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Consistency is Overrated
There is nothing wrong with irregularity
You know the mantra: take a small step every day and before you know you’ll reach a faraway destination.
There is some truth to it but who wants to walk all the way to Japan, it’ll take forever. Plus, it’s difficult to walk on water.
When I look back on my life, most of the things I have accomplished didn’t come from consistency, they came as a result of momentum.
The problem with consistency is motivation
Consistency means advancing slowly but surely — writing for 10 mins, eating broccoli or doing some push-ups every day. The emphasis is on regularity and steadiness. A river can carve its way through rock over the years, but we are not rivers, and we don’t have so much time. We are intense creatures that lack the motivation, the time and the patience to keep chipping away for years with no visible results.
8 problems with consistency
1.Time
You can achieve your goal but it will take 10 years. Would you try? Most people would answer yes, but what they mean is no.
It’s very difficult to stay the course when the target is so far away.
