How to Achieve Your Goals Easily
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There’s one core concept that has truly allowed me to keep making progress on my goals, week after week, without constantly needing to rely on massive amounts of willpower or…
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How do you actually break a bad habit and get a good one to stick?
So why do we keep doing them? And more importantly, is there anything you can really do about it? I’ve talked before about the science of how habits get started,…
Life Lessons
It’s a real challenge to improve your life, especially when you face temptation, frustration, or hardship and need to apply what you’ve learned. Following a strategy while reading about it…
When I Find Myself Contemplating Giving Up, This Is What I Do
Looking back, it’s been 939 days since November 12, 2012. That was the day my first article went live on JamesClear.com, nearly two years and seven months ago now. Through…
Move Towards the Next Thing, Not Away From the Last Thing
Creating Value is Hard I poured my entire morning into writing an article, hoping it would really shine. I dug into research, found video clips from some of the most…
Procrastination: A Scientific Guide on How to Stop Procrastinating
Procrastination, it’s a hurdle we’ve all encountered at some point. For as long as people have walked the earth, we’ve found ourselves struggling to delay, put off, or avoid tasks…
Make More Art: The Health Benefits of Creativity
Take these findings, for example, from five visual arts studies highlighted in a particular review. (Visual arts, for context, covers activities like painting, drawing, photography, pottery, and textiles.) Each of…
This Coach Improved Every Tiny Thing by 1 Percent and Here’s What Happened
Great Britain had recently hired Dave Brailsford as its new performance director. For nearly a century, professional cyclists in Great Britain had struggled with consistent mediocrity. Since 1908, British riders…
Treat Failure Like a Scientist
recently had a wonderful conversation with my friend, Beck Tench. During our chat, Beck told me about an interesting shift in thinking that occurred while she worked at a science…
How can we truly break free from deceiving ourselves: The essential role of self-awareness
That morning, René Laennec, a physician, found himself moving a bit more quickly across the courtyard. He had a patient with a heart condition awaiting him at the hospital, and…