The great enemy of any attempt to change men's…

The great enemy of any attempt to change men's habits is inertia. Civilization is limited by inertia. -EDWARD L. BERNAYS, Propaganda

— from Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit) · Clear Thinking: The Art and Science of Making Better Decisions by Shane Parrish

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The first headwind is simple laziness — the deep human pull toward the path of least resistance, which stands squarely in the way of every change. The great enemy of any attempt to change a person's habits is inertia; a life, like a civilization, is limited by it. The second headwind is a lack of self-awareness so complete that people do not even realize there is anything to change — they have never developed the mindfulness to see the issue in the first place, which is the real reason so few ever pursue their own improvement. — Expanding Your Range (Growth/Change/Education/Learning/Habit)

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