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Forget About Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead.
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Forget About Setting Goals. Focus on This Instead.

James Clear
James Clear, 2017
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Set goals and achieve them. This is the recipe for success many motivational speakers, self-help books and high school counselors prescribe. According to author, photographer and weightlifter James Clear, they’ve got it all wrong. Goal setting actually sabotages your long-term progress, he says. Instead, he recommends focusing on the small things you do every day. Learn how your daily routine can put you on the path to success – even if you don’t define it in advance. getAbstract recommends this quick, organized read for goal-oriented people everywhere.

Take-Aways

  • Instead of pursuing goals, focus on “systems” to guide you. 
  • Being goal-focused makes you unhappy. Committing to a daily practice lets you live in the moment.
  • Your routine offers a framework that puts consistency in the place of the “yo-yo effect,” that results from goal setting.

About the Author

James Clear is an author, photographer and weightlifter who publishes a newsletter on habits that make people successful.

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