April 5, 2021

I am your constant companion. I am your greatest helper or heaviest burden. I will push you onward or drag you down to failure. I am completely at your command. Half of the things you do you might just as well turn over to me and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly. I am easily managed - you must merely be firm with me. Show me exactly how you want something done and after a few lessons I will do it automatically.

I am the servant of all great men; and alas, of all failures as well. Those who are great, I have made great. Those who are failures, I have made failures. I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision of a machine plus the intelligence of a man. You may run me for profit or run me for a ruin - it makes no difference to me. Take me, train me, be firm with me, and I will place the world at your feet. Be easy with me and I will destroy you.

Who am I? I am habit!

Habits have power over us. We become what we repeatedly do.

You will never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. Pay attention to what is and isn’t showing up in your daily routine. What can you do 5% more of or 5% less of - each day - that will help propel you toward your potential?

-Adapted from Thinking for a Change