James Clear
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1,852 appearances
7 recordings
7 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 12 May
James Clear’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And if you can get those two things aligned, now you have a really deep through line from your daily actions to this bigger, larger identity that you want to build.
And if you can connect the things that you do each day, those small choices with the person that you want to be in the long run,
you can see how important they are even when they're little.
I think what we're ultimately trying to get to is a place where you take pride in being that kind of person.
I was like that, too.
I think my nature is I'm naturally very goal-oriented and outcome-oriented.
We all want better results, right?
So I don't think goals are ever going to be like a zero in your life and you're never going to think about them.
It's just so natural to focus on them.
What I'm trying to encourage here is to focus on the other side of the equation, which is the daily habits that you are following.
If I was going to put a little finer point on the language there, what do I mean by goal and system?
Your goal is your desired outcome, the target, the thing you're shooting for.
What is your system?
It's the collection of daily habits that you follow.
And if there's ever a gap between your goal and your system, if there's ever a gap between your desired outcome and your daily habits, your daily habits will always win.
I mean, almost by definition, your current habits are perfectly designed to deliver your current results.
Whatever habits you've been following for the last six months or year or two years, it's carried you almost inevitably to the outcomes that you have right now.
So...
Where I've kind of come down on this after thinking about it for a little while is goals are good for clarity.
They're good for setting a sense of direction, get everybody rowing the boat in the same direction.
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