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

by James Clear

Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. It will multiply whatever you feed it. Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy.

You have a new goal and a new plan, but you haven’t changed who you are.

The ultimate form of intrinsic motivation is when a habit becomes part of your identity. It’s one thing to say I’m the type of person who wants this. It’s something very different to say I’m the type of person who is this.

I didn’t start out as a writer. I became one through my habits.

The first mistake is never the one that ruins you.

As Caed Budris says, “Happiness is the space between one desire being fulfilled and a new desire forming.”