James Clear

And I think if we ask ourselves, honestly, are the incentives that cleanly aligned in most of our businesses or institutions? A lot of the time, the answer is no. And I always think you should ask yourself, like, first, who is doing the work? Who reaps the rewards? Who bears the consequences? And when the incentives are aligned, it's often the same person for all three.

And when the incentives are misaligned, somebody else is doing the work, somebody else is bearing the consequences, and somebody else is reaping the rewards. And so as best as possible, you need to figure out ways to get the incentives aligned, and people will naturally want to do things that serve them and avoid things that punish them.

And when the incentives are misaligned, somebody else is doing the work, somebody else is bearing the consequences, and somebody else is reaping the rewards. And so as best as possible, you need to figure out ways to get the incentives aligned, and people will naturally want to do things that serve them and avoid things that punish them.

And when the incentives are misaligned, somebody else is doing the work, somebody else is bearing the consequences, and somebody else is reaping the rewards. And so as best as possible, you need to figure out ways to get the incentives aligned, and people will naturally want to do things that serve them and avoid things that punish them.

Oh, man, there are literally hundreds. I actually keep a list of sources on my website. So if you go to jamesclare.com slash thanks, it's like a thank you page to all the people that have been various inspirations and sources of ideas to me. I am...

Oh, man, there are literally hundreds. I actually keep a list of sources on my website. So if you go to jamesclare.com slash thanks, it's like a thank you page to all the people that have been various inspirations and sources of ideas to me. I am...

Oh, man, there are literally hundreds. I actually keep a list of sources on my website. So if you go to jamesclare.com slash thanks, it's like a thank you page to all the people that have been various inspirations and sources of ideas to me. I am...

would be impossible to list everybody there you know hundreds of sources and atomic habits alone and i feel like i'm always looking i don't even really read books anymore i kind of like read chapters or read sentences like i'm just like looking for a little bit of insight oh i really like how that was phrased or oh i really like how the way that they unpack that maybe i can you know like take that and make it my own or use that in some way

would be impossible to list everybody there you know hundreds of sources and atomic habits alone and i feel like i'm always looking i don't even really read books anymore i kind of like read chapters or read sentences like i'm just like looking for a little bit of insight oh i really like how that was phrased or oh i really like how the way that they unpack that maybe i can you know like take that and make it my own or use that in some way

would be impossible to list everybody there you know hundreds of sources and atomic habits alone and i feel like i'm always looking i don't even really read books anymore i kind of like read chapters or read sentences like i'm just like looking for a little bit of insight oh i really like how that was phrased or oh i really like how the way that they unpack that maybe i can you know like take that and make it my own or use that in some way

So pretty much everything that I share, two things are true. The first is pretty much everything is a reminder to myself. So like I struggle with all this stuff, too. And it's just a way of me trying to pull myself back to center. And then the second thing is. Almost nothing that I share is something that I originally thought of.

So pretty much everything that I share, two things are true. The first is pretty much everything is a reminder to myself. So like I struggle with all this stuff, too. And it's just a way of me trying to pull myself back to center. And then the second thing is. Almost nothing that I share is something that I originally thought of.

So pretty much everything that I share, two things are true. The first is pretty much everything is a reminder to myself. So like I struggle with all this stuff, too. And it's just a way of me trying to pull myself back to center. And then the second thing is. Almost nothing that I share is something that I originally thought of.

I feel like my value is that I try to put it in a way that is easy to understand and easy to apply, but the ideas almost all originated elsewhere. And I think we have this somewhat incorrect view of creativity, that creativity is origination, that it is like the creation of something from nothing. But actually, I think almost every form of creativity is synthesis.

I feel like my value is that I try to put it in a way that is easy to understand and easy to apply, but the ideas almost all originated elsewhere. And I think we have this somewhat incorrect view of creativity, that creativity is origination, that it is like the creation of something from nothing. But actually, I think almost every form of creativity is synthesis.

I feel like my value is that I try to put it in a way that is easy to understand and easy to apply, but the ideas almost all originated elsewhere. And I think we have this somewhat incorrect view of creativity, that creativity is origination, that it is like the creation of something from nothing. But actually, I think almost every form of creativity is synthesis.

It is the connecting of ideas that were previously unconnected. It is the sharing of something that has already been out there, but has never quite been put that way or has never quite been delivered in that fashion.

It is the connecting of ideas that were previously unconnected. It is the sharing of something that has already been out there, but has never quite been put that way or has never quite been delivered in that fashion.

It is the connecting of ideas that were previously unconnected. It is the sharing of something that has already been out there, but has never quite been put that way or has never quite been delivered in that fashion.

And that I feel like is my job is to come across the very best ideas I can and then to deliver them in a way where you think, you know what, I always have kind of felt that, but I just didn't have the way to the language for it. Or I've always believed that or seen that in my life, too, but I've never heard it put that way.