"For our purposes, let’s say a goal is a specific objective that you either achieve or don’t sometime in the future. A system is something you do on a regular basis that increases your odds of happiness in the long run. If you do something every day, it’s a system. If you’re waiting to achieve it someday in the future, it’s a goal."

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Source: Scott Adams (2013). “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life”, p.33, Penguin

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Scott Adams is a cartoonist and author, best known for creating the 'Dilbert' comic strip, which satirizes corporate culture and workplace dynamics.

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