Each time the behavior happens, fill one row within a minute. Write what a camera would have seen, not why you think it happened. After five days, read the A column, then the C column: the job is the one that keeps repeating. How to use it: the lesson.
| Date, timewhere | A: right beforewhat was said, done, taken, asked | B: the behaviorwhat they did, how long | C: right afterwhat people did, what changed | Job?attention, away, thing, feels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
The four jobs. Get attention (someone looks, talks, comes over). Get away from something (a task, a noise, a demand ends). Get a thing or an activity (the tablet, a snack, the swing). It feels a certain way on its own (rocking, humming; no one else needed).