
©Rachel Lance
In this series we are trying to help you identify the micro habits you can implement in your personal and professional life that will realise significant impact. Part 1 ended by encouraging you to reflect on your targeted outcomes. i hope you have gained clarity with this. If your target is clear, then you have done the ground work for effective habit development.
The next step is to identify the small habits which, done consistently and regularly, will reap significant results. Without understanding your situation and desired outcomes, it is difficult to suggest habits. However, following are examples of caddied individuals who have realized significant results through outcome clarity and habit implementation:
Situation & desired outcome | Habits implemented | Results |
Professional realizing life was out of control and deadlines not being met | Arriving at work 30 minutes early each day to provide quiet and focussed time before others arrived | Relationships changed positively, feeling on top of work, gain of confidence, night sleep patterns better, feeling more in control & deadlines met |
After an operation to have a knee replacement, a patient has a wound infection and the knee had to be replaced | Consistent twice daily at home physio with weekly visits to the therapist | Physio claims the patient won the ‘grand final’ of outcomes after being in a dire situation |
Sales rep wants to improve results | Understanding he lands one sale from every 10 calls, the rep decides to shift from 10 calls a day to 20 and get mentoring to improve his conversion rate from 10 to 20% | A four-fold increase in sales just my making two changes to his rhythm. |
Principal wants to build trust and improve quality of teaching within the school | Aims to complete 1 000 five minute class visits a year, broken down to 26 visits a week | Trust raised, Principal is visible in the school, has acute awareness of quality of teaching standards and teacher professional development based on observations |
Woman wants to lose 10kg | Creates a daily calorie log and sets calorie targets | Loses 10kg and maintains weight threshold |
Your life caddy wanting to give away intellectual capital and help others, expand the caddying platform of assistance | Blog delivered online every Wednesday | Here you are reading this blog and getting help, demand for caddying increasing, people growing, subscribers increasing |
You can see in each of these examples, the person shifted the focus from the outcome to small habits they could implement in their daily routine. Some of these actions are so small, they would appear insignificant. But the compounding impact of these habits over time resulted in significant wins. Now it’s your turn . . .
Look at your outcomes and backward map to identify small habits done regularly that will make a significant difference. In caddying groups, we get members to share their outcomes while the rest of us brainstorm possible habits. The result is each person ends up with a suite of habits that can be assessed for effectiveness.
This is what we’re trying to achieve. Consistent implenmentations of the habits will help you find your 1% improvement each day and the graph . . .

©Samuel T Davies
Now just before we leave habits, make sure you set realistic expectations. Maintain a balanced life. You don’t want to overload with habits, just target a few that will drive those outcomes you are looking for. What are the little things that will make a big difference?
If you want to dive deeper into habits, Samuel T Davies provides a good summary of Atomic Habits here.
Which brings us to a critical step in the process – regular monitoring. We need to build a cadence of accountability in your rhythm. We’ll make that the focus in PART 3. But if you can discipline yourself in these steps of clarifying outcomes, linking to a routine of habits and developing a cadence of accountability, you’ll gain this kind of breakthrough:

©Strategic Discipline Blog
But it all starts with sowing:
- Sowing through a commitment to being disciplined (be hungry)
- Sowing through developing clear, measureable outcomes (be focussed)
- Sowing through a commitment to implanting a rhythm of habits (be determined)
- Sowing through monitoring the implementation of those habits (be honest with yourself) . . . and we’ll address that next week in PART 3
So for now, work on implementing those habits.
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