There are tens of thousands of simple mindset methods that can set you up with success, but one of my favorites involves pennies…
There’s something motivating about see loose change turn into success right before your eyes.
Here’s how it works…
Imagine getting everything on your to-do list done every day. Just think about the success and wealth that would come along with that kind of productivity.
Wouldn’t that lead to more money, more happiness, and an overall better life?
Here’s where those pennies come in…
It’s called the penny strategy.
The idea is simple – take whatever it is you need to do on a daily basis, quantify it, and put a jar with that number of pennies in it on your desk (or wherever best suits you).
If that daily task is making 30 phone calls, put 30 pennies in your jar. If your goal is to complete 12 aspects of a project you’re working on, put 12 pennies in the jar. And so on…
Then put a second jar on your desk. This one will be empty when you start each day.
As you go throughout the day, transfer 1 penny from the full jar into the empty jar each time you complete 1 call, project, task, etc. At the end of the day, you need to see every penny get transferred from the original jar into the new jar.
Note: It doesn’t have to be pennies. Feel free to use paperclips, peanuts, or anything else you want, but there’s something satisfying about using pennies to help reach success.
Now, using this simple strategy is going to do a lot more than just tell you your progress as you go throughout the day. It will also give you all these benefits:
Focus
When you have the visual reminder of the penny jars on your desk right in front of you, it’s a constant reminder of what you should be doing. The pennies that symbolize your daily tasks ensure that you don’t drift away from the goal at hand.
Motivation
It may seem a bit silly now, but you’ll eventually feel a very real need to move those pennies from the 1st jar into the 2nd.
Satisfaction
Another benefit that’s very closely related to the motivation aspect of the penny jars is the satisfaction you’ll get. When you begin moving a penny over to the 2nd jar after completing a task, it’s a physical recognition of what you’ve completed, which will give you some level of satisfaction.
Tangible Success
The final advantage of the penny strategy is being able to see your success as it happens. Each penny will be a small step on the path to the success you’re chasing, and each time you fill the second jar completely will feel like taking a leap forward on that path!
