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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Read 30 books a year becomes read one page.

Do yoga four days a week becomes take out my yoga mat.

And sometimes when I tell people this, they resist it a little bit.

They're like, okay, buddy.

I know the real goal isn't just to take my yoga mat out.

I know I'm actually trying to do the workout.

So you're like, okay.

If I know it's a trick, why would I fall for it, basically?

But

There's this great quote from Ed Latimore where he says, the heaviest weight of the gym is the front door.

And man, there are a lot of things in life that are like that.

The hardest action is the first movement.

The most difficult step is the first one.

And when you're in the work, once you've already started, it's often easier to keep going.

It's starting the work that is the hard part.

All the friction is at the beginning.

There's this concept in physics, coefficient of friction.

The friction is highest when you're not moving.

It's once you're moving that things start to go a little bit easier.

Momentum works in both ways.

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