The HabitSystem
The HabitSystem

  1. The Seed

    1. 01Introduction2 min
    2. 02What Is The HabitSystem?3 min
    3. 03How Does The HabitSystem Work?6 min

  2. The Roots1

    1. 04The Root Cause of Habit Problems14 min
    2. 05The Solution: Action and Simplicity1 min
    3. 06Element #1: Action5 min
    4. 07Element #2: Simplicity11 min

  3. The Trunk2

    1. 08Element #3: Daily Repetition5 min
    2. 09Habit Taxonomy18 min
    3. 10Element #4: Tracking5 min
    4. 11Habit Tracking 10111 min
    5. 12Weathering a Storm: How to Skip Habits Beneficially5 min
    6. 13Pruning and Trimming: How To Deal with Bad Habits4 min

  4. The Crown3

    1. 14Element #5: The Habit Journey15 min
    2. 15The Habits29 min
    3. 16Mini Projects8 min
    4. 17Behavioral Habits4 min
    5. 18Mindset Habits3 min
    6. 19How To Set Up Your HabitSystem7 min

  5. Your System

    1. ✦Habit Tracker

The Seed2 min

Introduction

Before You Begin

Your First Task

Before you begin to read this book, I want you to make one promise. You must pledge that you will, no matter what, read one page of a book—that is, any book you want—every single day for the next 30 days.

To keep track of your pledge, you will need some kind of Accountability Journal: a notebook, a journal, an app, or any consistent place where you can jot down your daily successes.

Start creating this journal right now, okay? Not after reading the first chapter, not in five minutes. I mean right now. After all, you probably bought this book because it specifically details how to create new habits. If you are unwilling to take this first step, it could very well be a sign that you are not yet ready to change your life. That’s okay, I’m not forcing you.

But just know that change requires real commitment. It means taking a hard look at yourself and asking, “Am I reading this book because I want to dream about change, or because I want to change now?” Because here’s the deal: if you do this first step and start your Journal right away, you’ll benefit big time.

Take a piece of paper and write this down: I will read one page every single day for the next 30 days. And then sign and date it to pledge your commitment. It doesn’t have to be perfect (you can find a better notebook or app later), right now a piece of paper will do.

Have you created your Accountability Journal? No? Then do not even bother reading any further in this book because you have already told yourself that you are unwilling to put in the work required to benefit from its contents. I know this may sound harsh, but it’s the truth. This book is all about forming habits, and you have to take that first step to form a habit. Change begins now.

Your First Success

Have you created your Accountability Journal? Yes? Very good! We’ll count today’s reading as one page, so go ahead and put a tick mark in your Journal next to today’s date, or otherwise note that you have read one page. You are off to a great start! Was it hard to read one single page? Probably not. It was most likely quite easy. And since you are reading this paragraph, it shows you have continued to read beyond one page, and you will no doubt read another couple of pages after this.

Take a look at the habit you have just started: the average book has about 300 pages. Yes, some books may have 200 pages and others may have well over 500 pages, but on average one can say that a book has around 300 pages. Since a year has over 300 days, you’re on your way to reading at least one book a year.

And that’s only if you read one page a day. For every additional page, you read consistently every day for a year, you complete another book in that given year. For instance, if you read two pages every single day, you will read two books in a year; for ten pages per day it will be ten books in a year. This illustrates the power of implementing small habits that create big changes.