The how of setting up a routine. To be successful you have to solidify your goals into a routine, create a habit. Examine every successful leader in business, politics and life and you will see determined adherence to routine. So today 6 steps to a powerful routine through habits.
[callout]This episode originally appeared on the Family Before Fortune Podcast which is now the Modern Leadership Podcast. To listen to Modern Leadership click here. To see the Family Before Fortune Podcast archive click here.[/callout]
Episode Summary: Routine Through Habits
6 Steps to Solidify Your Goals
[shareable cite=”Aristotle” text=”We are what we repeatedly do… #quote”]We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit [/shareable]
- Design your routine- and test it out.
- Simplify at first
- Create a timetable
- Incremental steps to goal achievement
- Macro goals v. micro routines
- Plans
- Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. – President Dwight D. Eisenhower
- A day unplanned will likely be unproductive. So plan your day. – Greg Hickman
- Zero Based Calendar
- Behavior chains- link your routine to something you are doing always
- Eliminate extra options
- Adjust- no routine is perfect and eternal.
Book on The Shelf
[callout]The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life (Before 8AM) by Hal Elrod[/callout]
Learning From Leaders
[shareable cite=”Darren Hardy” text=”Your main competitors aren’t other companies… #quote”]Your main competitors aren’t other companies; your main competitors are distractions [/shareable]
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