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99% of what you do, feel, and think today are the same things you did yesterday — humans are creatures of habit

Almost everything about a given day is a repetition of the previous day: the same actions, the same emotional patterns, the same thoughts. Like trains running on rails, humans are habit-driven creatures who repeat behavioral sequences without consciously choosing them — which makes understanding and designing habits the highest leverage in personal development.

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Almost everything about a given day is a repetition of the previous day: the same actions, the same emotional patterns, the same thoughts. Like trains running on rails, humans are habit-driven creatures who repeat behavioral sequences without consciously choosing them — which makes understanding and designing habits the highest leverage in personal development.

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    99 Percent of Today Is Yesterday on Autopilot

    99% of what you do, feel and think today are the same things you did yesterday. We're essentially creatures of habit, like trains on rails, doing the exact same things without realizing how automatic our patterns have become.

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