If I want to break a bad habit it is useful to use a commitment device, this is a preventative measure to limits future actions.

Habits are regular practices or routines that define our whole life and the outcomes we achieve; therefore, they are the concept of self-improvement.

Small habit changes can produce outsized effects that improve or degrade quality of life.

Good habits yield positive results over the long term. Bad habits only bring short-term gain.

Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because I don’t want to change, but because I have the wrong system for change.

My habits are intertwined with my personal identity.

All my outcomes are a delayed reaction to my long-standing habits. If I want to change my outcomes, I need to change my habits.

How I talk about a new habit, even to myself, affects the implementation of the habit. With the right mindset and a clear vision “Why do I want to implement a new habit?”, it will become much easier and successful.

A new habit is more likely to become ingrained if it’s easy, hence start with very small first steps and establish them.

Environments can be designed to better support good habits or establish new habits.

Changes that seem small and unimportant at first will compound into remarkable results if I’m willing to stick with them.

If I want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on my system instead.

The most effective way to change my habits is to focus not on what I want to achieve, but on who I wish to become.

The Four Laws of Behavior Change are a simple set of rules we can use to build better habits. They are 1. make it obvious 2. make it attractive 3. make it easy 4 make it satisfying

My environment is the invisible hand that shapes my behavior.

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New York doesn't care who you are or where you came from.

I read the Odyssey because it was the story of a man who returned home after being absent for more than twenty years and was recognized only by his dog.

Kind words are such a blessing to the needful, if one but knew the pleasure that they bring.

I recorded a song called, I Fall to Pieces, and I was in a car wreck. Now I'm worried because I have a brand-new record, and it's called Crazy!

A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see.

Stop trying to perfect your child, but keep trying to perfect your relationship with him.

We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.

God is a God who has not given up on His people. If He wanted to give up, He would have given up back in the Garden of Eden.

I'm not going to speculate about legislation that I haven't seen before.

I'm wondering if I made the right decision about hair and makeup.

Now we've got a little daughter; me and the missus won't talk about football as much.

I understand why biting is seen so badly.

A good firefighter knows how an educated firefighter knows why.

The love of a family is lifes greatest blessing.

It's awesome to see something like 'Inception', which is just mind-blowing and amazing, and it actually resonates with the audiences. I feel like that's rare.

This power of democracy is a matter of pride for our country, something which we must always cherish, preserve and further strengthen.

I don't think about other people. If I did, I'd wanna compete. But I don't think like that, because I'm above everybody.

I've been blessed to have insanely hip parents who think of me as their little Chris Rock.

June. June Mathis. No, no one else, ever. She gave me my start. She first, of all people, believed in me.

So then each of us will give an account of himself to God.

Pop music has been all but relegated to the remainder bin at MTV and VH1, where high-maintenance concoctions such as Paris Hilton, Flavor Flav, and Hulk Hogan's biohazard clan of bleached specimens provide endless hours of death-hastening diversion.

I've always very earnestly tried to do my best, so I just have to trust that and forgive myself for being fallible.

There are two ways to go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can do it freehand and have some fun with it. Like I did. Give it character.

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities.