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“What gets measured gets improved.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“In her book Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, psychologist Angela Duckworth shares this story: Three bricklayers are asked: “What are you doing?” The first says, “I am laying bricks.” The second says, “I am building a church.” And the third says, “I am building the house of God.” The first bricklayer has a job. The second has a career. The third has a calling. The difference between a job, a career, and a calling lies in how you perceive the work. You can be doing the same tasks as the person next to you and yet have a vastly different experience.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“Success almost always requires you to ignore something easy in favor of doing something hard.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“There’s no point in ruminating over a missed attempt because stacking guilt and shame on top of what you perceive as a poor performance only makes it harder to get back on track.41 Let the past be in the past, forgive yourself quickly and get back in the game as fast as you can.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Habit Blueprint: 15 Simple Steps to Transform Your Life

“the key to establishing your new habit is to stop obsessing over the results you want and instead start obsessing over showing up every day.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Habit Blueprint: 15 Simple Steps to Transform Your Life

“He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X on that day. “After a few days you’ll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You’ll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job is to not break the chain.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“Remember—you can lay bricks, build a church, or build the house of God. The choice is yours.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“Jim Collins developed this idea further in his influential book Good to Great. According to Collins, organizations are much more likely to succeed if they, like the hedgehog, focus on one thing and do it well.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“Having a clearly defined circle of competence ensures you play a game where you’re the favorite to win. Your circle of competence contains your individual fundamentals—the actions you should focus on to make the most out of your time and efforts.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“Sleep Nutrition Movement Mindfulness If you want to lead a healthy and productive life, you need to master these fundamentals. Take care of them, and you’ll approach each day calm, focused, and energized. Neglect them, and you’ll be in a, more or less constant state of stress, brain fog, and fatigue.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“People Don’t Buy What You Do. They Buy Why You Do It.” According to Sinek, what separates great companies like Apple from everyone else is that they start with their why.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“El éxito casi siempre requiere que ignores algo fácil a favor de hacer algo difícil”.”
― Patrik Edblad, Plan de acción para la Autodisciplina: Una guía simple para vencer la procrastinación, lograr tus objetivos y obtener la vida que deseas

“common denominator of success—the secret of success of every person who has ever been successful—lies in the fact that they formed the habit of doing things that failures don’t like to do.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“El denominador común del éxito, el secreto del éxito de cada persona que alguna vez ha tenido éxito en la vida, radica en el hecho de que habían formado el hábito de hacer las cosas que no les gusta hacer a los que fracasan”.”
― Patrik Edblad, Plan de acción para la Autodisciplina: Una guía simple para vencer la procrastinación, lograr tus objetivos y obtener la vida que deseas

“Research has shown that people who spend a lot of time sitting are significantly more likely to die prematurely—regardless if they exercise or not.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“If you’re a student struggling to stay disciplined in school, think about how you can be of service to the world once you graduate.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want

“If you’re putting yourself through a demanding workout, think about how your improved health and increased energy will benefit the people around you.”
― Patrik Edblad, The Self-Discipline Blueprint: A Simple Guide to Beat Procrastination, Achieve Your Goals, and Get the Life You Want