consistency isn’t key
the idea that consistency in output is paramount to success is the illegitimate child of capitalism and I’ve had enough of it
consistency isn’t key
I have found it useful to make the distinction between consistency in my own process and consistency in my output. Sometimes, I need both. Sometimes, I need one and not the other. Sometimes, I have to let them both go.
The word “sometimes,” in itself, implies inconsistency. I think the key for me is to operate with intention: To ensure that my... See more
The word “sometimes,” in itself, implies inconsistency. I think the key for me is to operate with intention: To ensure that my... See more
Consistency is overrated
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Some weeks will be full of words, others full of friendship or rest. There will be stretches of energy and stretches of stillness. Nature doesn’t bloom all year round, so why should we?
Nature doesn’t bloom all year, so why should we?
Turns out, steady output just isn’t how I work. I move in cycles. There are weeks when I’m unstoppable and weeks when I need to step back and take a breath. I used to treat that rhythm like a personal flaw. I thought worth was measured by how reliably you showed up, not by the energy or perspective you brought when you did.
Someone said it!
Commitment. Not consistency.
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The problem is that consistency is fragile.
It can shatter the moment life throws you a curveball.
When your kid gets sick. When your project deadline gets moved up. When you're exhausted and need a break from life and work.
Commitment is more difficult to break.
Commitment is about your mission rather than your method. When you're committed to... See more
It can shatter the moment life throws you a curveball.
When your kid gets sick. When your project deadline gets moved up. When you're exhausted and need a break from life and work.
Commitment is more difficult to break.
Commitment is about your mission rather than your method. When you're committed to... See more
I think part of the reason why people don’t see conviction and commitment on the same level is because the are no metrics to measure the first and there is an entire economy build on the second.
One of my favorite sayings is a remark attributed to Gandhi, a man who, to me, exemplified the full power of integrity. “I do not concern myself with being consistent,” he was supposed to have said. “I only concern myself with being consistent with the truth as it reveals itself to me.”
David Falkner • Russell Rules: 11 Lessons on Leadership from the Twentieth Century's Greatest Winner
‘consistency is key on substack’ okay but i’d much rather read essays of people who got suddenly so inspired that they wrote everything in one go, than those essays who are posted weekly called ‘how to be an it girl'.
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