A Powerful Habit That Sets You Up For Success
Every person on Earth has 24 hours a day. What you do with your time says more about who you are than what you say about yourself. It's been proven that actions speak louder than words. Therefore, it's essential that pay more attention to what we do and also to what we say for our own good and for the good of others, too. We need be constant because constancy helps us navigate through life more successfully.
"Constancy is a key habit for success in life."
If our words and actions don't match, we aren't being constant. Being constant at what we do and at what we say shows responsibility, maturity, and discipline. To accomplish great things in life, constancy is completely essential. Without constancy, we create unnecessary trouble and we also delay our success in life; and along the way, we cause headaches and heartaches to ourselves and others, too.
These things happen when we lack constancy:
1. People find it hard to rely on us.
2. People have difficulty trusting us.
3. People get impatient with us.
4. People stop talking to us.
5. People feel resentful towards us.
6. People become disappointed at us.
7. People distance themselves from us.
These are a few of the the myriad of things that can happen when we lack constancy. Being frequently late to work, to school, or to a doctor's appointment shows inconstancy. It is easier to recognize lack of constancy in others than it is to recognize it in us. We must look deep within ourselves and find the areas where we are being inconstant and commit to getting better at them.
There is chronic inconstancy and average inconstancy. The more inconstant we are, the less successful we become in our pursuits, relationships, and life overall. The good news is that there's always room for improvement as long as we are open to it.
Lack of constancy also gets in the way of our growth in business and in life. If we constantly change our beliefs, our way of thinking, and our decision-making, we will experience more instability and failure than success. However, it doesn't have to be that way, we can learn to change as soon as we decide to. #BestAdvice
Everything good in life requires time and effort. Nothing works magically like the fairy tales that we've been exposed to since our childhood. We have to stop believing that things will work out on their own for our sake. We need to take action to gain and maintain constancy for no one else will do it for us.
Constancy determines much of our success in life. On the other hand, if we frequently make promises and don't deliver on them, we will make others sad, upset, or disappointed to the point that we will lose their trust.
Often times, we recognize how damaging this bad habit is until we find ourselves lonely or stuck in life. We can't live a life of constancy if we don't do anything about it.
How constant are you in your life? Please share in the comments section below.
Other posts by Ivette K. Caballero
12 Habits to Finish 2015 Strong and Begin 2016 Stronger
3 Major Things to Never Forget During Failure
The Power of the Words You Speak
A Few Reasons Why We Can't Change People
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Head Sales & Marketing at Polyplex, Thailand
9 年well said and quite true..
It's a meta-habit, the mother of all habits, for sure! Is there a difference between promises to others and those we make to ourselves? (And what about people who are ALWAYS late and who NEVER keep their commitments? Is that inconstancy... or constancy on the other side of inconstancy?)
Homo sum humani a me nihil alienum puto.
9 年It's funny. I recently gave thought to why we have been so relatively successful, given that we often blow off conventional wisdom and fail to abide by what "everybody" knows. A major factor was, indeed, constancy - keeping commitments and taking the long view. It's most easily illustrated by home ownership. We bought a house and kept it for decades. Buying it with value in mind, we enjoyed 5.8% appreciation (compounded) over many years, when 3.2% was typical. By holding onto the house so long we avoided transactional costs and locked in a very good return.
WFP Contracts Supervisor at UCHL
9 年I have learnt a lot from your post Ivette K. Caballero. Happy Holidays
Senior Client Management Consultant | Wealth Client Service at CAPTRUST
9 年Well said!!!