There is quote by E. M. Gray on success that says:
The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. They don’t like doing them either necessarily. But their disliking is subordinated to the strength of their purpose.
What that says to me is that success is all about your habits. Do what you do. Do it on a consistent basis. And learn to do it well.
Notice that there is no mention of only doing the things you like. It is about regularly completing those tasks that will lead towards your success.
But how do we go about working on these habits in the hurried world we live in? How do learn to do so on a regular basis?
That is where Ian a.k.a. ‘Joe’ over at Joe’s Goals comes in. Ian has written a nifty little web app that in his words:
… is a simple yet powerful tool to make tracking your goals the easiest part of accomplishing them. Use our simple single page interface to setup daily and weekly goals and track your overall progress and score. Setup negative goals (or vices) to confront and overcome the bad habits that finally need to get the boot.
I like it because it appears to be easily configurable and looks fun to use. I can put in the habits I want to develop or the goals I want to work on and keep track of my progress. I can even use it to change my behavior and break some of those negative habits that I have acquired.
Are there any habits that you would like to develop? Any you would like to break? Give it a try and let us know here what you think.
Since I made such a long rant on consistently doing what is necessary, I thought I better try this thing out for myself. So I set up Joe’s Goals to establish better habits in my spiritual program and getting first things in first.
It was very tempting to put business related goals on there, but I elected to keep it simple and just work on practicing my spiritual program consistently since I know if I take care of the big rocks, I will have room for the little rocks, too.
I have to say it was SOOOO easy and I really like it. It sort of reminds me of grade school and getting stars for good behavior. It’s fun! I recommend you give it a try. And it’s FREE!
I couldn’t understand some parts of this article , but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.