Nick HutchisonFounder and CEO, BookThinkers

Do you have systems in place that will not let you fail?

8 Feb 2023 · 1 min

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Nick Hutchison explores James Clear's idea that you fall to the level of your systems, not your goals. For years his weak systems around eating, relationships, and ego kept him stuck despite ambitious goals. He rebuilt his daily routines into rock-solid habits that now catch him when he falls.

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This is a life-changing quote. You do not rise to the level of your goals, but you fall to the level of your systems. It comes from this book, Atomic Habits by James Clear. And when I think back to my life, for so many years, my systems were poor. My eating behaviors, my relationships, my ego, it all got in the way of who I really wanted to be, despite the fact that I was setting massive goals. And so what I've done over the last couple of years is I've implemented stuff from the amazing books behind me, and now my systems are rock solid. So even when I fall to level of my systems, they're still amazing. They feed me, they fuel me, and it leads to a lot of progress.