3-2-1: On Building Habits That Last and the Link Between Success and Failure | James Clear

“In the long-run, the people who succeed are the ones who want to live the lifestyle that precedes the results.

Stop asking, “What results do I want to have?”

Start asking, “What lifestyle do I want to live?”

It's common to want results. It's rare to want the lifestyle.”

Author Toni Morrison shares a lesson from her father:

“...one day, alone in the kitchen with my father, I let drop a few whines about the job. I gave him details, examples of what troubled me, yet although he listened intently, I saw no sympathy in his eyes. No “Oh, you poor little thing.”

Perhaps he understood that what I wanted was a solution to th... See more

An idea from Atomic Habits:

“The key—if you want to build habits that last—is to join a group where the desired behavior is the normal behavior.”

“It's better to do less than you hoped than nothing at all. No zero days.”