49 Quotes by James Clear

"The amount of time you have been performing a habit is not as important as the number of times you have performed it."

"Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior."

"Trying to pump up your motivation to stick with a hard habit is like trying to force water through a bent hose. You can do it, but it requires a lot of effort and increases the tension in your life. Meanwhile, making your habits simple and easy is like removing the bend in the hose. Rather than trying to overcome the friction in your life, you reduce it."

"You know that it is the work you did long ago -when it seemed that you weren't making any progress- that makes the jump today possible."

"You know that is the work you did long ago -when it seemed that you weren't making any progress- that makes the jump today possible."

"Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become. No single instance will transform your beliefs, but as the votes build up, so does the evidence of your new identity. This is one reason why meaningful change does not require radical change. Small habits can make a meaningful difference by providing evidence of a new identity. And if a change is meaningful, it is actually big. That's the paradox of making small improvements."

"Complaining about not achieving success despite working hard is like complaining about an ice cube not melting when you heated it from 25 to 31 degrees. All the action happens at 32 degrees."

"A single decision is easy to dismiss."

"A systems-first mentality provides the antidote. When you fall in love with the process rather than the product, you don't have to wait to give yourself permission to be happy. You can satisfied anytime your systems is running. And the system can be successful in many different forms, not just the one you first envision."

"A habit must be established before it can be improved. If you can't learn the basic skill of showing up, then you have little hope of mastering the finer details. instead of trying to engineer a perfect habit from the start, do the easy thing on a more consistent basis. You have to standardize before you can optimize."