Consistency

 Consistency

Every day you show up, you are creating a better version of yourself. Not every day will be your best performance, because the word “best” is superlative, meaning there is nothing better. But by being consistent with your actions, you are making the chances of creating a new “best” more likely.

It is not easy to be consistent, but the more consistent you are, the more likely you are to reach your goals. If you created a plot of how many times you would need to work on something to reach your goals, how long would it take? “It depends on how hard you work” you would tell me. Well of course. 

10,000 is the number of hours you must work on something to become an expert. If that number, 10,000, is lengthened out over 50 years, you will be an expert in 50 years. Yay! It took you 50 years to reach your goal. This isn’t soon enough for you, you say. Okay let’s cut it in half.

To achieve that goal in half the time you go from working on something 200 hours a year to 400 hours a year. Your average time per day goes from 32 min a day to 64 min a day. Can you manage that?

The more consistent you are in your work and your process, the faster you can achieve something. Now if you can become an expert in half the time if you double your output would you do that? Of course. But that is about focus and time management, which justifies another blog.

Be consistent everyday. Work when you don’t feel like it. Put in the time when it’s the hardest to. Your consistency and reluctance to give into excuses will guide you to where you want to be.