DAILY DOSE QUOTE FOR TODAY

DAILY DOSE QUOTE FOR TODAY

The most useful form of patience is persistence. Patience implies waiting for things to improve on their own. Persistence implies keeping your head down and continuing to work when things take longer

James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, born 1986

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DAVID LEE
Oct 17, 2025
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Where across the course of your day today, could you consider where it might be that you are not as persistent in your practice of patience as you should be?

It’s my birthday today, and I was given James Clear’s Atomic Habits when it was released 7 years ago for my 50th Birthday. Atomic Habits has sold 25 million copies in this time.

It was through reading this book that I developed the daily habit of writing, which enabled me to finish my first book, DAVID'S FIRST BOOK, Available here on Amazon.

I can’t say I couldn’t imagine what life would be like once my book hits 25,000,000 copies sold, because I do so every day as a part of my morning routine.

This is a psychological and neurophysiological process involving several practices.

Visualisation: the intentional act of mentally simulating a desired future state.
It’s widely used in performance psychology, sports science, and leadership coaching.

When I imagine my book hitting 25 million sales and feel what that will be like, seeing the num…

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