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• The only way to become excellent is to be endlessly fascinated by doing the same thing over and over. You have to fall in love with boredom.” - [Atomic Habits](https://amzn.to/31t6vQZ), James Clear
• Greatness is instead a reflection of a period of effort, since greatness in a single instance can be reduced to luck.
• If you don’t have the opportunity to “do great things”, focus on consistently achieving small wins. These small things in fact do not need to be done in a great way, but a good way, repeatably. In fact, I would advise not to focus on perfection, as it is often the enemy of the successful.
• You may ask, “what makes good, good?”. Ask yourself the question: “If I were to continue this every day for the next year, would I be in a better place?” If the answer is yes, you have a path towards “good”.
• Continuous effort is a more thoughtful approach that leads to greatness when the following statements are true:

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Ashley

Very true. Wise insight on the essential nature of delayed gratification and that we must embrace it if we ever want to achieve our goals and live a self-designed life, rather than be at the mercy of the whims of luck and chance. To appreciate our small steps, notice what works and doesn't, and use this data to measure and test our processes, apply...