James Clear

You are not your grand plans. You are your daily patterns.

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.

Goals are for people who care about winning once. Systems are for people who care about winning repeatedly.

The days can be easy if the years are consistent. You can write a book or get in shape or code a piece of software in 30 minutes per day. But the key is you can't miss a bunch of days.

Learning more will increase knowledge, but only attempting more will reduce fear. The more you try it, the less you will fear it.

You can handle whatever you face.

Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins.

True behavior change is identity change.

Can you imagine yourself in 10 years if instead of avoiding the things you know you should do, you actually did them every single day? That’s powerful.

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

You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.

What you choose to read is a vote towards who you want to become.

All big things come from small beginnings. The seed of every habit is a single, tiny decision.

I create rules that the best version of myself wants, and then I just follow the rules.