Lewis Howes

No, I made a daily word count target.

I gave myself a deadline.

I had small, measurable actions that added up to a finished book over months.

By doing it on a daily basis, here's what I will do every day, the action steps, I could measure that every day.

I could reflect on it, I could edit it, I could change it.

But I was thinking a thought, I wanna write a book.

And then I said, okay, I wanna write a book by this date, and I wanna get this many sales, and I want it to be a bestseller, and I want this, this, this.

The clearer I got by writing it down and giving myself measurables on a daily basis, then I just had to follow through and take the actions.

By taking the actions, I built confidence.

And it wasn't perfect, but I was creating something now rather than just thinking about the resolution that I had.

And your goals should be so clear that you can track progress week by week, day by day, and set yourself up for success.

Because the year is going to fly by.

It's gonna be like, boom, 2027 is gonna be here.

And if you don't create these goals in this process, it's gonna be the end of the year and you're gonna say, I wish I wrote my book.

I wish I got in the shape that I wanted to get in.

I wish I got into the relationship.

I wish, I wish, I wish.

And now another year flies by, another year flies by until you do and implement this strategy.

So a challenge for you is to try this.

Instead of getting healthy,