Upgrade Your Daily Routines: Quick Guide to Habit Tracking
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November 15, 2023 |
Upgrade Your Daily Routines: Quick Guide to Habit Tracking
Integrate this Habit Tracker into your daily routine with ease and identify patterns, manage time effectively, and stay on the path to professional growth.
As we approach the final quarter, it’s a perfect time for mortgage professionals to refine the routines that can transform the upcoming year. Referring to our last blog, “The 90-Day Blueprint for Mortgage Professionals,” Jared Stanley, our Senior Director of Originations, introduced a 90-day plan for mortgage brokers for mortgage brokers aiming to elevate their business. This plan hinges on the integration of a habit tracker—a tool we delve into in this blog—to turn daily actions into stepping stones toward the achievement of your long-term goals.
James Clear, the author of "Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones," states, “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” This resonates within the mortgage industry where consistency and growth are not just goals, but necessities. To support our broker partner’s 2024 journey, we introduce an essential tool for maintaining the discipline your business demands: a habit tracker initially featured on Medium.
The Power of Habit Tracking
The journey to professional excellence is often paved with the bricks of daily habits, each one laid with intention and purpose. As Clear suggests in "Atomic Habits", "Habits are the compound interest of self-improvement." Our habit tracker is the system that ensures you consistently meet your business objectives. It transforms the abstract into the manageable, encouraging a culture of progress and accomplishment within your daily operations.
In my own experience, I've seen how adopting a small new habit, like dedicating the first 30 minutes of my day to review our marketing analytics, can create a ripple effect of increased productivity throughout my workweek. The habit tracker serves as a visual cue, a constant reminder of this commitment, and over time, it has become an integral part of my professional routine. Tracking these actions does more than just help me stay on course; it offers a moment of reflection at the end of each day, a space to acknowledge progress and adjust when necessary.
Why Mortgage Professionals Need a Habit Tracker
The true power of habit tracking lies not just in the act of noting what we've done, but in the insights that emerge from this practice. Habit tracking unveils more than completed tasks; it reveals behavioural patterns that guide us toward more efficient use of our time and resources. For mortgage professionals, whose days are often a whirlwind of client meetings, deal processing, and marketing activities, these insights are invaluable. While being the architects of their habits, mortgage professionals can transform the habit tracker from a mere organizational tool to a strategic guide for operational efficiency and professional growth.
Leveraging the Habit Tracker in Your Daily Routine
At Neighbourhood, our mission extends beyond promoting our product and service; it's also about equipping our broker partners with tools and resources that can optimize their workflow and foster their professional development. With that in mind, we've created a Habit Tracker with a current setup specifically tailored for mortgage professionals.
Incorporating the habit tracker into your daily life is a step towards disciplined consistency. Clear advises to “make it obvious, make it attractive, make it easy, and make it satisfying.” Set clear intentions by recording daily tasks in your habit tracker every morning and reviewing them to gain satisfaction from your accomplishments. Daily and weekly reflections can then help refine your actions to better align with your overarching objectives.
Embracing the philosophy that “habits are the compound interest of self-improvement,” as Clear puts it, our Habit Tracker is more than a tool—it's a cornerstone for building a successful, disciplined business pattern. Download our habit tracker and let it be the catalyst for your most productive year yet. It's time to make your habits work for you.
Author Profile
Jessica Yang is the Marketing Coordinator at Neighbourhood Holdings. She is a graduate of UBC’s BMS program. She has a passion for digital design and creative writing. She enjoys travelling and vlogging.