Your Daily Reminder

How many activities do you consistently do every day?

Let's face it, consistent discipline is hard.

Your foundation typically includes the essential activities like brushing your teeth, taking a shower, or making your bed.

The book Atomic Habits talks about habit stacking and this technique takes an existing habit and attaches a new habit to it; before or after it. This technique triggers your memory and enhances the chances of it happening.

Here are a few examples of habit stacking:

• After you turn off your alarm, you will chug 16 ounces of water on your nightstand.
• After you make your coffee, you will meditate for 10 minutes.
• After you open emails, you will state your company mission statement.
• After you eat lunch, you will walk outside for 10 minutes.

The opportunity is plentiful and your new disciplines will be supercharged with this technique.

At some point, your streaks will come to an end because of a late night, job change, vacation, whatever it may be and that is OK. Be gentle with yourself and get back up.

The key is to add one habit at a time and gradually increase from there.

If you are contemplating your next habit, start with a trigger like opening your emails for then stating your personal and/or company mission statement. Your daily reminder around clarity of purpose, alignment, motivation and differentiation may serve you well.

Little adjustments can make large advances over time. Give it a try and see for yourself.