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Do This To Stay Consistent
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.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“You can be consistent and not achieve success but you cannot achieve success without being consistent”
DO THIS TO STAY CONSISTENT
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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.
But 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.
ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS:
Give yourself permission to view your progress over a longer timeline than a single day or an individual event. See it as a graph and zoom out a bit!
TAKEAWAYS:
Being consistent is not the same as being perfect.
BOOK OF THE WEEK ⤵️
The book of the week is Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins - If you don’t know who he is already, he’s a pioneer in the self-improvement space. He has one of the most incredible comeback stories that will put any of your excuses at bay. Check it out HERE
CREATOR OF THE WEEK ⤵️
@juan.cortez3 Never lose faith in yourself. #foryou #gym #motivation #xyzbca
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LESSON OF THE DAY ⤵️
If the future you wouldn’t hang out with your current friend group, present you shouldn’t either.
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