How to Trick Your Brain to Like Doing Hard Things – Atomic Habits by James Clear

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[saiyajinbeard]

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[thatmomfrnd]

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— A Hypocrite

[gg-gmnq]

"They say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing everyday."
- Give up

[ivanespinoza]

“If you do the easy things in life, life will be hard. But if you do the hard things in life, life will be easy.”

[ExposureNinja]

Completely agree = *“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”* — James Clear

[Szystedt]

"It's not easy when it's hard."
- Literally everyone

[jflores]

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[burgerqueen]

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[unknownfilmmaker]

14:42 I wrote a book called The Eye of Gogi and one of the things I point out is that, contrary to popular belief, hard work does not always come from passion; passion comes from hard work. You getting into it and knowing you're investing precious time in it means you then want to make the most of it. By thinking this way you can do a great job at anything, including things you might not want to do at first.

[_commonsense]

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- Shrek

[xlegendgamerpro]

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[BeyondResist]

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– Albert Camus

[julianmangan]

I think knowing what pillow gives the best night sleep would've been the best advice to hear

[cloud]

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[misteriosdobingbing]

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[mitocloxo]

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[_.]

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[kotenoklelu]

1 - 0:07 The power of tiny gains
2 - 3:38 The power of identity
3 - 7:03 Ruthless elimination
4 - 9:47 The 25-5 rule
5 - 11:46 The 3 R's of habit formation: reminder, routine, reward
6 - 14:05 The 2-minute rule
7 - 15:24 Precommitment
8 - 16:52 Implementation intentions
9 - 18:44 Keystone habits
10 - 20:36 Environment design
11 - 21:38 Seinfeld strategy

[LifeNavigation]

‘We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit’ - Aristotle