49 Quotes by James Clear
"When you lose track of time, you are either living your best life or wasting it."
"Happiness is simply the absence of desire.- When you observe a cue, but do not desire to change your state, you are content with the current situation. Happiness is not about the achievement of pleasure, but about the lack of desire. It arrives when you have no urge to feel differently. Happiness is the state you enter when you no longer want to change your state.As Caed Budris says, “Happiness is the space between on desire being fulfilled and a new desire forming."
"The first mistake is never the one that ruins you. It’s the spiral of repeated mistakes that follows.The problem is not slipping up; the problem is thinking that if you can not do something perfectly, then you shouldn’t do it at all..."
"The score always takes care of itself."
"When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different. By combining your skills, you reduce the level of competition, which makes it easier to stand out. You can shortcut the need for a genetic advantage (or for years of practice) by rewriting the rules. A good player works hard to win the game everyone else is playing. A great player creates a new game that favors their strengths and avoids their weaknesses."
"With a big enough why you can overcome any how.- If your motivation and desire are great enough (that is, why you are acting), you’ll take action even when it is quite difficult. Greta craving can be power great action- even when friction is high."
"In this way, the process of building habits is actually the process of becoming yourself."
"New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do.And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome.For this reason, your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results."
"When you can't win by being better, you can win by being different."