James Clear

So I think the shift is partially it just helps to know that...

Working on habits day in and day out, focusing on building a better process and building a better system is how results occur.

And that is very obvious to all of us as soon as you say it, but man, it's so easy to forget it on a daily basis.

And so reminding yourself that most of your results in life are a lagging measure of the habits that precede them.

So your bank account is a lagging measure of your financial habits.

Your physical fitness is the lagging measure of your exercise habits.

Even silly stuff like the amount of clutter in your living room is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits.

So many areas of life are largely, maybe not exclusively, but largely influenced by the habits that precede them.

And so if you want better outcomes, the thing to focus on is building better habits.

And for some reason, we get into this mindset where we're focused on results and we naturally start to compare.

And, uh, that leads to feelings of judgment, resentment and negativity and so on.

And, uh, if we can just shift it a little bit and just try to focus on having five good minutes or living a good day or building better habits, then I think maybe you pull yourself back in the present moment.

You focus a little bit more on running your own race and, uh, maybe a little bit less on what everybody else is doing.

Hmm.

That's interesting.

The stages part's interesting.

People don't usually ask that.

Um, okay.

So very popular question.

How long does it take to build a habit?