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JAMES CLEAR

“Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress.”

JAMES CLEAR

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One of my biggest takeaways from reading Atomic Habits ☺️

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Focus on systems, not on goals

Goals are good for establishing a direction, but systems are best for making progress.

Goals are about the results you hope to reach. Systems are about the mechanisms that lead to those results.

Focus on system

Goals are results you want to achieve. The system is a process that leads to those results. Goals are good for setting direction, but systems are best for making progress.

To see the progress of an outcome you are left chasing, you need to change the system behind it. You fix inputs and the...

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