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Motivation is Overvalued. Environment Often Matters More.

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Environment is the invisible hand that shapes human behavior.

Motivation is Overvalued. Environment Often Matters More. Motivation is Overvalued. Environment Often Matters More. written by James Clear Behavioral Psychology Featured Habits This article is an excerpt from Atomic Habits , my New York Times bestselling book. It can be tempting to blame failure on a lack of willpower or a scarcity of talent, and to attribute success to hard work, effort, and grit . To be sure, those things matter. What is interesting, however, is that if you examine how human behavior has been shaped over time, you discover that motivation (and even talent) is often overvalue

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