The Power of Perseverance: Harnessing the Power of Consistency

Falling, getting up, and falling again was the rule until you managed to walk, through a lot of training and constancy. And so it is with everything in life.

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What made you take the first steps was the constancy of wanting to do it, even unconsciously. It was the perseverance of falling, getting up, and falling again to get back up until you reached the goal.

What I can't understand is, why when we reach adult life we want everything for yesterday. Or worse, we want to skip steps in the learning process. This is not your fault alone. In other words, what often differentiates the successful ones from those who haven't gotten there yet, were the perseverance and constancy in doing what needs to be done.

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How to achieve constancy in five steps

Life is made of mistakes and successes. As well as walking, cycling, and later on when we reach adulthood. And theoretically, grandma no longer prepares our chocolate milk and we need to walk with our own legs. The cards are on the table, you choose what you want to do and for each choice, the rule is the same. That is, going out there and showing how much you know, what you learn, and that's all you get through constancy. But in case you are lost, write down five steps that will help you:

• Set realistic goals and expectations;

• Stay motivated, reward yourself;

• Divide large tasks into smaller parts;

• Write down your progress, record everything;

• Have positive people by your side.

Simple? It is absolutely not easy. You've made it this far, you must be in your 40s and still a little lost. It's not unique to you.

Happy are those who managed to find the north of their destiny at the age of 20. Unfortunately, I was not one of them, but not because of others. No way. And when you take responsibility - including your failures - you will have more clarity to outline new directions, goals, and expectations. In other words, don't expect facilities, just get off your ass and do what needs to be done.

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Set realistic goals and expectations

Most important of all, don't try to make the step bigger than your leg, as the result will be you falling flat on your face. Don't skip processes, they exist for a reason.

Being rebellious like I was, wanting to find shortcuts to get recognition and earn money, for example, will only cause you more frustration. It is human nature when starting a project to be anxious for it to work out, for it to be salable, or something like that. But believe me, this does more harm than help.

What's your wish? Put it on paper, in a notepad on your cell phone, what you want and how you're going to get there. What do you need to get from where you are to where you want to be. Also, write down what your expectations are at each step, but remember that nothing happens overnight.

"Persevere and you will succeed."

To be the best, do more and more perfectly, and gain recognition and even money you will have to stand out from the crowd. That is, this is getting up, falling, getting up, and hitting your butt on the ground as many times as necessary, this is constancy.

Stay motivated, reward yourself and maintain constancy

Yes, you did not read it wrong. It's important that you stay motivated and focused to achieve your goals, objectives, dreams, or whatever you want to call them.

With each goal, you hit give yourself small rewards. Whether it's going to eat sushi with your loved one or going to the bookstore to buy that book you've been wanting for a while. Or else, why not take half a day off, even if it's just to do nothing? Without guilt.

“You must do what it takes, simple as that.”

Then go back and start all over again, until you reach the excellence you are looking for. The duo, constancy, and resilience, need to go hand in hand, not least because you know that no day will be the same as the other, but even so, you need to do what has to be done.

Break large tasks into smaller parts

When you decide to embrace the world, you become like a duck, who started to walk, swim and fly. However, it doesn't do anything right. Perhaps the comparison may seem far-fetched, but I couldn't think of a better example. But I believe you get the metaphor.

When you divide tasks into smaller parts, it becomes easier to see the end of the task, how to perform efficiently, and manage time to complete this task. In other words, it is better to have parts well done, which together will be excellent in the whole, than the whole done at once and poorly executed.

Also, Melissa Gratia, Ph. D., coach and speaker on work organization and productivity says, also "reduces our tendency to procrastinate or put off tasks because we simply don't know where to start."

Write down your progress, record everything

Daniel Keys Moran, or just DKM, would say: “you can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data”. In other words, record everything you can from the day you made the decision to change your status quo.

I remember when I decided it was time to change again when I found out that writing was what I would live from that date on, what my biggest fears were. Also, with the highest degree of imposter syndrome, and the fear that I would never be able to deliver a 400-word text, for example.

I talked a lot with one of the people responsible for my being here today, who always encouraged me and said that if it was necessary to burn the ships in order not to retreat, that would be done. Today, I am very grateful to My Coach.

The constancy, the perseverance helped me to want bigger challenges, to deliver to the client no longer 400 words, but 74,965 words and 317 pages, as a ghostwriter. And that wouldn't be possible without persevering and maintaining constancy, waking up every day and doing what needed to be done, without procrastinating, without leaving it for tomorrow.

As insignificant as people may find your result, celebrate. Write it down and in a few years you will see that it was all worth it, even when you decided to take the first step.

Have positive people by your side

The road to success is a lonely one, but even so, you will need people. So, surround yourself with those who encourage you, who believe and vibrate with every step of your journey.

The evolutionary mechanism proposed by Charles Darwin will do some natural selection, but you will have to act too. In other words, stay away from those friends who only spend the good times, those who say that you are not the same and that they only care about your goals and objectives.

Of course, I just want to know my goals and objectives, it's obvious that I'm changing, it's part of evolution. Habits need to be reviewed, changes are made to achieve what you set out to do when you decided to make it happen.

Have by your side those who shine their eyes with each of your achievements as if they were their own.

And finally

Now is your time, make it happen, and don't let the person who most impacts your development get in the way of your journey. You no longer have the right to sabotage yourself. Don't wait for others to do what you have to do.

Your journey is your full and unrestricted responsibility. It will be the constancy that will take you from where you are to where you want to go. Remember that the clock of life is ticking, tick-tock, tick-tock. Finally, tell me below if this text makes any sense to you and what is impacting you to take the first step.

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