become difficult to unwind over time.

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1 year

Many situations in life are similar to going on a hike: the view changes once you start walking. You don't need all the answers right now. New paths will reveal themselves if you have the courage to get started.

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James Clear

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4 years

Go smaller. Can't learn an exercise? Reduce the range of motion. Struggling to grasp a new concept? Break it down. Failing to stick with a habit? Make it easy. Master stage one, then advance.

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James Clear

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3 years

The more you move, the easier it is to keep moving. Maintain the momentum.

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James Clear

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3 years

I can’t tell you how many times I don’t feel like training and tell myself, “I’ll just do one set and see how I feel.” You would think it would stop working at some point, but I almost always end up doing the whole workout. Just start. Do something and see what happens.

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James Clear

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3 years

The antidote to a bad day is a good workout.

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James Clear

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4 years

Success is largely the failures you avoid. Health is the injuries you don't sustain. Wealth is the purchases you don't make. Happiness is the objects you don't desire. Peace of mind is the arguments you don't engage. Avoid the bad to protect the good.

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Life is harder when you expect a lot of the world and little of yourself. Life is easier when you expect a lot of yourself and little of the world. High standards, low expectations.

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James Clear

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3 years

If you think you can learn a lot from reading books, try writing one.

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Good marketing can sell once, but only a good product can sell twice. In the long run, your performance reverts to the value you provide.

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James Clear

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4 years

You can practice social distancing on social media too. Stay away from people who are infected with negativity, a lack of generosity, an unwillingness to seek truth, etc.

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It doesn’t make sense to continue wanting something if you’re not willing to do what it takes to get it. If you don’t want to live the lifestyle, then release yourself from the desire. To crave the result but not the process, is to guarantee disappointment.

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James Clear

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4 years

Maturity is learning how to start when you feel like procrastinating and learning how to listen when you feel like talking.

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8 months

When you need to learn quickly, learn from others. When you need to learn deeply, learn from experience.

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4 years

Not taking things personally is a superpower.

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James Clear

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3 years

The interior of an atom is 99.9999999999996% empty space, which means everything—literally everything and anything of physical substance in the universe—is, somehow, mostly nothing.

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James Clear

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New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results.

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4 months

Anyone planning to read (or re-read) Atomic Habits to start the new year?

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This will be an amazing year for you.

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4 years

Greatness is consistency. Meditating once is common. Meditating daily is rare. Exercising today is simple. Training every week is simply remarkable. Writing one essay doesn’t mean much. Writing every day practically makes you a hero. Unheroic days can make for heroic decades.

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James Clear

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The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.

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3 years

A simple rule that guides many of my business decisions: I want to accumulate assets, not responsibilities.

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Do the most important thing first each day and you'll never have an unproductive day.

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Your entire life happens inside your body. It's the one home you will always occupy and can never sell. But you can renovate it. If you can only pick one habit to build, exercise is probably the one. Everything is downstream from how your body is functioning.

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2 years

Think about what you want today and you'll spend your time. Think about what you want in 5 years and you'll invest your time.

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4 years

2020 still has a chance to be your most meaningful, most productive, most important year. If you... -focus on what you can control -commit to actions that actually deliver results -look for ways to get 1% better every day 6 months left. Finish strong.

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Your identity can hold you back: -I'm terrible with directions. -I have a sweet tooth. -I'm bad at math. ...or build you up: -I'm the type of person who doesn't miss workouts. -I finish what I start. -I read every day. Build habits that reinforce your desired identity.

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James Clear

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4 years

Read books that are relevant to what you want to achieve and reading will never seem boring.

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If you want a simple formula for having a good day, then get a workout done and do your most important task before lunch. Knock out those two things by noon and you really feel like you're ahead of the day.

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3 years

You only need to know the direction, not the destination. The direction is enough to make the next choice.

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2 years

If you keep doing what you are about to do today for the next five years, will you end up with more of what you want or less of what you want?

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4 years

Don’t spend what you haven’t earned. Avoid financial debt. Don’t spend money you haven’t earned. Avoid social debt. Don’t spend goodwill you haven’t earned. Avoid calendar debt. Don’t spend (free) time you haven’t earned. The disciplined earner can be a guilt-free spender.

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Habits will form whether you want them or not. Whatever you repeat, you reinforce.

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3 years

I admire people who can turn it on and turn it off. Be a gentle spirit with most, but stand firm whenever necessary. Don’t take yourself so seriously most days, but turn into a straight killer when the game begins. Etc. Being one thing all the time is suboptimal.

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3 years

You can attract luck simply by sharing your work publicly.

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4 years

A phrase I heard recently and found useful: “I agree with the idea, but disagree with the tone.” Many ideas get dismissed because they are delivered in a cocky/hostile/dismissive tone—or because of who delivers them. This phrase encourages you to separate substance from style.

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It’s usually more important to be in the right room than to be the smartest person in the room. A person with great judgement and average intelligence will usually beat someone with great intelligence and average judgment. Judgment is knowing what room to be in.

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New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results.

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