New Year Tips from James Clear

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As we start the new year, a reminder from Atomic Habits:

"New goals don't deliver new results. New lifestyles do. And a lifestyle is a process, not an outcome. For this reason, all of your energy should go into building better habits, not chasing better results."

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"A simple filter for managing your time: You're not focused enough unless you're mourning some of the things you're saying no to."

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"Don't worry about being the most interesting person in the room, just try to be the most interested person in the room.

• The interested person asks about others and leaves a good impression because people like talking about themselves.
• The interested person is genuinely curious about someone's craft and learns a lot about how things work.
• The interested person engages with more people and—because opportunities come through people—is more likely to catch a lucky break.

In general, the interested person learns more and tends to be well-liked. And in the long run, it's hard to keep down someone who is well-learned and well-liked."

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2 Quotes From Others

I.

Entrepreneur and investor Matt Griswold offers a useful approach for life:

"Think in decades and act in days."

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Roman philosopher Musonius Rufus shares a lesson on long-term thinking:

"If you accomplish something good with hard work, the labor passes quickly, but the good endures; if you do something shameful in pursuit of pleasure, the pleasure passes quickly, but the shame endures."

Source: Lectures and Fragments, Fragment