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Book: Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives
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  1. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    Procrastinators may resemble Sprinters, because they too tend to finish only when they're against a deadline, but the two types are quite different. Sprinters choose to work at the last minute because the pressure of a deadline clarifies their thoughts; Procrastinators hate last-minute pressure and wish they could force themselves to work before the deadline looms. Unlike Sprinters, Procrastinators often agonize about the work they're not doing, which makes it hard for them to do anything fun or meaningful with their time. They may rush around doing busywork as a way to avoid doing what they know they have to do.
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  2. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    Progress, not perfection, is the goal. I'm a gold-star junkie,
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  3. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    For a happy life, it's important to cultivate an atmosphere of growth-the sense that we're learning new things, getting stronger, forging new relationships, making things better, helping other people. Habits have a tremendous role to play in creating an atmosphere of growth, because they help us make consistent, reliable progress.
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  4. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    I suggested that he write from 11:00 to 1:00 every weekday. During that time, he was to write or do nothing. No email; no calls; no research; no clearing off a desk; no hanging out with Jack, my adorable, three-year-old, train-obsessed nephew. Write, or stare out the window. "Remember," I added, "working is one of the most dangerous forms of procrastination. You want to use your writing time for writing only. Nothing else, including no other kinds of work.
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  5. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    I should monitor whatever is essential to me. In that way, I ensure that my life reflects my values.
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  6. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    Obligers may struggle to monitor unless someone is checking on them.
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  7. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    A habit requires no decision from me, because I've already decided.
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  8. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    What we do every day matters more than what we do once in a while.
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  9. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    By giving something up, I gain.
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  10. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    This was exactly what I had noticed about the "stopping" aspect of First Steps. When we try a new habit for the first time, it feels full of promise, even if it's arduous. But most of that excitement is gone the second time, and the habit's drawbacks are more apparent. Plus, there's the discouraging feeling of having lost ground, of going backwards.
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  11. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    One regrets the loss even of one's worst habits. Perhaps one regrets them the most. They are such an essential part of one's personality. -OSCAR WILDE
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  12. Gretchen Rubin _ Better Than Before: Mastering

    A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.
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