12 Steps You Need To Take To Become a Superstar at Consistency
Are you struggling to stay focused and consistent with your goals? You’re not alone. Many entrepreneurs find it hard to stay motivated, especially when the going gets tough.
The good news is, there are a few simple steps you can take to make sure that you stay consistent in your everyday life – so that you can achieve the success you desire.
When you follow a blueprint for anything you want to achieve, your success is sure to follow. So here are the twelve steps you need to be a superstar at consistency.
Start Small
When it comes to consistency, remember that small steps add up over time. Pick one area of your life where consistency is important and focus on that first. For example, if you want to become a better writer, start by setting a goal of writing 500 words per day or committing to writing for 15 minutes each day—whatever feels manageable to you. Once you’ve built momentum, move on to other areas of your life where consistency matters.
Eliminate Negative Self-Talk
You will find it hard to be consistent if you have negative thought patterns. You need to eliminate negative self-talk and continue to monitor your progress. When you find that you constantly think of a certain negative statement in your mind, write it down. Take the negative statement and rewrite it positively. Read the new statement until it becomes a true belief in your mind.
Be Accountable
Hold yourself accountable by telling others about your goals and progress reports on social media or in real life conversations with friends/family/colleagues – this way everyone will know how serious you are about being consistent! Plus, it will remind them (and yourself) about why this goal is important and why staying consistent is essential for achieving success!
Also try this to hold yourself accountable for your actions. When you succeed, you celebrate. When you fail to do as you said, you take away something you wanted. For example, if you want a new sneaker and are not consistent with your efforts, you put off buying those fresh sneakers until you deserve the reward.
Develop a routine & stick with it!
Just like having regular sleep patterns helps keep us healthy and energized throughout the day, developing a routine will help keep us productive and consistent in our work as well – even if that means waking up early or taking breaks throughout the day! This also includes scheduling time for leisure activities such as exercising or reading – these activities don’t just help us relax but also provide us with valuable perspective which can be applied back into our work!
Get rid of distractions & prioritize tasks accordingly
As tempting as checking emails/social media notifications might be throughout the day – they can easily derail any productivity efforts we have going on & prevent us from being consistently productive in our work – so try turning off unnecessary notifications & focus only on what’s important instead – by removing distractions from our environment & prioritizing tasks carefully according to importance/urgency levels we can maximize efficiency without feeling overwhelmed by too many things at once!
When you have a big task and work on it consistently until it is completed, you need all your focus on it. In order to stick to the commitments you make towards your task; you will need to set up barriers. We are talking about letting people know that you have something you are working on, and disruptions are not welcome.
Be Realistic With Your Expectations
Setting lofty goals can be great—but if they are too ambitious or unrealistic they won’t do much good in terms of helping us maintain consistency over time because they may just become too daunting or discouraging if we don’t meet them within our desired timeline (which often doesn’t happen). Make sure any expectations set are reasonable and achievable so that achieving them becomes part of an ongoing process rather than just another thing off our checklist we have yet to accomplish this week/month/year/etc..
You’re Not Perfect
Mistakes happen, and you learn from them. Many people are not consistent because when they make a mistake, they blow it up out of proportion. It becomes an excuse to hit the couch or go sit in the nearest coffee shop for a couple of hours. When you make a mistake, ask yourself what you learned and then keep going.
Time Management
Time management plays a key role in consistency. While you have many things to do, others will want some of your time. Practice telling others what time you need for yourself and how much you can give them. Be realistic in order not to upset others. When you set clear times, they will appreciate it.
Understand That Change Takes Time
This means if you are consistently practicing a new habit, it may take 30 days, 60 days, or even 90 days before you do this habit consistently without thinking. If you miss a day, be compassionate with yourself. Discover why you missed the day, and then fix any issues that come up.
Strengthen Your Willpower
Consistency takes willpower. You will need to strengthen your willpower and be creative in your ideas. For example, if you want to get up 30 minutes earlier every day and need to be more consistent, buy one of those alarm clocks you must chase to shut off. Just look to buy a “Clocky,” and not only will you have to get out of bed, but you will also want to stay up because it is super loud.
Build Your Village
Surround yourself with people who motivate rather than discourage It’s easy enough to stick with something when everything goes according to plan but what happens when things don’t quite go as expected? Having supportive friends/family around makes all the difference here because they’ll provide encouragement even during difficult times which makes staying motivated much easier than if we had no one cheering us along from behind!.
Track Your Progress
Keep track of your progress each day or week so you can measure your progress over time and stay accountable for reaching your end goal. Try using a spreadsheet or visual chart so that you can see how far you’ve come as well as how much further you have left to go!
Conclusion
The key takeaway here is that consistency takes practice —it doesn’t happen overnight nor does it come easily for everyone depending on their circumstances (e.g., workloads, energy levels etc.).
However following these steps should help make consistency much easier reach & maintain regardless circumstances!
Remember – consistency is key when it comes achieving long term success in any area life; staying focused & committed will have amazing results sooner later! Good luck!