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Better Than Before

  • Author: Gretchen Rubin
  • Full Title: Better Than Before
  • Category: #books
  • people with strong self-control spent less time resisting desires than other people did.… people with good self-control mainly use it not for rescue in emergencies but rather to develop effective habits and routines in school and at work.”
  • In other words, habits eliminate the need for self-control.
  • the real key to habits is decision making—or, more accurately, the lack of decision making. A habit requires no decision from me, because I’ve already decided.
  • I shouldn’t worry about making healthy choices. I should make one healthy choice, and then stop choosing.
  • While I’m not much different from other people, those differences are very important.