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James Clear Newsletter Archive
“The idea that ‘change is hard' is one of the biggest myths about human behavior.
The truth is, you change effortlessly and all the time. The primary job of the brain is to adjust your behavior based on the environment.
Design a better environment. Change will happen naturally.”
The truth is, you change effortlessly and all the time. The primary job of the brain is to adjust your behavior based on the environment.
Design a better environment. Change will happen naturally.”
James Clear • 3 Ideas, 2 Quotes, 1 Question (October 17, 2019) | James Clear
“The trajectory of your life bends in the direction of your habits.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: A Brief Guide to Leadership, and When to Value Feedback | James Clear
“Many people delay taking action because they hope to avoid suffering. They keep searching for a path that won’t involve tradeoffs.
But some form of suffering is always inevitable. The process of taking action is the process of choosing your pain.”
But some form of suffering is always inevitable. The process of taking action is the process of choosing your pain.”
3-2-1: On Choosing Your Pain, Self-Acceptance, and Seizing Opportunities | James Clear
The more control you have over your attention, the more control you have over your future.
James Clear • 3-2-1: Entrepreneurship, Habits, and the Joy of Climbing | James Clear
“A 5-step process for nearly anything:
1) Explore widely. Find out what is possible.
2) Test cheaply. Run small, quick experiments. Sample things.
3) Edit ruthlessly. Focus on the best. Cut everything else.
4) Repeat what works. Don't quit on a good idea.
5) Return to 1.”
1) Explore widely. Find out what is possible.
2) Test cheaply. Run small, quick experiments. Sample things.
3) Edit ruthlessly. Focus on the best. Cut everything else.
4) Repeat what works. Don't quit on a good idea.
5) Return to 1.”
jamesclear.com • 3-2-1: On Simplifying, a 5-Step Process for Nearly Anything, and Collaboration | James Clear
“Before you begin, think as if you are a lazy person. Imagine the competition will work harder. Your only chance is a better strategy.
After you begin, work as if you are a dumb person. Imagine the competition is smarter and more talented. Your only chance is to outwork them.”
After you begin, work as if you are a dumb person. Imagine the competition is smarter and more talented. Your only chance is to outwork them.”
3-2-1: On Choosing Your Pain, Self-Acceptance, and Seizing Opportunities | James Clear
The author and generally hilarious human, Bill Bryson, on the remarkable odds of your existence:
“Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life's quest of delivering a tiny charge of genetic material to the right partner at the right moment... See more
“Not one of your pertinent ancestors was squashed, devoured, drowned, starved, stranded, stuck fast, untimely wounded, or otherwise deflected from its life's quest of delivering a tiny charge of genetic material to the right partner at the right moment... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On creating meaning, the remarkable odds of your existence, and life instructions
A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time—most people don’t even try, and just accept that things are the way that they are.
People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching... See more
People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching... See more
Sam Altman • How to Be Successful
The Japanese writer Haruki Murakami on love:
“If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.”
“If you remember me, then I don't care if everyone else forgets.”