One of the secrets to reliably being able to craft new habits successfully, consistently.
Ever had a moment where you know you’re missing something and you just can’t remember what it is? Especially when it comes to applying something that has the power to change your behaviour for life. After reading multiple books about habits, there were so many hidden gems it was really difficult to remember them in the right order when trying to be the architect of your habits.
It just became frustrating, I had in my hands all the knowledge to fundamentally change any habit i wanted, but i just didnt’ have a way to execute them in a way that all the gems were included and made note of in the right order.
I was tired of not being able to change for over 2 decades, I had all the pieces of the jigsaw puzzle but was struggling to put them together in a way that would form the whole picture.
So i started on a journey to understand how can i put all this knowledge into a systematic way, so that when i’m starting, stopping or swapping a habit, I can have a process that allows me to go through every gem so that I have really taken everything into consideration.
That was when I came across ‘The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right. By Atul Gawande’
In this book one of the top doctors in the UK, spoke about the power of checklists and how they can be used to make complex processes simple and consistent.
So the plan was simple put together a check list, that can take anybody through the core elements required to start, stop or swap any habit.
But once I had completed my list i felt that something was missing, I realised that the check list only represented one perspective, so I studied more and put together a check list that takes all the core critical elements and puts them together into a systematic checklist.
So when you build a checklist that consists of step by step processes gleaned from multiple sources instead of one particular source then you can build a resource that you can use anytime and it will consistently help you produce the results you want when it comes to changing habits
In the end now that I understand the importance of check lists and how they work, whenever there is a really complex critical task that I’m trying to do or monitor on a regular basis, then check lists form a really useful system to avoid mistakes and get the job done to a consistent standard with complete piece of mind.