Consistency. Consistency. Consistency.

Happy 2024, friends.

My goal this year is theoretically simple; and in case the title of this post didn’t give it away, it’s consistency.

But!

No matter how simple consistency is in theory, it's doubly or triply as difficult in practice. Everyone wants to be consistent when it comes to the good habits in their life but how many people fall off the proverbial wagon shortly after it leaves the station?

It's gotta be...like...99%.

Be that as it may, consistency is my goal and I'm sticking to it.

So, what does consistency mean with respect to my professional life?

It means two things:

1. Post 2x a week on LinkedIn

2. Write a blog a month for my employer

3. Produce 1 newsletter a week

That's it.

My personal experience with goal-setting is that the goal(s) need to be realistic. LinkedIn posting, blog writing, and sending newsletters are three things I do intermittently, but not consistently. I’ve created a weekly template to ensure consistency is achieved and maintained for the next three-hundred-and-sixty-some-odd days.

Here is more personal experience for ya!

My understanding of consistency is that even a one-degree (minimal) change in the right direction, done for extended periods of time, lands you miles ahead of where you were when you initially set your goal.

At one month, the one-degree change seems insignificant. At one year, it's noticeable. At two years, it's obvious. At 10 years, that one-degree change makes you a different human being.

Current Andrew after one year:

• 48 LinkedIn posts a year (x4 per month)

• 4 blogs a year

• 25 newsletters

Consistent Andrew after one year:

• 96 LinkedIn posts a year (x8 per month)

• 12 blogs a year

• 52 newsletters

That's double the LinkedIn posts and newsletters and triple the blogs. Not a bad increase, eh?

Imagine those numbers with some compound interest (more years added).

You get the point.

There's not much more to say about this goal of mine. It's time to execute.

What I want to know is this: What is a goal that you've set AND stuck to in the past? 

It doesn't have to be a New Year's resolution or even related to your work life. I'm just curious to learn more about how you once set a goal and then went out there and did it.

All the best this year and beyond.

Cheers,
Andrew