The more control you have over your attention, the more con… - James Clear

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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.

James Clear

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James Clear (born 1986) is an American writer and public speaker known for Self-improvement.

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The more control you have over your attention, the more control you have over your future.

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B. J. Fogg Darren Hardy Benjamin P. Hardy Jim Rohn Gary W. Keller

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