If you want to predict where you’ll end up in life, all you have to
do is follow the curve of tiny gains or tiny losses, and see how your
daily choices will compound ten or twenty years down the line. Are
you spending less than you earn each month? Are you making it
into the gym each week? Are you reading books and learning
something new each day? Tiny battles like these are the ones that
will define your future self.
Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. It will
multiply whatever you feed it. Good habits make time your ally. Bad
habits make time your enemy.
Habits are a double-edged sword. Bad habits can cut you down
just as easily as good habits can build you up, which is why
understanding the details is crucial. You need to know how habits
work and how to design them to your liking, so you can avoid the
dangerous half of the blade.