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THE CONSISTENCY HACK

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You probably realise that consistency is important for making progress, doing better work, getting in shape, and achieving some level of success in most areas of life.

In fact, there is this principle called the 100-hour rule that states that if you do something for 100 hours over a year (18 minutes a day), then you will be better at that thing than 95% of the world.

It pretty hard to believe, you’ll have to read it yourself.

Once you realise the power of consistency, there is a danger that comes with this knowledge. And that danger is falling into an all-or-nothing mindset. Once you realise that consistency is essential for success, it can be easy to obsess over becoming flawlessly consistent.

For example…

Trying to lose weight? It’s easy to convince yourself that if you don’t follow your diet perfectly, then you’ve failed.

Want to meditate each day? Beware of focusing so much on never missing a day that you stress over sticking to your meditation schedule.

Looking to become a successful writer? You can quickly brainwash yourself into thinking that successful authors write every single day without fail. (The same goes for artists and athletes of all kinds.)

In other words, it’s really easy to confuse being consistent with being perfect.

And that is a problem because there is no safety margin for errors, mistakes, or emergencies. (You know, the type of things that make you a normal human being.)

Instead, you have to focus on your average speed, not your maximum speed.

Daily failures are like red lights when you’re driving. When you’re driving a car, you’ll come to a red light every now and then. But if you maintain a good average speed, you’ll always make it to your destination, despite the stops and delays along the way.

Consistency is essential for success in any area. There is no way to get around the fact that mastery requires a volume of work.

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If you want to maintain your sanity, reduce stress, and increase your odds of long-term success, then you need to plan for failure as well as focus on consistency.

Planning to fail doesn’t mean that you expect to fail, but rather that you know what you will do and how you will get back on track when things don’t work out.

If you’re focused on being perfect, then you’re caught in an all-or-nothing trap.

Consistency is not the same as being perfect.

LESSON OF THE DAY ⤵️

In order to empty your mind, you want to create some kind of reset routine. This could involve taking some time off or emptying out your thoughts onto a piece of paper; whatever works for you, make it a common occurrence.

Empyting your mind should be a thing you do consistently, like cleaning the dishes, in order to reset and be able to function at your highest potential.

A lot of people do this through the likes of meditation andnd that meditation helps clear their thoughts and re-focus their mind.

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