Success is not a goal to reach or a…

Success is not a goal to reach or a finish line to cross. It is a system to improve an endless process to refine.

— from Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation) · Atomic Habits by James Clear

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Keep your thinking lean as you go: cut straight through the excess and aim directly at the goal rather than getting lost in the fat around it. Seen this way, success is less a finish line you cross than a system you refine, endlessly. What gets measured tends to get done, so begin by measuring whatever can easily be measured and track it. — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)

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