James Clear says, "long-term thinking must be _goal-less._" It seems strange to think about it this way because so much of life is "set a goal!" and "work toward your goal!" but his point is that setting a goal and even achieving it only changes life _for the moment_, but building a system enables you to not only meet the goal but to achieve far greater things. The problem is that too often a sole focus on the goal ultimately leads to "it's done" which means we stop... However, if we pour all of the focus instead on the system than the goal we not only can achieve the one goal but the system continues forward and leads to so many other things. I think the point that he's making is that habits are that system. Small seemingly insignificant growth, even just 1%, over time compounds into significant results. He makes the point of saying that all outcomes are a "lagging measurement" of our habits. Much like compound interest accrues over time, so do major outcomes in our life. The changes we make today and tomorrow and next week eventually build into a result that appears to occur "overnight." When we intentionally choose that path we know that's not the case, but from the outside looking in that's what people see. What are you doing today, tomorrow, and into the coming weeks that will make significant impact on your life next year or the year after that? --- Tags: #Habits Links: [[Clear - AH - CH 1]]