Creator of the popular Dilbert comic strip, Scott Adams is an accomplished business writer and commentator who champions Systems over Goals.
Scott Adams offers a simple and useful definition to explain these terms in his book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: “If you do something every day, its a system. If you’re waiting to achieve it someday in the future, it’s a goal.”
Most of us would like to be getting more exercise. Our bodies were made for movement, but our lifestyles having us sitting: driving to work, in front of a computer, or even binge-watching Netflix (sometimes!). Challenging our routines, and finding meaningful ways to building movement your day is a long term mental and physical health success strategy.
Strategies to build exercise into your day include:
- The tried and true: take the stairs.
- Parking as far away from your work front door as is feasible.
- Making sure your gym bag always has the essentials.
- Invest in yourself. Make sure you have great shoes. Equipment, subscriptions, and memberships can be strategies to build opportunity for movement into your routine. Have something great ready that you only listen to on a walk. Keeping your playlist up-to-date. Download an Audible book.
- Do an inventory of your time & energy. We all have a routine. Make yours deliberate.
- Finding joy in your wellness journey is a long term strategy.
- Reevaluate your mental & spiritual health. Slow down. Challenge any nagging negative thoughts, such as self-criticism, that are keeping you stuck. Connecting with supportive friends, reevaluating relationship priorities, and seeking professional help can all be part of a long term strategy for health.
In Reframe Your Brain, Scott Adams, the contrarian genius behind Dilbert and author of the most influential personal success book of all time—How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big—gives you the complete operating system for lasting happiness. It is available in print, Kindle, and Audible.
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