How to Build Habits Like an Entrepreneur
Michael Goldberg • July 22, 2021
Optimal Living Daily: Personal Development & Minimalism
Here are my notes and thoughts on this quick little gem. The podcast is only about 10 minutes long and comes from a daily feed of positive, helpful ideas called “Optimal Daily Living.” Whether you’re an entrepreneur or not, the principles in this podcast are super helpful.
Core of Entrepreneurship and various tie-ins building successful habits:
- Entrepreneurs are scrappy
- They typically use a lot of trial and error
- Similar approach to habit creation has shown to be highly effective
Entrepreneurs’ Best Practice for going to market with something new (and how to use same methodology towards habit formation):
- MVP - Minimally Viable Product (somewhat working beta version)
- Get going as quickly as possible
- Keep it as simple as possible to start
- Take feedback and revise for version 2.0
- MVA - Minimally Viable Action - Starting point for new habits
- Keep the end goal in mind
- Take most efficient and scrappiest way to get going - emphasise starting something rather than trying to be perfect on first attempt
- Easy, simple, and repeatable - Don't try to go too big too fast
- Test, improve, repeat
- How does it feel?
- Make it manageable
- Pivot
- Gives opportunity to change the behavior
- Or kill it if it’s not working
- Leads to what ends up working
Does your program have a compass? How to keep your direction through the hard stretches of a 90-day accountability cycle.
Halfway through the cycle, pause and reflect: are you ahead of where you expected, or finding it harder? Questions to reset your program.
The holidays can bring joy or strain. Ways to protect your program and take care of yourself through the season.
Shadow work in WIT: how to spot the hidden motivations behind your actions, from self-sabotage near the finish to qualities you overlook.
At the heart of WIT is community. Why change is easier with the support of an accountability group than going it alone.
The holidays can stir up old wounds. A reminder that your program was created to care for yourself, and how to stay on track.
Four weeks from the finish, it’s easy to coast. How to stay awake at the wheel and finish your 90-day program strong.
Why we magnify setbacks and miss our gains, and how to check in honestly on your progress during a 90-day accountability cycle.
Life is full of stressors. How honesty and a supportive accountability group help keep your program on track when things get hard.
Why service matters for personal growth: how putting others first builds perspective and connection in the last week of a WIT cycle.