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The Science of Intelligent Achievement
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The Science of Intelligent Achievement

by Isaiah Hankel
February 2018
Beginner
312 pages
5h 3m
English
Capstone
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33Hacking and Stacking Mini‐Habits to Success

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

—Benjamin Franklin

After my diagnosis and surgery, and after I learned how to channel my pain and stress into growth, I relied heavily on the power of habit to create lasting changes in my life.

To be honest, my motivation to make a particular change never lasted longer than the decision to make it.

I want to start eating more green vegetables and juicing vegetables to drink, too. Sounds like a good idea, Isaiah. Let's do it.

I'm tired and want to eat four bacon‐double‐cheese hamburgers. Sure thing, Isaiah. Screw all that juicing stuff.

That's how all my good decisions

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