I’ve developed the habit of… refining my habits.
And it’s made all the difference.
For the past five years, I’ve been running a simple personal system:
→ Each morning, I journal an “energy scan” — what gave me energy yesterday, what drained it.
→ Each Sunday, I review my habits and goals, reset, and recommit for the week.
→ Each month, I do a Habit Review: score progress, refine, and set new ones.
The key isn’t perfection. It’s progress over time.
And progress comes from clarity.
Most of us are carrying habits we didn’t actually choose.
We’ve inherited them from our environment or from our own past identity.
But if you want to be free, then your habits must align with what really matters to you now.
That’s why I revisit mine daily, weekly, and monthly.
Not to be “disciplined” for its own sake.
But to stay aligned — and to keep subtracting what no longer fits.
If you want to try this yourself, start here:
Discover Your Genius Zone: https://organizationalphysics.com/discover-your-genius-zone/
– Lex, your CEO coach
📌 P.S. The goal is not chasing perfect habits. Just habits that keep you energized, aligned, and free.
📌 P.S. Here’s another exercise that complements the work in Discover Your Genius Zone. It’s called Your Vision and Action Plan and it creates the framework to align your short-range habits and goals with your longer range vision. https://organizationalphysics.com/your-vision-and-action-plan/
📌 P.S. The book Atomic Habits by James Clear is more popular but it’s actually based largely on the work of Dr. BJ Fogg, a behavior scientist and the founder of the Behavior Design Lab at Stanford University. The core idea is that the easier and more incremental you can make a new habit, the better. Why? Because inertia in all systems is a real thing. Start small and build up over time. https://tinyhabits.com/
