Mmhmm. You can find about 100,000 poster versions of it on Etsy. It’s been attributed to everyone from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Lao Tzu to Gandhi. (You know a quote has got that “timeless wisdom” catchiness when no one has a clue who really said it.)
The thing is, we hang these inspiring words everywhere and erroneously quote them after every philosopher and guru in history for a reason.
It’s important.
We know all about the power of our thoughts. We’ve got our affirmations, our scriptures and poetry, our TED talks, our moms.
We know all about the power of our actions. That “hell yes” feeling after we go to the gym, knock items off the to-do list, or finally ask that beautiful mysterious person we keep running into at our local coffee joint out on a date. We get that these things are central to who we are, what matters to us, what how our lives play out. We get it.
The elusive part, the part that keeps us up at night, the part that we stumble over again and again – is the habits.