{"id":101190,"date":"2023-05-03T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T17:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=101190"},"modified":"2023-05-05T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-05T14:09:23","slug":"best-daily-routine-for-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/best-daily-routine-for-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Daily Routine for Success & Reaching Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the best daily routine for success? How can a routine keep you motivated?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In The Motivation Myth<\/em>, Jeff Haden urges you to create a program that will lead you straight to success. A crucial part of this program is a daily routine that makes it easier for you to make choices and manage your time<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continue reading to learn how to create an everyday routine to help you reach your goals<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Build Your Routine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A good success program will let you laser-focus on your next step and nothing else. Here, we\u2019ll discuss how to choose a program to follow and how establishing the best daily routine for success eliminates the need for willpower. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully, when plotting your course, you don\u2019t have to reinvent the wheel or rediscover fire. Chances are that whatever you aspire to, whether it\u2019s to paint professional-level murals or to kayak down Class V rapids, someone else has already achieved it and mapped out a program to get there. You merely have to do your research and choose from the many different programs available. Haden suggests that you shouldn\u2019t waste time fretting over which program is the most ideal for you because you have no way of knowing until you\u2019ve started. The advantage of any good program toward success is that it lays out every step you need to take,<\/strong> saving you the time and effort of figuring it out for yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: This may be the easiest step in Haden\u2019s program by far. Over the last few decades, an entire industry has sprung up around providing step-by-step instructions to people with minimal knowledge of any subject. The popular For Dummies<\/em><\/a> and Idiot\u2019s Guides<\/em><\/a> series began in the early 1990s and now boast editions on thousands of subjects<\/a>. Free online courses can be found on a variety of topics, including business, technology, and language learning<\/a>. Further learning resources can be found through continuing education courses<\/a> at colleges and universities, as well as by visiting your local public library<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next vital component is to turn your program into a routine. By making your efforts toward your goal automatic, a routine negates the need for motivation<\/em>. Without a routine, every day and moment means you must consciously choose whether to follow your program or do something else, such as binge-watch TV or play games on your phone. Having to make that choice depletes your will and makes it more likely that you won\u2019t follow through. However, if you establish a routine that keeps you on your program, you\u2019ll no longer have to decide what to do. Followed long enough, a routine makes the steps toward your goal<\/a> a part of your identity<\/strong>\u2014it\u2019s not just what you do, it\u2019s who you are<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Shortform note: Haden\u2019s words on the power of routine echo those of Greg McKeown, author of Essentialism<\/em><\/a>. However, McKeown warns that a poorly designed routine can lead to boredom<\/a> and stifle the creative energy you\u2019re trying to free up. Setting up a beneficial routine involves changing your daily habits<\/a> so that the cues that trigger unproductive behavior\u2014such as snacking or surfing the internet\u2014instead become associated with productive activities, such as brainstorming<\/a> ideas for the next step to your goal.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Establishing a routine is easier said than done. Haden offers several tips to make it less of an uphill battle:<\/p>\n\n\n\n