Habits have the power to change your beliefs about who you are over time because they are repeated experiences. The weight of the story shifts in favor of habits because of their frequency, while other experiences may be seen as one-time events or blips. Building a system of habits is more important than focusing on achieving a specific goal because habits determine long-term outcomes. Your current habits are perfectly designed to deliver your current results, and results in life are a lagging measure of the habits that preceded them. By focusing on building a system of habits, you can control the inputs and let the outputs take care of themselves. While luck and randomness can influence outcomes, habits are within your control, so it makes sense to focus on them. The media tends to focus on results rather than the process, leading to an overemphasis on goals and undervaluing the importance of the system of habits. By adjusting and improving your system of habits, you can naturally reach a different destination.