James Clear

It would just bother him so much to not get it right, to not win. I got to think that that is maybe not exclusively, but at least largely just he can't turn it off. He doesn't know any other way to be personality or genes or whatever you want to call it. That's just how he's wired. And I actually love it when I see that characteristic in any domain. Maggie Rogers, who's a musician.

She had this post she put on Instagram. It was all of her notes on a particular song that they were working on. And like, you know, hey, I think we need to bring the symbol in second earlier here and a bunch of other stuff. And then she shared a little clip of her listening to it with her producer and so on. And you could just tell that she cared so much about the details.

She had this post she put on Instagram. It was all of her notes on a particular song that they were working on. And like, you know, hey, I think we need to bring the symbol in second earlier here and a bunch of other stuff. And then she shared a little clip of her listening to it with her producer and so on. And you could just tell that she cared so much about the details.

It would bother her if the song was not as good as it could possibly be. And maybe that's the musician's version of hates to lose. I love it when I see that characteristic. It kind of lights me up and makes me want to be that way about whatever thing I'm working on.

It would bother her if the song was not as good as it could possibly be. And maybe that's the musician's version of hates to lose. I love it when I see that characteristic. It kind of lights me up and makes me want to be that way about whatever thing I'm working on.

If you can find that area where it would bother you for it to not be right, I got to think you're going to get much better results there than most people, because most people get bored or move on or get tired or frustrated. And the person who just will not stop unless it's right will is going to end up with better results.

If you can find that area where it would bother you for it to not be right, I got to think you're going to get much better results there than most people, because most people get bored or move on or get tired or frustrated. And the person who just will not stop unless it's right will is going to end up with better results.

It sounds simple to say the way to have great results is to not lower your standards. But in a lot of ways, it turns out to be more true than you would expect.

It sounds simple to say the way to have great results is to not lower your standards. But in a lot of ways, it turns out to be more true than you would expect.

I watched that documentary. I'd never heard of him. I know very little about Formula One. It was awesome. After watching that, I was like completely hooked. It was a fascinating sport.

I watched that documentary. I'd never heard of him. I know very little about Formula One. It was awesome. After watching that, I was like completely hooked. It was a fascinating sport.

The second half of that question, I'm not sure of. Generally, I think both of those things are universal. I think one, it's universal that one of the most motivating feelings to the human mind is the feeling of progress. And I think it's fairly universal that progress feels good.

The second half of that question, I'm not sure of. Generally, I think both of those things are universal. I think one, it's universal that one of the most motivating feelings to the human mind is the feeling of progress. And I think it's fairly universal that progress feels good.

In a sense, at the most base level, we are goal-directed organisms in the sense that we have a goal to get food or water or to procreate or to be safe. And We want to move toward those things and resolve the tension, the gap between that goal and our current state as much as possible.

In a sense, at the most base level, we are goal-directed organisms in the sense that we have a goal to get food or water or to procreate or to be safe. And We want to move toward those things and resolve the tension, the gap between that goal and our current state as much as possible.

Now, with our complex brains and modern society, we come up with many other goals that are outside of just our basic needs like food and water. We have goals like getting a promotion at work or losing 10 pounds or whatever it is. But that same tension between where you are currently and where you want to be, we want to have that resolved.

Now, with our complex brains and modern society, we come up with many other goals that are outside of just our basic needs like food and water. We have goals like getting a promotion at work or losing 10 pounds or whatever it is. But that same tension between where you are currently and where you want to be, we want to have that resolved.

The more progress that you feel like you're making toward one of those things, I think that generally feels good. I feel like that's pretty universal. I also do think it seems to be fairly universal that we have some bias toward status, some bias toward prestige and rank and hierarchy. And

The more progress that you feel like you're making toward one of those things, I think that generally feels good. I feel like that's pretty universal. I also do think it seems to be fairly universal that we have some bias toward status, some bias toward prestige and rank and hierarchy. And

It feels good for pretty much anybody to win the game or to have the best score on the scoreboard or to climb the leaderboard. And the more that you see yourself occupying a higher rung relative to those around you, whether it's with wealth or money or fame, the better that feels too. And it probably is a spectrum or maybe each of those is a spectrum.