Do you want your life to be getting better and better? I know, I know, that’s a silly question. I know I want my life to be steadily improving, and I suspect just about everyone else does too. What a lot of people don’t know, is that there is a very simple technique which makes that easy. The method is so easy to use and straightforward that this article will be rather short. It’s just that simple.

    I was reminded of this technique when I saw it show up as one of the steps in Mark Joyner’s Simpleology program. That is just the latest incarnation, as it has been used by focused and successful people through history from great religious men to presidents.

    It is the continual process of self-review. I know you were expecting some fancy name with a trademark and what I gave you sounded really boring, but hear me out.

    What you do is to regularly (generally at the end of each day) think back over your day and write down the things you did wrong and what you can do in the future to keep from making the same mistakes. In the Simpleology program this is used to help analyze places where you are wasting time or reducing your energy, but the technique can be applied to anything.
Religious: I have read of great religious men of the past asking themselves each night how they could have been purer. If they had allowed some base thought in their minds, they would work to keep it from happening again.

    Health: What better choices could you have made in what you ate, how you exercised, or the activities you engaged in?

    Financial: Did you spend money you shouldn’t and how could you have used it better? What decisions could you have made to put yourself in a better financial position?

    Social: Did you say something you wish you hadn’t? Made some unwelcome joke or discouraging comment? Did you not say something you should have?

    You get the picture. This technique is adaptable to any area of behavior you are focused on. Not only that, but you don’t have to use it for some specialty. If you have a clear picture of the person you want to become, merely ask yourself what decisions you made that day that don’t draw you towards being that person. Figure out how you can avoid making that same mistake or a similar one in the future.

    THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Don’t forget to use this technique the other direction to help you reinforce positive behaviors. Whatever your goal is, ask yourself if you did anything that took you towards it, and figure out how to repeat that success.
I know, I know this all sounds so simple and self-obvious, but think of all the people you know who make the same mistakes over and over again. How many people do you know who seem to be on an endlessly repeating cycle of bad finances, bad relationships, bad morals, or whatever other area they struggle in? How many times have you wished that they could just see the same couple mistakes they make over and over again and fix them?

    All of us can benefit from this little technique, even if our poor choices aren’t major ones. In fact it is especially helpful because the little decisions which keep us from improving are not obvious so we don’t automatically work on them, and the decisions which take us forward may not have caught our attention so we don’t repeat them.

    The best part about this little technique is that it isn’t like those major goal setting sessions where you organize your life and try to change the entire course of your future in a single four hour euphoria-high session. That kind of overhaul can have it’s purposes, but your enthusiastic plans and goals are normally forgotten within days, until desperation drives you to do it again (i.e. New Year’s resolutions). No, this is a little habit that takes maybe five minutes an evening and keeps you on a steady even keel of continual improvement.

    Try it for a month or so. If you aren’t used to keeping a journal, it might feel weird, but just do it for a few minutes each night and then review your entries every month or so. You will find your negative behaviors steadily decreasing and your positive ones increasing, and you will get your wish of a life that gets better and better each day.

    nixiwangnideshenghuoyuelaiyuehaoma？wozhidaozheshigewentihensha。wozhidaowoxiwangwodeshenghuochixuwenbutigao，danwohuaiyiqitarenshifouyexiwangruci。henduorenbingbumingbaizhixuyigefeichangjiandandejiqiaojiukeyidadaozhegeyuanwang。zhegejiqiaoshirucijiandanhezhijie，suoyizhepianwenzhangyejianduan。yinweiqueshitaijiandanle。

    Mark Joyner的Simpleology課程中的一個步驟讓我想起這個技巧。Simpleology課程也是源自這個技巧，曆史上的專注和成功人士，從宗教領袖到總統都曾使用它。

    這就是持續的自省。我知道你期望的是列舉一些如雷貫耳的大名而不是我在這喋喋不休，但是請聽我講完。

    你要做的是定期地（通常在一天結束時）回顧當天
，寫下你做錯的事和今後你該如何避免犯同樣的錯誤。在Simpleology課程中，這個方法幫助你分析出在哪部分浪費時間和精力，但該技巧可以用於任何方麵。

    宗教方麵：我讀到過曆史上很多宗教領袖每晚自我拷問如何能夠更加純潔，如果他們有絲毫雜念，他們會努力避免這些雜念再次發生。

    健康方麵：在飲食、鍛煉和活動上你還能做出哪些更好的選擇
？
財政方麵：你是否花了不該花的錢
？你本該如何更好的使用這筆錢？做出哪些決定本可以給你帶來更好的財政狀況？

    社交方麵：你說了哪些不該說的話？說了哪些不受歡迎的笑話和令人泄氣的言論？又忘了說哪些你該說的話？

    了le解jie了le吧ba。這zhe個ge方fang法fa可ke以yi用yong於yu你ni專zhuan注zhu的de任ren何he領ling域yu。不bu僅jin如ru此ci，你ni甚shen至zhi不bu用yong特te別bie用yong於yu從cong事shi某mou項xiang專zhuan業ye。如ru果guo你ni清qing楚chu自zi己ji想xiang變bian成cheng怎zen樣yang的de人ren
，隻zhi需xu要yao問wen問wen當dang天tian你ni做zuo了le哪na些xie決jue定ding讓rang自zi己ji與yu夢meng想xiang背bei道dao而er馳chi。弄nong清qing楚chu該gai怎zen樣yang做zuo才cai能neng避bi免mian在zai今jin後hou犯fan同tong樣yang或huo類lei似si的de錯cuo誤wu。

    這一點非常重要！別(bie)忘(wang)了(le)換(huan)個(ge)方(fang)向(xiang)，使(shi)用(yong)該(gai)技(ji)巧(qiao)幫(bang)助(zhu)你(ni)強(qiang)化(hua)積(ji)極(ji)的(de)行(xing)為(wei)。不(bu)論(lun)你(ni)的(de)目(mu)標(biao)是(shi)什(shen)麼(me)
，問(wen)問(wen)你(ni)自(zi)己(ji)你(ni)是(shi)否(fou)在(zai)朝(chao)這(zhe)個(ge)目(mu)標(biao)邁(mai)進(jin)，並(bing)弄(nong)清(qing)楚(chu)如(ru)何(he)保(bao)持(chi)這(zhe)些(xie)進(jin)步(bu)。

    wozhidao，wozhidaoyishangdoutingqilaijiqijiandanshenzhixianeryijian，danshixiangxiangnirenshidesuoyourendouzaiyiciyouyicifanzhetongyangdecuowu。youduoshaonisuorenshiderenzhengbuduanzhishencaizhengkunjingwufatuoshen，shenxianmouduanbujiankangdeguanxizhongwufachoushen

，youhuoshiziwoduoluowufazibadengdeng。duoshaocinizengxiwangtamennenggouyishidaozijizaizhongfutongyangdecuowu，bingqienulixiuzheng？

    這zhe個ge小xiao技ji巧qiao能neng讓rang我wo們men所suo有you人ren受shou益yi匪fei淺qian。即ji使shi我wo們men做zuo出chu的de選xuan擇ze微wei不bu足zu道dao。事shi實shi上shang，正zheng是shi因yin為wei與yu自zi我wo改gai進jin相xiang關guan的de決jue定ding如ru此ci微wei小xiao以yi致zhi我wo們men往wang往wang不bu會hui主zhu動dong的de注zhu意yi。這zhe些xie促cu使shi我wo們men進jin步bu的de微wei小xiao決jue定ding容rong易yi被bei忽hu略lve
，而er不bu知zhi重zhong複fu。

    gaijiqiaozuibangdedifangshibuxiangdaxingdeshishidahuizuzhinideshenghuobingshituzaimougesixiaoshidouzhiangyangdejuhuishanggaibiannideweilai。zheleijianzhayoutazijidemubiao
，dannidemanqiangreqingdijihuahemubiaohuisuizheshijiandetuiyierbeiwangque
，zhidaonijuewangdezaicizhongfu（比如新年願望等）。它隻是一個小習慣
，每晚隻需花費你五分鍾的時間，卻能促進你持續不斷的進步。

    試shi著zhe堅jian持chi一yi個ge月yue。如ru果guo你ni不bu習xi慣guan記ji日ri記ji，也ye許xu會hui有you點dian不bu習xi慣guan，每mei晚wan五wu分fen鍾zhong對dui一yi天tian做zuo個ge回hui顧gu並bing在zai每mei月yue檢jian查zha你ni的de記ji錄lu。你ni會hui發fa現xian你ni的de負fu麵mian行xing為wei在zai逐zhu漸jian減jian少shao而er積ji極ji行xing為wei持chi續xu增zeng加jia，你ni會hui實shi現xian你ni自zi身shen的de願yuan望wang變bian得de越yue來lai越yue好hao。