Consistency as a key for success

I read this quote a few years ago. I had just bought a book about self development and the person at that time I considered being my “rich father” suggested me the book from Tony Robbins “Money”.

The book is pretty much about investing but mainly based on US parameters and habits as I could not find many investing tools he explains in that book.

But that single speech made the purchase of that book fully worth it!

I was already thinking that consistency was key to success as I started playing wheelchair basketball in 2009 and I was a tragedy as my strength, coordination and my shot were dramatic. BUT, over time, and a lot of training (also in the gym) I could improve my physical condition and then, improving my technique was much easier.

And what about work?

In work, skills, investments, relationships, amorous fusions is exactly the same. The more aware training I do, the more I best perform.

You know the problem I have faced? People cannot appreciate small improvements as they are used to watch social networks with a looooot of people bragging about what they do

What I learnt is that

I cannot compare my Day 1 to the Year 20 of others

I have to be patient, seeing my little plant grow as nature can be (as always) a great teacher for us.

Anyway, this is the easiest part.

if a person you trust tells you “keep it rocking until you see results” you may do it.

This is the hardest part

As we always believe that progess is a smoothly growing line, it is often a moto-cross path, full of jumps, bumps and holes.

The hardest thing is not falling to our Ego, enjoying too much the first results, falling into the illusion of final and definitive results. As every ambitious path has its fallbacks that are forms of tests for us to check how much we really want the target we defined.

What do I have found to avoid it?

Taking my results and setbacks with a looooot of self-irony, laughing of my results, being thankful for them, but staying always focused on the process of becoming of evolution that I am running through.

These are the two biggest challenges I have encountered so far:

• Not having enough patience to wait for acknowledgeable results
• becoming too frustrated after the first big setbacks.

Keep it moving, keep it learning and keep it rocking.

And like ACDC were singing: “It’s a long way to the top, if you wanna rock’n roll”. That I try to transport in all aspects of my life!