Consistency is The Key

byMichaelKiff

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8 years ago

Today I decided to write on consistency not only is it necessary to have to be successful online it is a vital part of anyones game plan for life. Make a plan and following your plan will bring the results we desire.

I know this but even I have tendency to drift away from the plan not intentionally but it just seems to happen. I do not know about you but I find myself not sticking to my plans for whatever reason and then I beat myself up for getting off course from the goal(s) I had set for myself.

Why do I do this? None of it is ever intentional but I always seem to have a reason why I did not do something that I had intended ti do. Have you ever caught yourself doing the same thing? Why do we do this when we know we should keep our eyes on the prize?

Here are some reasons why I feel we get distracted and procrastinate and what we can do to correct our behavior:

1. We tell ourselves we do not know how to do something. If you are reading this blog you know how to read and research. You also know how to ask the advice of someone who does know to assist you in your task(s).
2. The subject matter is boring. I will agree that an uninteresting subject can lead to boredom and procrastination, but there is so much information on the Internet anyone can make a dull subject seem appealing.
3. Quite simply, you do not feel like doing it! To believe that you must feel motivated in order to begin a task has the order of events in reverse. One needs to do before they feel motivated. If you would just start before waiting to get motivated you will be amazed at how much you can accomplish.
4. But what is I fail? Do you know how many times Ben Franklin, Abraham Lincoln and Tomas Edison failed before they were ever successful? Fear of failure can lead to procrastination but it should never stop you from trying.
5. Fear of Success. Many people to not start a project because they fear success. Think about it. Many people are in a comfort zone and they feel if they do something and are successful at it they will now have to step out of their comfort zone and do something. Is this crazy thinking or what?
6. It is just too overwhelming. We need to look at things in small steps instead of taking everything on all at once. Make an outline and break the entire task into mini task and learn to make any task simple and not so complex.

Procrastination robs us of productivity. And it’s something all of us do. So it’s worth understanding why we do it, and working out how you can manage this behavior. Putting things off slows us down, takes our time, and makes us feel frustrated. Being able to deal with procrastination is a useful time management strategy we all need.

Try you best to be consistent, break your projects down into mini-tasks and sooner or later you will learn to be consistent and steady and will accomplish all that you have before you.