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A PATH TO ADOPT THE GOOD HABITS YOU WANT.

Personal growth and attaining a higher level of performance can be calibrated by the good, and the bad, habits you keep.

You can probably think of 2-3 bad habits that, if you got rid of them, you would be healthier or more productive. If you think about it for a few minutes, you could also probably come up with a few good habits you’d like to adopt.

This tool can help you focus on what’s important to you, be more productive, and build the future version of yourself with the regular routines and habits you want, and get on track towards achieving your goals.

Sometimes the future version of yourself can be achieved a lot sooner than you might think. I was never much of a reader, but ironically once read that a common differentiator between A executives and B or C executives was the habit of reading 24 books per year. I was only on track to read only 6. I decided to set a goal for myself to double my rate year-over-year so that in two years I would be reading 24 books per year. But, surprisingly, I adopted a new routine of reading in place of other activities and achieved two books per month almost instantly. It just took a change in mindset.

The Routine Builder is designed to help individuals adopt new routines and habits while promoting self-reliance.This tool has been inspired greatly by the Harada Method’s routine builder and tips from James Clear, author of Atomic Habits. Template is available.

What to do:

❶ Decide to track in one – or two-week intervals or one month at a time.
❷ Make a list of the routines or habits you want to build. You may choose to include items that represent your contribution or service at home and work. Start with the habits that would be a daily habit, at least 4-5 days per week.
❸ Next list any routines or habits that would be weekly. Then identify those that would be monthly.
❹ Choose your top eight to list along the left side. Add specifically where and when you will complete the routine in the simplest way possible, so there is no obscurity. If stacking routines the completion of one could be the cue to start the next one.
❺ Decide how often you’d like to perform each routine and set yourself a target. 80% of the time is a typical target.
❻ Start tracking each day, or every work day if you wish. Enter the number 1 if you complete a task, and enter a zero for any you skipped that day. (If you have a goal of 20 minutes of daily exercise but only do 18 minutes, you enter a zero, not 0.9).
❼ Add up the numbers to calculate a daily score. Once you get through the period, add up all the days to see how you did during that period. Calculate the percentage for each routine based on your count vs the target (actual count/target count x 100 = %).
❽ Reflect on the past, decide if you want to edit the list or format in any way, update your template for the next period, and repeat the process.
➒ Once a routine if a habit you don’t need a reminder to do, it should be removed from the list. Focus on building new good habits, and update as needed along the way.