3 IDEAS FROM ME

I.

“When choosing a new habit many people seem to ask themselves, “What can I do on my best days?”

The trick is to ask, “What can I stick to even on my worst days?”

Start small. Master the art of showing up. Scale up when you have the time, energy, and interest.”


​II.

“Concentration produces wealth.

Diversification protects wealth.”


III.

“Life rarely changes in a positive way without an increase in responsibility.

This is true in many areas: taking ownership of your health, committing to a relationship, starting a business, etc.

Whatever it is, if you want the trajectory to change, the amount of responsibility usually has to change.”

2 QUOTES FROM OTHERS

I.

Writer Haruki Murakami on time and money:

“Spend your money on the things money can buy. Spend your time on the things money can’t buy.”

Source: The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle ​​​


​II.

Farmer, novelist, and poet, Wendell Berry, on thinking long-term and acting in the long-term good:

“Invest in the millennium. Plant sequoias. Say that your main crop is the forest that you did not plant, that you will not live to harvest.”

Source: Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front

1 QUESTION FOR YOU

If not now, when?

Until next week,

James Clear ​​​
Author of Atomic Habits
Cofounder of Authors Equity

p.s. ​An underrated moment in human history​.

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