AVG RT: 3.5 min - 7/03/15 - by Michael
This wasn't easy...
...but being consistent is much less of a challenge for me.
And by the end of this article, and some thinking on your part about what you're about to read, I believe that being consistent will be much easier for you too.
Like a cough, consistency is a symptom, not a problem.
Here's what happened.
I thought it was.
For a long time, I tried to be consistent, but it never worked. And I never understood why. Maybe, I needed discipline, I thought. Maybe I needed to find ways to be consistent—like a step by step process.
I looked all over Google, but I just read stuff that I already knew. It wasn't knowledge that I needed—it was desire. I knew what to do, but I just didn't do it.
It became clear to me that being consistent wasn't the problem.
Because I was consistent...
...with doing very little.
And that on‐and‐off effort wasn't going to give me the results I wanted in life.
I thought to myself... "I am being consistent. Just not in the direction I want to go. So what's really the issue here?"
After some thinking—it hit me.
I asked myself one very important question that cleared things up for me.
Here's what I asked myself: why am I naturally being consistent with doing very little rather than being consistent with what I want in life?
This lead me to the understanding that...
It felt natural for me to do nothing.
So that's what I did.
Nothing.
But doing nothing wasn't going to give me the positive change in my life that I was looking for.
A change that I yearned for.
A life that I desired so much that I could get emotional just thinking about how I would feel if life was just the way I wanted it to be.
But this desire was no where to be found when I thought of how my life was at the moment.
This was my biggest challenge.
It was hidden, but I found it!
This lead me to a very important discovery.
No pain, no gain.
That doesn't just apply to pumping iron in the gym.
This makes so much sense when you apply it to emotions and our psyche.
Stay with me.
We naturally (there goes that word again...) do what's necessary to remove any pain from our lives. That can be physical, emotional or psychological in its simplest form.
There was no pain in how my life was going. Sure, there were things that I wish were better, but in the end, I was more comfortable than uncomfortable.
So change wouldn't happen naturally.
I would have to force it, but guess what? There were psychological pain associated with making an effort to change my life, so I naturally didn't do anything.
Look at your life...
Do you see more pain (emotional or psychological) in how things are or do you see more pain in changing?
Which one makes you feel uneasy?
Think about that for a moment.
If being consistent with your goals are a challenge for you, there's a very good chance that you experience more pain in change.
I did a lot of thinking.
That's it.
My subconscious mind did the rest.
And it did a fantastic job!
As I mentioned earlier, “That I desired so much that I could get emotional just thinking about how I would feel if life was just the way I wanted it to be.”
Do you remember that?
Your subconscious mind can work against the life you want to build for yourself if you associate negative feelings with the actions needed to create it (going to school for years, getting out of bed early or making a consistent effort to get in shape for example).
Your mind is on your side.
If you don't like something, your mind will help you (justify) find reasons why you shouldn't do it.
But it can work for you too if you consistently think about how you want things to become, and associate lively feelings with those thoughts.
And that's what I did.
I thought of possibilities so much that my life at the moment become psychologically and emotionally painful.
I got to the point where I felt the need to change!
And doing what I needed to do to change my life soon became natural to me.
Even though my life has change dramatically by strategically thinking the right thoughts and feelings that move me forward, I still think of the future and how things will be when I get there.
By constantly thinking of how you want your life to become, you can produce an unstoppable feeling that will hold the motivation to get you there.
There you have it.
I hope that this has served you well, and has given you something that you feel is of great value to you.
THANK YOU for reading!
‐ Michael
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