- [x] Aggregation of marginal gains - [x] too often we focus on the "major" - [x] Habits are the compound interest of life - [x] slow transformation is hard - [ ] success is a product of daily habits not a once in a lifetime event - [ ] we should be more concerned by our trajectory than position - [ ] outcomes are a lagging measurement of habits - [ ] habits either compound for or against you - [ ] habits appear to make no difference until they reach the tipping point and explode - [ ] habits are not linear in change - [ ] compounding process means the most powerful outcomes are delayed - [ ] have to cross the "plateau of latent potential" - [ ] change can take years until it happens all at once - [ ] Valley of disappointment exists between the linear "what I think should happen" and the compounding interest of "what really happens" - avoid this - [ ] Goals Vs Systems - Goal is what you want to achieve - System is the process that gets you there - [ ] If you ignore the "goal" and focus only on the system, can you still achieve the goal? - yes most likely - [ ] Achieving the goal changes life for the moment; building a system changes life for good - [ ] fix the inputs and the outputs will fix themselves - [ ] true long-term thinking has to be "goal-less" - [ ] You don't rise to the level of your goals; you fall to the level of your systems.