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The more pride you have in a particular aspect of your identity, the more motivated you will be to maintain the habits associated with it.
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Once pride gets involved, you’ll fight tooth and nail to maintain your habits.
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True behavior change is identity change. You might start a habit because of motivation, but the only reason you’ll stick with one is that it becomes part of your identity.
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Good habits can make rational sense, but if they conflict with your identity, you will fail to put them into action.
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Over the long run… the real reason you fail to stick with habits is that your self-image gets in the way.
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…the process of building habits is actually the process of becoming yourself.
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We change bit by bit, day by day, habit by habit. We are continually undergoing microevolutions of self.
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Your habits shape your identity, and your identity shapes your habits. It’s a two-way street.
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Identity change is the North Star of habit change.
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Ultimately, your habits matter because they help you become the type of person you wish to be.
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