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The six daily habits that helped me to build a product with 3.5 million users

Aytekin Tank
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7 min readApr 12, 2018
Originally published on JOTFORM.COM

The gym is definitely not my happy place.

Even the treadmill feels like a depressing metaphor: no matter how fast I run, I never feel like I’m getting anywhere.

So, every morning at 8 am sharp, I meet with a personal trainer.

Hiring someone to help me work out is a privilege, but I enjoy the process far more when it’s social — and knowing that my trainer is waiting ensures that I never skip a day. I’m working with my own nature, not against it.

Daily exercise is just one habit that fuels my entrepreneurial journey. When I started JotForm in 2006, I wasn’t quite so clear. It has taken 12 years of experimentation, failure and learning to develop the habits that support both me and my business.

Recently, I wrote about how setting sky-high goals can actually leave you feeling lost. But what’s the difference between habits and goals?

Aiming to read 50 books by the end of the year is a goal, while carrying a book with you at all times is a habit.

As Farnam Street’s Shane Parrish explains:

“Habits are processes operating in the background that power our lives.

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Aytekin Tank
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Written by Aytekin Tank

Founder and CEO of www.jotform.com || Bestselling author of Automate Your Busywork. Find more at https://aytekintank.com/ (contact: AytekinTank@Jotform.com)

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