The Power of a Routine

If you want to be more successful, get more done, create more opportunity for yourself, and explode your potential, one of the best ways is to focus on making your daily routine as dialed in as possible.

What does this mean?  It means making sure that you are regimented and follow DCP (Discipline, Consistency, and Persistence).  DCP is the foundation for a good, solid routine.  You must be disciplined to do the things you know you need to do, even when you don't want to do them - like not hitting the snooze button 3 times when the alarm goes off.  You must be consistent in that you are disciplined each and every day in your life.  And you must be persistent in that even if you are disciplined and consistent, you will run into large roadblocks or obstacles that you will have to persist through.  

The best way to get a solid routine is to write it down and schedule it.  For example, I have blocks in my calendar daily for my "productivity zones"  as well as my focused fitness time and strategy time.  By making this part of my calendar I accomplish a lot of things.  First, it sets aside the time to actually do these important things and make them a routine.  Second, it trains others when I am available and when I am not.  And 3rd, it holds me accountable to doing them.

The benefits of dedicating yourself to a routine and committing to it in writing are many.  The first, as you probably guessed, is improved performance across the board.  I am more productive and more efficient when I follow my routine.  The next benefit is less stress.  When I have a plan to follow and things are mapped out, it makes getting things done much easier and takes a lot of the stress away.  I simply follow the plan.  The last benefit because of the other two is that I am happier and enjoy operating a higher state in life.  It's hard to put a price on that.

If you have not committed to a routine, you should do so.  Put it in writing, commit to it, and then watch the benefits roll in as follow it each and every day.