BUILDING A BETTER SYSTEM

THE POWER OF 1%

According to James Clear in Atomic Habits, too often we convince ourselves that massive success requires massive action. But small improvements can accumulate into remarkable results. Improving 1% isn’t particularly notable, sometimes it isn’t even noticeable, but it can be far more meaningful, especially in the long run. Improve by 1% and you will get a significant increase when you put them all together. If you can get 1% better each day

for 1 year, you’ll end up 37 times better by the time

you’re done. That’s a wowsa! !!!

THERE’S A MINI METHOD TO OUR MADNESS

The secret to changing automatic, unconscious habits into active, conscious routines is to make them so small they seem trivial. Since the new ritual is so tiny, like flossing one tooth, or getting on the exercise bike for 5 minutes, you’ll feel foolish for not getting it into your day. Then, over time, that minuscule routine becomes a part of your day, rather than no part at all. You could think of that tiny change as an extension of your routine–once it becomes “normal” to your system, you’ll glide right into it.

For example, to become more mindful, commit to sitting and breathing with your eyes closed for just one minute each day. To add more veggies to your diet, find a daily breakfast recipe that includes greens (we love making mini quiches and throwing spinach and mushrooms in). Each of these only requires a tiny amount of planning and action to start, after which your body and mind will follow. You’ve heard of the path of least resistance? These routines are easy to complete and allow you to feel accomplished while doing something fantastic for yourselves.

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BUILDING A BETTER SYSTEM

At this point, we hope you understand the importance of making small, daily changes to your health and wellness routines. The purpose of a well-crafted system of routines is to ensure that we reach our goals with incremental steps.

Studies have shown that desired outcomes are easier to reach if they’re specific and not too numerous. For instance you can say to yourself, “I’ll walk 20 minutes a day,” rather than “I’ll get more exercise.” Having too many goals limits the amount of attention and focus you can devote to making any single accomplishment. So, apply the KISS (keep it simple stupid) principle to your daily health routines and watch the wins rack up.

In the next chapter we’ll show you how to start making those daily changes, those incrementals shifts. But just in case we haven’t convinced you entirely, here’s one last thought.

HOW BUILDING BETTER RITUALS AND ROUTINES FREES YOUR MIND

We’ve all heard the saying, “Free your mind and the rest will follow.” Well, the same holds true with building routines and rituals.

19 Take this example: Maybe you want to take better care of your aging skin. With WAY’s help, you create a system and build the daily routines and rituals to get there. Just this act alone will free your mind to live your life without this daily burden of “I have to take better care of my aging skin” weighing on your shoulders. Once you have the right system in place, you’re making movement and taking action daily. What a huge win! Some of you may still wonder about the benefits of creating rituals and routines. You may be thinking #Winning