We can become overwhelmed with everything that we want in order to be successful. Do you know how an ant eats an elephant? – one bite at a time. If you are wondering how you can possibly make the transformation from where you are to where you want to be, rest assured there is a way. As success is a journey, you need only to take one step consistently. If you took a small step toward self improvement every day, even in some small way, you will make remarkable progress. Therefore, making a commitment to daily improvement is a bite-sized way to ensure lasting success.
Acquiring the Discipline for Consistent Change
Recognize that if we are not growing, we are dying. If we are not climbing, we are sliding. In an example of a bank account, if it’s not growing, then it is shrinking. It won’t maintain the same balance because monthly fees and inflation will keep taking away from it. How about our health? If we just stopped investing in our health and rested, would our health improve or decline? Decline of course, because we need to keep our bodies fueled with exercise and good food. As for business relationships, they are either getting stronger, or they are getting weaker. Customer relations that are not nurtured lose their positioning over time.
How do you ensure forward motion on all your roles and goals? By deciding to make a commitment to consistent improvement, that’s how.
CANI – Constant And Never-ending Improvement
If you take action to improve something, you benefit for a short time. For example, if you nurture a personal relationship with a night or weekend away, fun activities and romance, you will improve the relationship temporarily. Over time, the status of the relationship will slide. If you contribute to the bank account, you will make a change that one time. What gives us lasting success in our lives, is consistent improvement.
This article was inspired by Tony Robbins, and dedicated to two friends, Karen and Tim, on a constant journey of personal development.