Recently, I posted a link to an article on another website that I thought might help keep that group motivated through diet and lifestyle changes we were all trying to implement. Those that started doing it were really encouraged by this simple device. I wish I could take credit for it, but it was devised by Jerry Seinfield (yes, the US comic). Anyway, he gave a tip to a young comic writer that the only way he (Jerry) got good at his craft was because he made himself write something everyday. To see this, he had a large wallchart that he added a nice red cross to every day that he wrote ‘something’ anything because he knew that the only way you get good at something is to do it every single day. Then when you start to see the chain developing across days, weeks, months, you really don’t want to break the chain and that motivates, visually and mentally. Some people on the other website reported that thinking of how they wanted to put the next red cross on their chart stopped them from eating cake, having a drink or whatever.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy this device and find it useful to keep you on track on whatever it is you might be trying to achieve.
Happy red cross day to you.
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