Have you ever tried to figure out why you do what you do?\u00a0 For me, I wonder why I skip a work out or eat the double cheeseburger when trying to control my weight.\u00a0 Maybe when I know something has to get done but I put it off because something else looks more fun.\u00a0 We do what we do because of our habits.\u00a0 Good or bad habits shape us from day to day.\u00a0 If you hit the snooze button once but never again you do not have a habit because every other day you wake up without hitting snooze.\u00a0 If you hit snooze everyday (multiple times) it is now an automated response to a stimulus.\u00a0 You are no longer making the decision to hit snooze, now you have to make a decision about getting up at all.
\nHere is the reason this stood out to me today.\u00a0 We are always looking for the quick fix, magic pill or one time shot that will cure our ills.\u00a0 When actually the fix is small steady actions that make the difference.\u00a0 Much like the black bamboo we do not see the change until many days of consistent action.\u00a0 I do not lose all the weight I want in one workout, I do not save a million dollars in one paycheck, I do not pay of a home on the first payment.\u00a0 All of these things are possible for everyone but we have to do the daily items necessary to achieve them.
\nFollow the advice of Jerry Seinfeld, \\”don\\’t break the chain.\\”\u00a0 When asked how he became so good at comedy he simply said that everyday he writes 5 jokes and never breaks the chain.\u00a0 He has written 100\\’s of 1000\\’s of jokes and few are ever told or remembered.\u00a0 Because he was willing to pay the daily toll of success, he made it.\u00a0 Are you willing to pay the toll to success today and everyday hereafter?\u00a0 If you miss a day just start a new chain.\u00a0 The flywheel or 20 mile march are just unbroken chains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Have you ever tried to figure out why you do what you do?\u00a0 For me, I wonder why I skip a work out or eat the double cheeseburger when trying to control my weight.\u00a0 Maybe when I know something has to get done but I put it off because something else looks more fun.\u00a0 We …<\/p>\n