In the long-run (and often in the short-run), your willpower will never beat your environment. The more disciplined your environment is, the less dis… - James Clear

In the long-run (and often in the short-run), your willpower will never beat your environment.

The more disciplined your environment is, the less disciplined you need to be. Don't swim upstream.

School requires you to learn about things after the answer has already been decided.

Life requires you to learn about things while the answer is in the process of being decided.

The more control you have over your attention, the more control you have over your future. And it starts with having enough courage to protect your time.

It's so easy to say yes. We want to be agreeable, helpful, liked. That's how time disappears and attention becomes fragmented: not in big chunks, but in a thousand small concessions.

What you trade your attention for is what your life becomes.

Money is not the only way to improve life. Instead of widening your margin of profit, widen your margin of leisure. Instead of optimizing for money, optimize for time. Instead of seeking efficiency, seek recovery.