I should note that there are some inherent drawbacks to tracking our habits. ~ Brian Tracy Click To Tweet THE DRAWBACKS OF HABIT TRACKING ~ Brian Tracy Persistence is the measurement of your belief in yourself. Persistence is the measurement of your belief in yourself. Habit tracking gives us an immediate sense of progress, even if the progress is only in our willingness to make an effort. We need to see a sign of progress, no matter how minuscule, often. If your kids are making progress toward doing better in school, improved grades will eventually make it obvious.īut it takes time to see that kind of progress, and if we’re going to keep motivated, to stick with our habits, we’re going to need to be satisfied daily. If we’re trying to lose weight, we can measure our progress in having to tighten our belts or buy smaller clothes. He states, “One of the most satisfying feelings is the feeling of making progress.” Well, duh!Īnd how can we verify our progress? Well, often, we can measure it by looking at the end result. In chapter 16 of the book, Clear references the essential nature of habit tracking, and ties habit tracking to the above four laws, but I’d like to speak directly to the last one. We talked about the wisdom of James Clear, author of Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones.Ĭlear’s best-seller, which should be read in its entirety, talks about how successfully tiny habits (at the metaphorically microscopic, atomic, level) are based in four laws of habit creation: Over the past two weeks, in Organize Your Annual Review and Mindset Blueprint for 2023 and Paper Doll’s 23 Ideas for a More Organized & Productive 2023, we touched on the importance of building good habits, either in and of themselves or to replace deleterious ones. ~ Lord Kelvin (William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin) Click To Tweet THE BENEFITS OF HABIT TRACKING ~ Lord Kelvin (William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin) If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it. If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.
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