3-2-1: On taking action, changing incentives, and belonging
“Live with a bias toward action.
Ironically, this will teach you patience. When you take action each day, you learn the value of accumulating small improvements over time. You understand how daily habits compound.
Be impatient with your actions. Be patient with your results.”
Ironically, this will teach you patience. When you take action each day, you learn the value of accumulating small improvements over time. You understand how daily habits compound.
Be impatient with your actions. Be patient with your results.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On Decision Making, the Value of Friends, and Self-Improvement | James Clear
Of course, the stories you tell yourself are useless if you don’t take action. “No matter how full a reservoir of maxims one may possess,” the psychologist William James wrote, no matter how good one’s stories may be, “if one [does not] act, one’s life may remain entirely unaffected for the better.” One’s life, as James puts it, “is an aggregate of
... See more3 ideas to start your year:
1) You don't rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.
2) Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.
3) Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins.
There are three layers of behavior change: a change in your outcomes, a change in your processes, or a change in your identity.