"The quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits."
"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems."
"Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement."
"True behavior change is identity change."
"The most powerful outcomes of any compounding process are delayed."
"Habits are a double-edged sword. They can work for you or against you, which is why understanding the details is essential."
"You don't need more motivation or inspiration to create lasting change. What you need is a clearer understanding of how motivation and inspiration are created in the first place."
"Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits. You get what you repeat."
"Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress."
"The best way to change long-term behavior is with short-term feedback."
"You should be far more concerned with your current trajectory than with your current results."
"Every habit has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The cue is the beginning, the routine is the middle, and the reward is the end."
"Habits are not a finish line to be crossed, but a lifestyle to be lived."
"Habits are the entry point for changing your identity."
"It is easier to make new habits than to break old ones."
"When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different."
"The key to getting results that last is to never stop making improvements."
"The purpose of setting goals is to win the game. The purpose of building systems is to continue playing the game."
"The more pride you have in a particular aspect of your identity, the more motivated you will be to maintain the habits associated with it."
"The greatest threat to success is not failure but boredom."
"You don't have to be the victim of your environment. You can also be the architect of it."
"The ultimate form of intrinsic motivation is when a habit becomes part of your identity."
"A commitment to the process is more important than a commitment to the goal."
"Habits can be easier to change when they are embedded in something larger."
"Every habit you have right now is serving you in some way. Even the bad habits are a solution to some problem in your life. But those solutions are temporary, and ultimately they cause more harm than good."
Written by Famous Author : James Clear
Atomic
Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
