I read recently that Seinfeld is said to have spoken of the value of writing every day. He used a large wall calendar and scored a big red x over each day that he wrote. He was motivated to carry on crossing off the days and not breaking the chain.

It isn’t always the big steps that get us where we want to go, it is the consistent daily action, a succession of baby steps that build amazing outcomes. Daily action builds habits.

In the last couple of months, I’ve started a new habit of eating fruit daily and I’m motivated by not breaking the chain. I’m following this method with a web tool, which fits into igoogle.com home page – Don’t break the chain.

Pick a change you want to make and resolve to take daily action.Use the line of marked off days as a motivator to continue to take action.