A THREAD on insightful timeless tweets shared by James Clear (@JamesClear) during 2011-16:
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It's unhealthy to fill your stomach with junk food.
But it's just as bad to fill your mind with junk thoughts or your life with junk people.
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It's unhealthy to fill your stomach with junk food.
But it's just as bad to fill your mind with junk thoughts or your life with junk people.
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Here's why I love entrepreneurship so much:
it teaches you that you don't need permission to make the world a better place.
Here's why I love entrepreneurship so much:
it teaches you that you don't need permission to make the world a better place.
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Too often we spend our lives visiting the world instead of shaping it.
Create something. Make something. Contribute something.
Too often we spend our lives visiting the world instead of shaping it.
Create something. Make something. Contribute something.
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The 3 step way to solve most of life's problems:
1. Stand up straight.
2. Breathe.
3. Take a long walk.
The 3 step way to solve most of life's problems:
1. Stand up straight.
2. Breathe.
3. Take a long walk.
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"As long as you live, keep learning how to live." -Seneca
"As long as you live, keep learning how to live." -Seneca
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Don't let the ideal of something prevent you from actually doing it.
We often get caught up in wanting perfection and never get started.
A single step will move you farther than a thousand thoughts.
Don't let the ideal of something prevent you from actually doing it.
We often get caught up in wanting perfection and never get started.
A single step will move you farther than a thousand thoughts.
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"A year from now you will wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
"A year from now you will wish you had started today." - Karen Lamb
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Do your best to do your best. That will be enough.
Do your best to do your best. That will be enough.
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"Knowledge builds up like compound interest — the more you have the more you acquire." - @farnamstreet
"Knowledge builds up like compound interest — the more you have the more you acquire." - @farnamstreet
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Just found a box filled with notes I wrote to myself years ago.
I like this one:
1. Know what you want.
2. Go after it relentlessly.
Just found a box filled with notes I wrote to myself years ago.
I like this one:
1. Know what you want.
2. Go after it relentlessly.
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One problem with following advice is that a person's opinion has their limitations built in.
Never accept someone else's limits as your own.
One problem with following advice is that a person's opinion has their limitations built in.
Never accept someone else's limits as your own.
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The secret to living in the moment? Gratefulness.
Appreciating what you have right now automatically brings you into the present.
The secret to living in the moment? Gratefulness.
Appreciating what you have right now automatically brings you into the present.
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Life isn't that hard.
When you're hungry, eat.
When you're tired, sleep.
And when you're happy, repeat.
Life isn't that hard.
When you're hungry, eat.
When you're tired, sleep.
And when you're happy, repeat.
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Discipline is the ability to sacrifice what you want now for what you want most.
Discipline is the ability to sacrifice what you want now for what you want most.
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"The best way to improve your self control is to understand how and why you lose control." -Kelly McGonigal
"The best way to improve your self control is to understand how and why you lose control." -Kelly McGonigal
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Just went down a YouTube rabbit hole and spent 40 minutes watching Richard Feynman videos.
Which, it turns out, is an awesome use of time.
Just went down a YouTube rabbit hole and spent 40 minutes watching Richard Feynman videos.
Which, it turns out, is an awesome use of time.
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Just learned that Charles Darwin worked on his theory of evolution in private for 20 years before publishing.
Great ideas take time.
Just learned that Charles Darwin worked on his theory of evolution in private for 20 years before publishing.
Great ideas take time.
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A tip for those contemplating new business ideas:
If you follow a cart of dirt, you pick up dirt.
If you follow a cart of gold, you pick up gold.
A tip for those contemplating new business ideas:
If you follow a cart of dirt, you pick up dirt.
If you follow a cart of gold, you pick up gold.
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Talking about your ideas makes you a teacher.
Living them out makes you a leader.
Talking about your ideas makes you a teacher.
Living them out makes you a leader.
