What if you graded your day the same way school graded you? Chris Bowers did it for three weeks straight. Every day got a score: A, B, C, or D across health, production, and recruiting. Then he sat by the pool, asked himself how he actually felt in each area, and went back to check the spreadsheet. The feelings matched the grades. Every single time.
The ABC system takes about ten minutes to set up. You write rules for what an A, B, and C look like in each area of your life, you grade yourself daily, and you let an accountability partner see the scoreboard. It sounds simple because it is. The hard part is being honest about the D's.
Key takeaways:
How the ABC system works: A is a stretch, B is what you can do consistently and feel good about, C is the bare minimum that keeps the habit alive
Your mood matches your grade average. If a category feels like a C this month, the fix is getting A's tomorrow
The jump from C to B is easy once you start moving. Nobody jumps from C to A in a single day
Track the D's honestly. The scoreboard only works if you stop hiding from it
Your rules are yours. Chris and Nolan set completely different standards for an A, and that's the point. Stop playing by anybody else's standards
If this hit home, do the ten minutes. Write your rules, grade today, and hand the spreadsheet to someone who will call you out. And if you're ready to surround yourself with agents who keep score like this every day, learn more about what we're building at nextlevelagents.com/exp. You can also catch us in person. Head to nextlevelagents.com and hit the events tab for our next virtual and in-person masterminds.
