At this time of the year, it’s common to review our habits and routines in search of a healthier and more fulfilling life. To truly create habits which empower our future, we need to continually reinforce them. A plan to track and modify our behavior keeps us on the path of success and happiness.
Our habits and routines are part of our being. Despite experience to the contrary, we can be masters of our routines. Implementing a system which highlights the importance of applying positive habits, creates a lifestyle which unlocks a wide range of opportunities. Instead of thinking, “Why can’t we do it?” we can ask, “How can we do it?” Since we have unconsciously established daily routines, our challenge is to implement new ones.
Eight to Create, Motivate and Stay in Shape is a system I have developed which 
establishes a mechanism to initiate change, reinforce positive behavior and track progress. While the number “8” flows with the ideas and principles set forth, the following are also valid:
- Two is None too Few
- Three to be Free
- Four to Score
- Five to Stay Alive
- Six for Kicks
- Seven is Heaven
Creating a system emphasizing the significance of establishing powerful positive habits constructs a lifestyle which unlocks and opens doors of opportunity.
There is a simple way to create positive routines. All we need is a calendar, a pencil and a burning desire to take charge of our destiny.
- Determine those activities which direct us to Create, Motivate and Stay in Shape. We can focus on initiating or continuing behavior which is in harmony with our lifestyle and occupation. Click on the thumbnails below to see a sample list of activities, additional ideas and calendar with results:
- The number of activities and their difficulty will vary. Each of us controls the content and complexity of the habits and routines we choose.
- Every evening record each completed activity in the form of an icon or letter on that day’s date. An ideal time to complete this exercise is just before going to bed. The entire exercise of “logging” our daily results takes no more than a minute.
We may say:
“Why bother?”
“I don’t have time!”
“I have too many things to do!”
Whether we feel there is room for improvement in our lives or we consider we are obtaining the results we desire, Eight to Create, Motivate and Stay in Shape improves our awareness of empowering activities.
Accomplishing activities which lead us to Create, Motivate and Stay in Shape generates a continual flow of energy into our pool of productivity. There will be days when we achieve more or less than our “ideal” number of activities. The purpose of the exercise is not to 
chastise ourselves for coming up short, rather to possess a powerful plan which guides us to our objectives.
Like sand through an hour glass, the days, months and years slip away with or without a plan. Eight to Create, Motivate and Stay in Shape generates a script which enables us to direct our destiny and assure our path to prosperity.
∞ Rob McBride ∞
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