{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F807235df-fa4a-48a2-ad20-271fa235ec38","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"You\u2019re Defined By Your Habits\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/807235df-fa4a-48a2-ad20-271fa235ec38\"></iframe>","title":"You\u2019re Defined By Your Habits","description":"\"The difference between an amateur and a professional is their habits.\u00a0 An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits.\"\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\n\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\n- Steven Pressfield\u00a0<br />\r\n\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nScott Adams famously said that \u201cLosers have goals, winners have systems.\u201d\u00a0 While I\u2019m a big believer in goals, they\u2019re not the only thing responsible for success.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnyone can write down on a piece of paper all of the things they\u2019re going to accomplish: the money they\u2019ll earn, the body they\u2019ll have, the life they\u2019ll live.\u00a0 That\u2019s all good and fair, but Adams\u2019 point is that these goals only get accomplished through a system.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nGoals get accomplished - or destroyed - by our daily habits.\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nWe all know the guy who has been \u201cwriting his novel\u201d for the past 10 years, with no real work to share or the \u201cdiet starts tomorrow\u201d claim on Sunday that ends in several additional days of binge eating.\u00a0 These people are amateurs.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nIt\u2019s not enough for Pressfield to have been writing for decades.\u00a0 The only way the next book is published is through a daily habit of writing.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t matter how many businesses Mark Cuban owns, he still needs to pursue a daily habit of growth.\u00a0 These people are professionals.\u00a0 What have you done for me lately?<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe power is yours.\u00a0 We all have 24 hours.\u00a0 We all make hundreds, if not thousands, of choices every day from when we wake up to what we wear to how we spend our commute to work.\u00a0\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nTrue professionals take these decisions seriously.\u00a0 They know that if they don\u2019t make their habits, their habits will end up making them.\u00a0<br />\r\n<br />\r\nThe question is, are you a pro or an amateur?<br />\r\n<br />\r\n\u00a0<br />\r\nThis post is from our new series, Daily Momentum.\u00a0 Each morning, we send a short, inspirational post via email, blog and podcast.\u00a0 You can get it\u00a0directly to your email here.\u00a0 You can\u00a0subscribe on iTunes here\u00a0.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/84060626-235a-42dc-9a40-a1eead6830e0/eAA1TPwy9oTcEamuijU4gpev.png"}