“The most practical way to change who you are is to change what you do.”. “Your habits shape your identity, and your identity shapes your habits.”.“Behind every system of actions are a system of beliefs.”.“The most effective form of motivation is progress.”.“It is your commitment to the process that will determine your progress.”.“The quality of our lives often depends on the quality of our habits.”.“You do not rise to the level of your goals.“Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement.”.As Machiavelli noted, ‘Men desire novelty to such an extent that those who are doing well wish for a change as much as those who are doing badly.'” As soon as we experience the slightest dip in motivation, we begin seeking a new strategy-even if the old one was still working. Perhaps this is why we get caught up in a never-ending cycle, jumping from one workout to the next, one diet to the next, one business idea to the next. And as our habits become ordinary, we start derailing our progress to seek novelty. We get bored with habits because they stop delighting us. Boredom Threatens Success: “The greatest threat to success is not failure but boredom.It’s the frequency that makes the difference.” You could do something twice in thirty days, or two hundred times. What matters is the rate at which you perform the behavior. It doesn’t matter if it’s been twenty-one days or thirty days or three hundred days. Frequency > Time: “There is nothing magical about time passing with regard to habit formation. And despite what the latest productivity best seller will tell you, this is a smart strategy, not a dumb one.” But the truth is, our real motivation is to be lazy and to do what is convenient. Maybe if you really wanted it, you’d actually do it.
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