What you do DAILY will expand! From our consistent actions, behaviors and thoughts, we are unconsciously creating our life. Oprah once said, “what we dwell on is what we become”. The main reason we NEED to create successful daily habits. Have you ever paid attention to your daily rituals? From the moment you wake up, everything we do is a HABIT, a learned behavior. “Chains of habit are too light to be felt, until they’re too HEAVY to be broken.”-Warren Buffett
Aristotle was one of the first leaders of teaching to recognize that our success in anything we do is a result of our daily rituals. He once said, “We are what we do repeatedly. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.” Most people are unaware of what they do, why they do it and the results it’s producing in their life.
Can you name 3 positive rituals or routines that’s creating success in your life today? W.H. Audent once said, “Routine in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition.” In the book Daily Rituals, by Mason Currey, he displays some of the highest achievers rituals that helped them reach their goals.
Benjamin Franklin -He would schedule his day out until he went to bed.
-Each week was devoted to a particular virtue, temperance, cleanliness, moderation. He would track them on his calendar.
-He believed if he could maintain his devotion to one virtue for an week, it would become a habit.
Beethoven -Kept a pencil and a couple of sheets of music paper in his pocket, to record chance musical thoughts.
Maya Angelo -She would write consistently from a hotel or motel room. Every writing session she would include a dictionary, a bible, a deck of cards and a bottle of sherry.
Alexzander Graham Bell -He would work 22 hours straight without sleep on some days.
Vincent Van Gogh -He worked from 7am-6pm nonstop barely pausing to eat.
Andy Warhol -Recorded his life by phone daily from 1976-1987. For a daily 24 hour period, he would keep record of the people he saw, his money spent, gossip he heard and parties he attended.
Twyla Tharp -She begins each day with a 5am workout for 2 hours.
Stephen King -He writes every day, even birthdays and holidays. His daily writing quota is two thousand words.
Here’s a few successful principles that I’ve learned from reading about the daily rituals of some of the greatest minds of our time. I’ve implemented these principles below and it has increased my productivity in all areas of my life.
- Be committed to doing the WORK. Showing up daily and enjoying the process.
- Discover your PURPOSE. Remember your passion is a preview of your PURPOSE!
- Love your CRAFT. It shouldn’t be work to you. Honestly, you should get lost in working on your craft. Time disappears!
- Create your own INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION! You are your own self-starter.
- Plan your DAY the night before. Preparation is key.
- Get up early! The early bird gets the worm.
- Create successful habits and routines for themselves.
Quote of the Day: “Routine in an intelligent man, is a sign of ambition.”-W.H. Auden