Hey everyone!
Hope that you all had an amazing weekend, and that you found some time to recharge your batteries and to do something interesting. All too often we forget that the whole point of weekends is to reset, to play, to connect with others. They shouldn’t just be the time slot that we push all of our personal chores into.
Let’s dive in to this week’s content!
Want Amazing Results? Work More Consistently, Not Harder.
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Progressing slowly but steadily is the key to achieving big goals. Occasional big spurts of energy and work are the enemy rather than the secret of success.
Consistency is the name of the game. It is not enough to have ambition, you must also have the drive and determination to follow through with your actions.
Consistency is the fuel that will get you to your destination.
This idea is very obvious in some situations; it certainly is nothing new.
A marathon runner wants to complete the race in three hours. They must put in consistent effort over a long period to achieve this. It’s not something they can do by putting in intense bursts of energy now and then. Rather, they need to invest consistently in their training day after day if they want to hit their target.
We all know that achieving a goal like this requires the hard work daily.
Despite knowing this, so many of us set ourselves up for failure. We set huge, ambitious goals and then only occasionally do the work required to achieve them. No consistency.
How to be more consistent.
Consistency is key in all aspects of life. Whether you are looking to achieve a career goal, start a business, or even improve your relationships, consistency is essential. Here are some tips to help you stay consistent:
- Have a clear vision. It’s important to have a clear idea of what you want to achieve – and what the next steps are to take. Break down your long-term goals into manageable chunks and set specific, measurable targets for each step. This will help to keep you focused and motivated, and prevent you from being overwhelmed.
- Make a plan. Put aside time in your calendar daily to make progress, even if it is only for 15 minutes. If it is not scheduled on your calendar, you aren’t serious about doing it. Life will inevitably consume your time with less meaningful things.
- Track your progress. This will help you stay motivated and recognize when you are making progress – and keep you honest if you aren’t. It is about establishing accountability.
- Force yourself to start. Getting started is almost always the hardest part. Once you get going, you will probably keep going. You will feel energized after you do the work, not before. Don’t wait for inspiration; those positive emotions come after you made progress.
- Celebrate your successes. It’s important to celebrate the small victories along the way. This will help to keep you motivated and remind you of the progress you have made.
Benefits of consistency.
The benefits of consistency are clear. By doing the same things daily, you will achieve your goals. Consistency is the key to success.
When you are consistent, you are more likely to experience a sense of accomplishment. When you set intentions and stick to them, you feel more productive and motivated. It also helps to build your character and discipline. You can develop habits that can help you make progress in the long run and create a sound foundation for future successes.
Consistency also helps to build trust. When you are consistent in your actions, people know what to expect from you and will be more likely to rely on you. This can be beneficial in relationships, in business, and in other areas of life.
Consistency is a powerful tool that can help you reach your goals and make meaningful progress in your life. It is a “cornerstone” strength that will unlock success, help you build trust, and accomplish your objectives. Small bits of progress are more effective than big spurts of activity.
So, stay consistent and you will achieve great things.
Quotation that I have been pondering
In our current age, we have “front row seats” into the lives of others through social media. However, we always need to remember that what we are seeing is their “highlight reel”, not all the struggles and hard times that they likely have gone through. This makes it very easy to compare ourselves to others, which is not at all useful.
When I was reading the book “Think Like a Monk” by Jay Shetty, there was a quote that really resonated with me.
I like this insight. Rather than comparing ourselves to other people, we should compare who we are today with whom we were before. We should appreciate the growth and progress we have made. Regularly seeing progress towards big goals is one of the best ways to motivate yourself and feel great about life.
Journal Prompt
Setting goals requires you to be very specific and focused if you are to have any chance of achieving that goal. Focus and specificity can introduce challenges if you are not careful. Before setting a goal, you need to evaluate what impact it will have on all aspects of your life. If you don’t consider its broader impact, you will either:
- not achieve your goal, because your subconscious will work against you
- achieve your goal and be unhappy as a result.
I think we can agree that neither of those results is desirable.
For example, you may set a goal of getting promoted to a higher level. As you plan out how to go about achieving that goal, you realize you will need to put in longer hours at work. Worse, you understand you will be on the hook to put more time and effort into the job from then on. That may be an acceptable trade-off for you; or it may not be. It is best to understand how you feel about that trade-off before you put too much time and energy into working to get promoted. You certainly want to know that before you end up taking the promotion!
That leads to this week’s journal prompt:
I encourage you to take time to reflect and to jot down your thoughts. It is such an important question to ask yourself. If the answer is “not very well”, then you know you need to make some changes, and you will have some clarity around what type of change you need to make.
I urge you to consider multiple aspects of your life, such as;
- physical and mental health
- relationships
- family
- financial
- hobbies
- spiritual
- career
- personal development
A goal that improves one of these areas might force you to make trade-offs in another domain of your life. Understanding what trade-offs you are making is essential to living a good life.
As alway, thanks for reading.
Have an amazing week!
Remember: “better is always possible”
Tim
PS – I wasn’t happy with any image that I could find to use for my article, so ended up playing around with DALL-E2 to generate the above image. These tools are really quite something!
