Why you are struggling with consistency – Part 1
May 2, 2018
Why you are struggling with consistency – Part 1
WHY YOU ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH ANYTHING – Part 1:
Hear this: You can never be successful at anything you are not consistent in!
If you fail to learn the art of consistency, everyone will appear better than you! People who are not as smart as you will do better than you because they are consistent and you’re not!
One of the questions people ask me all the time is: How do I become consistent?
Some months back, I thought deeply about this question and I looked back into my life, especially those times when I struggled with consistency. I discovered my struggles revolved around one thing.
This one thing is the root cause of all my struggles showing up in different forms. Like a tree rooted to the ground, you can’t see the root but you can see the leaves. Femi did a post on this recently.
The leaves are so distracting that if you do not take time to think deep, you will never trace it to the root. And nothing gets solved until the root cause is discovered.
The iron law of the universe suggests that for every effect in our lives, we can always trace it back to a cause(s). So, I traced all the effects of the lack of consistency in my life to a root cause. It was the lack of FOCUS!
Then, I began to study the subject of focus and I realised it was germane to why I was never consistent with anything. I was keen to know more. I was gathering all the principles possible.
The more I learned, the more I practiced what I learned and my life started to change. Gradually, I started to learn the art of focus which in turn led to consistency. Yes, you heard right, FOCUS is an art! You can learn it.
Like I said earlier on, FOCUS is like the root of a tree, it has many branches, leaves and fruits. As a days go by, I will begin to share with you these branches, and the practical things I did.
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Picture an eagle in a cage. No matter how beautiful the cage is, the eagle was not designed to live in a cage. It was designed to soar on the highest heights and mountains with courage and flair. No matter the lure of the cage, it can never surpass the freedom of the eagle soaring in all expanse of the skies in all of its glories and strength. Like the eagle trapped, too many brilliant, gifted, called individuals are trapped in the cage of careers they were not designed for. They can never command their true worth and value, they can only eat the crumbs they are being fed by their captors. The lure of salaries and pennies that will never satisfy keeps them in such cages. They would rather remain in the rat race than take the risks for their freedom and glory. The Bible says, "If the Son (Jesus) sets you free, you will be free indeed." - John 8:36 As a child of God, you can break free! You were not designed to be caged! Any job that does not give you the freedom to express your gifts, talents and calling is a cage. One of the biggest graveyards of purpose I see is this graveyard of unfulfilling careers. People get jobs only for the sake of earning, rather than fulfilling their life's calling and pursuing what matters to them. But here's the truth: The careers you were not designed for will not satisfy you. They will leave you with voids and emptiness. At the end of your career, you would lack true legacy, influence and impact. Your time to break free is now. I believe in you. Dr Samuel Ekundayo
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