A lot of people desire to have extraordinary and outstanding results. Like in their academics, in career, in business, in relationships, and even in their personal life. But one very common mistake that people make is to think that extraordinary result will require you to have exceptional or unusual talent. But what they fail to understand is that some of the mind-blowing achievements you see are products of ordinary actions that are performed with consistency, dedication, and intentionality over time. For example; reading 2 chapters everyday consistently is far better than reading 1 book once in a very long while. Here, we shall be taking a look at how to turn ordinary efforts into extraordinary results.
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The first one is consistency. You have to understand that the kind of exceptional result you want will not come by just doing one action and then backing off, neither does it happen by accident. Rather it is gotten by the actions you repeate over and again. Imagine someone who wants to build muscles, he will not lift weight just once and expect the muscles to grow overnight. He will keep exercising, lifting weights regularly and consistently. It is the consistency that will even deliver to him the muscles he wants. The truth is that It is far better to make small and steady efforts on a daily basis than to work very hard for just a few days and lose momentum. It is the consistency you put in the things you do that will create progress that compounds over time.
The second one is to focus on improvement and not on perfection. A lot of people are so much consumed with the thoughts of looking for the perfect moment that they fail to start at all. The truth is that you do not need a perfect moment for you to start, you should only be concerned about improving with time. Achieving extraordinary result comes from getting a little better each day. Small improvements may seem insignificant at the initial, but they will accumulate over time and will pull very massive results. Expertise is not gotten in a day but progressively. If you want to learn a skill for example, you will not gain mastery in it on the same day, rather it is by doing it again and again that you will gain mastery. The people who achieve success always look for ways to improve their performance, and on themselves and get better. No matter how small the daily improvement may seem, it is still better than waiting for the perfect moment.
Another way to turn ordinary efforts to extraordinary result is to pay attention to details. It does not stop at doing a task adequately, but you also need to learn to pay attention to the details that others may easily overlook. It is not just about having facts that makes you to succeed, but about having details. When you pay attention to details, you will realise where you need to make improvements on. You will be surprised to know that excellence can be found in the little things that others overlook. Being attentive to details is what separates average performance from outstanding performance. Small details may not look too significant when you consider them individually, but when you put them today, you will realise that they can produce very significant and incredible results.
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The fourth way to turn ordinary efforts into extraordinary results is to develop self-control and be disciplined. It is not everything that you should do. There are things that would waste your time and not bring any form of productivity. When you leave those things and channel your energy to what matters, you will become more productive. More so, you have to learn to live a disciplined life. That is, staying committed to your goals even when the motivation may have reduced, and even when you do not feel like it. It is discipline and self-control that helps you to resist distractions and focus on what matters.
The last way to turn ordinary efforts into extraordinary results is to trust the process and be patient. A lot of people give up because they expect quick results. But what they fail to understand is that achieving extraordinary results will take time, not something you get overnight. Growth is usually a gradual process, not an automatic process. So you have to trust the process and have patience. When you trust the process, you will be committed to it long enough to experience extraordinary results.
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