Behavior Change Leveraging

Like many things, improving our life exists on an exponential curve. There’s a long upfront process, often with little to show for it, until finally things ‘click’ into place and the positive change pours in. Many people don’t reach the payoff because they’re unwilling to invest in being consistent, stay disciplined in the face of distraction, and overcome the emotion of working hard but not having the results to match.

What I believe to be most responsible for the exponential curve of success is ‘Behavior Change Leveraging’. Let me break down what that means:

To have ‘leverage’ means that you get more out for what you put in. That the relationship between cause and effect becomes more and more advantageous. 

Applying leverage through the lens of behavior… You can more successfully implement changes in behavior when you have systems, processes, and routines to build on top of.

This means your behavior change accelerates, and the results that are generated from taking action become exponential, when you invest in building infrastructure that you use as leverage for future changes.

As I see it, there are 3 foundational pillars that serve to multiply your ability to be consistent and follow through on desired actions:

1) Creating a daily schedule. If you want something to get done, the most critical thing to do is allocate time for it. It simply won’t get done as reliably if you haven’t decided when you plan to do it. So, the routine of creating a schedule for the day creates leverage.

2) Daily tracking. As it relates to different intentions you set, you need to answer honestly to how you actually did against those intentions. Rather than being passive about it, you become active in the way you’re evaluating your choices and measuring your progress. So, the routine of daily performance tracking can be an anchor that offers daily feedback.

3) Constraint reflection. All behavior is complex and the byproduct of many factors. What’s important is to understand the conditions, circumstances, and forces that cause committed actions to be compromised. Without the awareness that comes from reflection, you continue to live out the same patterns without knowing there’s a need to disrupt them.

Those are the 3 foundational pillars to “Behavior Change Leveraging” and the thing is… These 3 processes operate as a stack: Creating a schedule daily allows you to allocate time for your performance tracking… And the awareness that comes from your awareness tracking prompts timely reflections that explain shortcomings in behavior.

It’s the same stack I’ve used to improve the way I take action, from consistent morning priming to daily bold actions to calling my Dad every week…

And if you’re noticing that you can’t stay consistent enough to get the results you know are possible…

You’re unfocused or too easily distracted by all the things you need to do that you aren’t following through on the most important things in your health or work…

Or you’re simply not as far along as you feel you should be based on how smart you are, how hard you’re working, and how much you want it…

It’s probably because you’re trying to hold yourself to a high standard that crumbles on a weak foundation.

I’ve put together a process to help you install these 3 foundations so that you create leverage in your life, and start achieving the positive changes you’ve been working so hard for. It takes only 21 days to get it up and running.

If you’re interested to learn more about how to do that, click here to check out the 21 Day Super Habits Challenge.

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