Your #habits determine your #success.

Do you believe in this?

“Sow a thought, and you reap an act;

Sow an act, and you reap a habit;

Sow a habit, and you reap a character;

Sow a character, and you reap a destiny.”

― Samuel Smiles

One of my favourite writer and artist is the third top-earning deceased celebrity, trailing only Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson. Do you know his name?

Well he is Charles Schulz, the creator of #Peanuts.

The key to his success was not his talent, his ideas, his skill, his wit, his message or even his purpose. It was his #daily habits!

Do you know that in 50years, he created 17,897 #comic strips?

And at the same time managed to spend quality time with God, family and other important things.

He devoted 7 hours each day, 5 days a week to creating Peanuts, all without any assistance.

Mason Currey in book Daily Rituals reveals the daily habits of Charles Schulz.

“On weekdays he rose at daybreak, took a shower, shaved, and woke his children for breakfast

At 8:20, Schulz drove the kids to school in the family station wagon, stopping to pick up the neighbor’s children on the way. Then it was time to sit down at the drawing board, in the private studio beside his house. He would begin by doodling in pencil while he let his mind wander…Once he had a good idea, however, he would work quickly and with intense concentration to get it onto paper before the inspiration dried up.

Schulz stayed in his studio for lunch – almost always a ham sandwich and a glass of milk – and continued working until around 4:00, when the kids returned home from school. The regularity of the work suited his temperament.”

Schulz himself said, “I would feel just terrible if I couldn’t draw comic strips. I would feel very empty if I were not allowed to do this sort of thing.”

So how do you build powerful daily habits?

You can use the TBR Habit loop.

#Trigger

This is what causes you to start a habit like an alarm clock ringing, google calendar notification, seeing an ad, WhatsApp notification, sudden desire, etc

#Behaviour

This is what you do with the trigger. Remember you have a choice to do it now or ignore it or move it to later.

#Reward

This can be mental, emotional, physical, spiritual or a combination.

This loop is the same for both good and bad habits!

For me, my late evening time is when I create my sketches and posts and early morning is when I post them on social media.

My trigger is a google notification, or an sudden idea, or a visualisation.

My behavior is to first sketch it, second create or find a relevant story & quotes, third to write the post and schedule it.

My reward is when people engage with it, and find value in it (bonus is the business I get because of it)

What daily habits do you have?

#storypreso #ashleyvinil #leadership #sensemaking