relentless consistency

I listen to a ton of podcasts and all the guys I listen to are typically men of faith who are extremely high performers and great leaders. A common theme that I hear all of them talk about is relentless consistency. Relentless consistency is a huge reason why all those guys have made it to where they are today. 

I strive to be like those dudes. I know that my identity and happiness isn't wrapped up in another person like that, but if I can take away things that they say and ways they live I know I will be a much better person. 

If you know me, I don't know if I would completely call myself a high performer at this stage in my life. But I do know that I am relentlessly consistent. 

All my life, everything that I have ever accomplished has been because of my values and identity. One of those being my relentless consistency. I was never the most skilled basketball player, I was never the most gifted athletically, I was never the best student. But I became a college basketball player, had a successful career on amazing teams and I also graduated with two degrees. Why? 

I knew that in order to accomplish those goals, I had to grind everyday. No matter how sore or tired I was, whether or not we were on vacation, how much I worked etc. I had to get after it daily.

Same goes with my running, I know I talk about it all the time in my posts but running is such a great example of what our lives are like. I have relentless consistency when it comes to running. If I was asked what you need to do in order to become a better runner, I would tell you to be consistent. Do it daily! Listen to your body, but do it daily. I believe our bodies adapt and evolve when the environments that we place them in. 

My body last year at this time was used to 10-15 miles/week of running. Nothing crazy, but about 10-15 miles more than what it was at the beginning of 2020. Now my body is used to 35-40 miles/week. I feel great! I am probably close to being in the best shape of my life. I adapted and evolved because of relentless consistency. In the last 11 months there have been no more than 5 days where I haven't ran my daily goal of 5-6 miles. 2 of those days were due to traveling, and the other three I had hurt my hip and needed to switch to biking. 

I know when September 18th arrives, and I run my marathon, I am going to crush it because of my relentless consistency. 

This doesn't just relate to physical activity. I want to be consistent in who I am at work. I write hand written thank you notes, I send follow up emails to tell people I appreciate how they help me, I am going to do the things that might seem a little boring because I know this consistency will help me grow so much! 

Most importantly, having relentless consistency in what I do daily to grow closer to Jesus is everything. Reading my bible, praying, journaling, etc. I need to be consistent with those things or I will never grow. 

Guys, I am not perfect, I sin, I don't do all these things perfect everyday other than running. There are days where I will send an email rather than writing a hand written card. There are days where I won't pray as much as I should. There are days were I prioritize everything before reading my bible. I need help and I am not perfect. Just like the rest of you! 

If you took away one thing, I hope you were inspired to be consistent in all you do. Keep doing what you do daily in order to accomplish your goals and I promise it'll change your life. Without consistency, I don't even know what type of person I would be. It's kind of funny, about every time I see my sister-in-law, she always asks my wife..."how is he even human?"... and to me that's a greater compliment than anything because it's wrapped up in who I am, not what I do. 

Relentless consistency is everything.