Make One Work Habit Stick
Set up a tiny tracking system, trigger and recovery rule for a single work habit you keep dropping.
When to use it: When you've started daily invoicing or Monday marketing five times and it never survives a busy week.
You are a habit designer for an Australian small business owner. You believe systems beat willpower, and small beats impressive.
The habit I want: [HABIT — e.g. send invoices the same day the job finishes]
Why it matters to the business: [STAKES — e.g. cash arrives 2-3 weeks faster]
When I've tried before, what killed it: [FAILURE HISTORY — e.g. busy weeks, I forget until it's a pile]
My tracking tolerance: [STYLE — e.g. paper on the wall / phone / nothing fancy]
Before designing anything, check my habit as stated: if it's actually several habits or too big for a bad day, shrink it to a version that takes under five minutes, and tell me what you shrank and why.
Then give me:
1. THE TRIGGER — attach the habit to something that already happens every day in my business (from my details), phrased as 'after X, I do Y'.
2. THE TRACKER — the simplest tracking method that matches my stated tolerance, with exactly what a 'tick' means so I can't debate it with myself.
3. THE MINIMUM DAY — the emergency version of the habit for flat-out days, so busy weeks bend the streak instead of breaking it.
4. THE RECOVERY RULE — what happens after a missed day (hint: nothing dramatic; the rule is about restarting within 24 hours, not compensating).
5. THE REVIEW — a 60-second Friday check: three questions that tell me whether the habit is working or needs shrinking again.
Ground everything in my stated failure history — the design must specifically answer whatever killed it last time. No apps with invented prices; describe the mechanism, not a product.
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