Building Lasting Habits

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Gretchen Rubin · 2017

The Four Tendencies: The Indispensable Personality Profiles That Reveal How to Make Your Life Better

A habit sticks faster when the strategy matches the expectation style.

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James Clear

Atomic Habits

I am the type of person who reads every day.

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Darius Foroux · 2019

Do It Today

The only way to stop procrastinating is to start. Today is all you have. Tomorrow is a story you keep telling yourself.

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Jon Acuff · 2017

Finish

The gift of done is not applause. It is the freedom to stop negotiating with a finish line that keeps moving.

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S. J. Scott

Habit Stacking

Every time you attach a tiny behavior to a reliable cue, you are not just building a habit - you are building a new identity.

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Brendon Burchard

High Performance Habits

High performance looks less like intensity and more like standards you can bring to every day that matters.

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Chip Heath, Dan Heath · 2010

Switch

For anything to change, someone has to start acting differently.

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Og Mandino · 1968

The Greatest Salesman in the World

Success begins when a principle is repeated until it becomes behavior.

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Gretchen Rubin · 2015

Better Than Before

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.

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Robin Sharma · 2018

The 5 AM Club

The hours that most people waste are the hours that remake the few who protect them.

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Mel Robbins · 2017

The 5 Second Rule

The moment you have an instinct to act on a goal, you must physically move within five seconds or your brain will kill it.

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Darren Hardy · 2010

The Compound Effect

Your life is the accumulated interest of what you keep choosing when no one is keeping score.

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Twyla Tharp · 2003

The Creative Habit

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.

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Mel Robbins · 2021

The High 5 Habit

Confidence grows when encouragement becomes a daily reflex instead of a reward you only allow after perfection.

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Hal Elrod · 2012

The Miracle Morning

How you wake up each day and your morning routine dramatically affects your levels of success in every single area of your life.

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Neil Fiore

The Now Habit

You do not beat procrastination by making yourself more afraid. You beat it by making the start feel safe enough to begin.

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Francesco Cirillo

The Pomodoro Technique

You do not need a perfect day. You need one honest interval, then another.

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Kelly McGonigal · 2011

The Willpower Instinct

The pause is where willpower stops being punishment and becomes care for the person you are becoming.

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Roy F. Baumeister, John Tierney · 2011

Willpower

The secret of willpower is not to spend the whole day proving you have it. It is to build a life where the best choice costs less.

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Tara Schuster · 2020

Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies

The lilies are not indulgence. They are a receipt that you are allowed to care for yourself on purpose.

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Rachel Hollis · 2019

Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals

A goal gets stronger when it stops being hidden as an apology.

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Sarah Knight · 2016

Get Your Sh*t Together: How to Stop Worrying About What You Should Do So You Can Finish What You Need to Do and Start Doing What You Want to Do

A plan is worry with handles.

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Brian Tracy · 2010

No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline

Discipline is the promise you keep after the excuse becomes available.

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Sean Covey · 1998

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: The Ultimate Teenage Success Guide

Effectiveness starts when a teenager learns they can choose the next response.

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Stephen Guise · 2013

Mini Habits: Smaller Habits, Bigger Results

A habit begins when the required action is small enough to survive real life.

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Robert Maurer · 2004

One Small Step Can Change Your Life

The smallest step is not a compromise when it keeps you moving.