Skip to main content

HAVE THIS ALWAYS

 


It's been a long series, but a retrospective one for me. This is because most of the issues I have been sharing are what I have to learn to live out every day. (I hope you have learned one or two things so far from this series).


Today I will share something that we are too familiar with but living it out often eludes us. To make your life count, you have to be consistent. 


Just like trust, consistency once established, you don't just lose it. Building consistency is like earning trust, it takes time but can or may be lost in a blink of an eye. 


In life, we exert our efforts, direct our attention and channel our determination to achieve or get some things through persistence, only to let them slip past our fingers because we lack the keeping power of consistency. What I mean is, persistence gets it, consistency keeps it; so by all means, in your persistence in life, be consistent. 



What would be your definition of consistency? In describing what consistency is not, Hundred Life Design said: "Consistency does not mean settling, nor is it sticking with something that’s not working for you/your relationship/your career/etc. It doesn’t mean you must follow old-fashioned ways or ideas that no longer apply in today’s world. Because let’s face it, the world is changing at an exponentially quicker rate than ever before. No, consistency does not mean you don’t change with the times".


Neel Raman said "being consistent is being dedicated to carrying an activity or completing a task. It means we’re clear on what we want to accomplish and are taking the necessary steps to reach it". He added that to be consistent is "a commitment we make to ourselves and others". It’s about keeping our word to carry out what we have agreed to do. Our level of consistency reflects our values and standards and helps us make our time-bound life count.


Consistency gives you a compounding and cumulative effect in life, it enables you to achieve great feats through little and seemingly insignificant efforts done over time. It was Robin Sharma who said, "daily, seemingly insignificant improvements, when done consistently over time, yield staggering results". Small disciplines repeated with consistency every day lead to great achievements.


Can you remember someone who was once a success and is now struggling to catch up? His/her failure will not be unrelated to a lack of consistency. Consistency enables you to maximize your potential and fulfill your purpose. You need consistency for life: whether it is to run a business, develop new habits, change a diet, or even perform well in school. Life revolves around consistency.


Men of consistency are men of integrity, men who are disciplined, self-controlled, and accountable. Consistency builds trust, sets worthy standards, and singles you out of the crowd. Consistency adds panache to your life.



To make life count, be consistent. Yes, being consistent is not easy, it comes at a price, it will cost you your pride, ego, and convenience. 


How consistent are you with your life and in all you do? Do you start things and leave them halfway once you feel discouraged or frustrated? If you are to rate your life on a scale of 10 what will be your score? We need to be consistent in life if we must finish well, be strong, and make it count.


Thank you for reading

You can leave comments








Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

DO YOUR THING - IN YOUR SKIN

This piece is from my archives but for the sake of this series, I had to dust it up. It is a bit long, but it is for you - yes you. So take a few minutes and go through this with an open mind, who knows, it just might change your life. One year ago I was having a conversation with this lady with whom we have been discussing life, she said to me: “Sir, I have something that is eating me deep inside and I will need help with it; people have been making fun of me because of my body structure, I have been working hard to add some flesh but it is not working, I hate being called a smally”.  I strongly believe that to make life count you honestly have to love yourself, love who you are now and are becoming, and constantly remind yourself that you are a masterpiece, God's work of art, one of a kind, custom-made limited edition person. What I am saying in essence is, to make life count, you have to be comfortable in your skin. In Your Own Skin To be comfortable in your skin is to be you an...
1 comment
Read more

JUST A DAY OFF

  Disclaimer The message of this piece may or may not be for everybody, however I pray that somehow you relate with these few words and make sense out of it. O ne of the things I have been consistent with this year is “morning runs”; I exercise three times a week, alternating between the week days. The entire experience became more fun when one of my friends became my neighbour few months ago, and we began running together. Well, what we do every day we go running is adding upon the distance we covered previously and no matter how small the addition is, it gives us a sense of improvement. However, lately, we have been overwhelmed with life and personal struggles that we often skip our morning exercise, and prior to now that I am writing this piece, it has been almost two weeks that we have not gone running. W hat we discovered and even talked about while running this morning (5:27am, Saturday October 24 th , 2020)   was that in as much as our body systems have adopted ...
5 comments
Read more

THE GREATEST DISTRACTOR

  I have been struggling to choose the best approach to write this piece; whether to start with statistics of what researchers have done, quotes from great minds or even illustrations. However, I realized that the best way is to hit the nail on the head, straight, simple and blunt. (And I don't claim that this piece capture all there is to this issue).  This piece is a follow-up to the one I wrote last week on distraction. After long deep thought, I felt the message will not be complete without adding this perspective to it. I assure you this simple and blunt piece will stare you in the face and show you one of the ways you have been letting part of your life slip past your fingers. We all are guilty when it comes to this. In the last piece, I established that not all distractions appear harmful as some wear innocent looks but are highly detrimental. I also said that it takes diligence and meticulousness to understand and overcome them.  Hence, to overcome this great dist...
Post a Comment
Read more