Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones

by James Clear

we put pressure on ourselves to make some earth-shattering improvement that everyone will talk about.

You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.

Every action you take is a vote for the type of person you wish to become.

As a general rule, the more immediate pleasure you get from an action, the more strongly you should question whether it aligns with your long-term goals.*

Behavior only shifts if the punishment is painful enough

The mark of whether you are made for a task is not whether you love it but whether you can handle the pain of the task easier than most people.