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Consistency shapes your identity
Consistency helps turn habits into a part of your identity.
If you're consistent, whatever you’re doing goes from being an item on your to-do list to a part of who you are. This relates to the formation of identity-based habits.
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The myth of Superhuman discipline
The truth is that almost nobody has superhuman discipline.
The discipline to do something on a consistent basis is a learned skill. It’s a lifelong work in progress that that requires constant iteration and experimentation.
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Consistency creates momentum
Momentum is based on the idea that an object in motion stays in motion.
- It’s more effective to write 200 words every day than it is to write 1000 words once a week
- We’re better off practicing an instrument for 15 minutes every day than we are an ho...
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Consistency increases your willpower
Having something that you do every single day actually reduces decision fatigue and increases your willpower.
For example, if you eat the same breakfast every day, you will not waste your willpower figuring out what you want to eat for breakfast.
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Consistency amplifies skill level
With consistency, we move from a place of conscious incompetence to unconscious competence.
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Inconsistency and confidence
Doing a little consistently is always going to be more effective than doing a lot but inconsistently.
Inconsistency will most likely kill your confidence and your ability to succeed in a creative career or any creative endeavor.
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The power of consistency
... is profound and underrated. Little things done repeatedly lead to big changes in our lives.
If you can learn to do something consistently, you'll believe that you’re completely capable of changing your behavior.
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Outcomes are about what you get. Processes are about what you do. Identity is about what you believe.
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Habits Shape Your Identity
Your actions define who you are. Our habits are a reflection of our identity. The more we repeat a behavior, the more we reinforce the identity associated with that behavior.
For example: if you make your bed every day, you are reinforcing the identity of someone who is...
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