Being inconsistent is not a valid excuse.

Collection of thoughts this week

• Why consistency is not a problem

Why consistency is not a problem

You try to set goals. You promise yourself you’ll start tomorrow. You try to?be consistent.

But your behaviour does not change. You can’t maintain a new habit.

You write about goals. You think about actions. But you don’t stick to them.

"The curse of modernity is that we are increasingly populated by a class of people who are better at explaining than understanding, or better at explaining than doing." - Nassim Taleb

I need to admit. I’ve fallen into this trap too.

We love to think about change. We have a hard time implementing it.

But over-explaining and under-acting does not feel right.

The problem is not inconsistency. The problem is choice - the choice of what we choose to be consistent at.

I discovered this idea from a podcast with Leila Hormozi: everyone is consistent. But when you desire change without taking action, you are consistently doing the wrong things:

• Consistently distracting yourself.
• Consistently neglecting your health.
• Consistently failing to connect with people.

Being inconsistent is not a valid excuse. The challenge is consistently choosing the right actions.

Still, maintaining existing behaviours is easier than changing them. It requires change. Change to identify and replace bad habits.

But objective self-evaluation is hard. Asking questions makes it easier.

For any goal, ask yourself:

• Which actions am I consistently ignoring that would help me reach my goal?
• Which actions am I consistently maintaining to reinforce an undesired outcome?

Use these questions to redefine your actions.

Because goals are useless. Except when they change your actions today.

So, what behaviour can you change today?

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This was it for this newsletter! Feel free to comment or give feedback to refine my thoughts.