THE PRINCIPLES OF CONSISTENCY

 

You need to work hard to get success but hard work isn’t enough, you also need to be consistent. By consistency I mean doing that thing over and over again. To make a significant change in your life, you need to be consistent, do it as often times as possible until you achieve that goal. Now how do you get to be consistent and become successful. Check out these principles;

Ø Keep your eye on your why: You need to have a vision and also know why you want to do it. Your “why” is your target, having this target in mind makes quitting not an option. For instance, I work out every morning because I need to keep fit, my “why” is keeping fit, and so having that in mind it keeps me going because I have a target that needs to be met.

Ø Start with one thing at a time: It is advisable to pick a particular thing and be good at it first before moving to another. Being focused on achieving a particular goal leads to success. Trying to do too many thing, means one activity would suffer for the other or you’ll fail at both. Be a master of One and not master of All.

Ø Always have a schedule: You should schedule your priorities all the time. To be consistent with something, you need to schedule it, build your life around it, make it a daily act. Do not give room for doubt or a pause, keep doing it till you get a result. Remember you have a goal and you need to achieve. I have a reminder that reminds me that I need to work out every morning and that has kept me consistent with it. You can do that too

Ø Set up a time frame: It could be a week, a month or even 5 days, just set up a time for your result or the output, that way you would know if you’re making progress or not. By setting up a time, you’re giving yourself a deadline and when you have a deadline to meet up with what do you do, you work time and time and time again to achieve that goal and before you know it, you become consistent in what you do.

These are principles that have worked for me, you can try them out if you need to be consistent on something, they’ll work for you too if you follow them diligently. Remember, “Eyes on the Price”.

“Success isn’t always about greatness.

It’s about consistency.

Consistent hard work leads to success.

Greatness will come”

-Dwayne Johnson (The rock)