LAW 5 — CHAPTER 5: The Law of Consistency
Motivation Gets You Going – Discipline Keeps You Going
LEARN IT
“Growth Is Not An Event”
I. How To Grow In Consistency
A. Do you know what you need to improve:
1. The previous chapter on “Reflection” should help clarify this
2. “The successful person has the habit of doing the things that failures don’t like to do. The successful person doesn’t like to do them either, but his dislike is subordinated to the strength of his purpose.”
– E. M. Gray
3. Have the participants reflect for a few moments on their own change needs
B. Do you know how you are supposed to improve?
1. To grow most people need knowledge, experience, and coaching.
2. Match your motivation to your personality
If you are certified to use any of the many personality profiles, this would be the place to begin exploring the use of these.
3. Not everyone has the same personality strengths
4. Start with the Simple Stuff
5. Small disciplines repeated with consistency everyday lead to great achievements gained slowly over time.
6. “Discipline” is really a muscle to be developed.
7. Be Patient
a. Don’t use the excuse of “failing” for losing discipline.
b. Practicing discipline will grow consistency.
c. Remember, you will miss 100 percent of the goals you never set.
8. Value the Process
a. In our “instant access” world, “process” is the victim.
b. You are exactly where you should be given all that you have done to get here – so the real question is, what habits do you need to change over time to make the difference?
c. Daily goals will pave the path to direction change, which will construct the road to total life change.
C. Do You Know Why You Want To Keep Improving?
1. This is the question of your own motives and life purpose
2. Take “The why Test”
a. Do you constantly procrastinate on important tasks?
b. Do you require coaxing to do small chores?
c. Do you perform duties just to get by?
d. Do you constantly talk negatively about your work?
e. Do efforts of friends to encourage you irritate you instead?
f. Do you start projects and abandon them?
g. Do you avoid self-improvement opportunities?
3. Has “quitting” become a habit?
a. Do you want to play “Chopsticks” or conduct an orchestra in your own life?
4. Even the small “right choices” over time become big victories.
D. Do You Know When You Are supposed To Improve?
1. Look at your watch: When does “someday” strike?
2. Life change must occur daily
3. Ask the participants to reflect for a few moments on two habits they need to change today.
LIVE IT
“Defining Growth As An Amazing Process”
I. Maybe It’s Time To Stop Setting Goals
Discuss the difference between being goal oriented and growth oriented: Your potential is not an event, goal or product. Your potential is a constant journey of discovery, growth, and insight.
III. Constantly Productive
A. John points out that even the greatest composers didn’t wait for inspiration
B. “Waiting” is often merely the excuse we use for not producing. But being consistent is the answer for productivity.
Goal Consciousness Growth Consciousness
Focuses on a destination –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Focuses on the journey
Motivates you and others ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Mature you and others
Seasonal –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Lifelong
Challenges you –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Changes you
Stops with the goal is reached –––––––––––––––––––––––– Keeps growing beyond the goal
Waits for growth to come – –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Takes responsibility to grow
Learns only from mistakes ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Learns before mistakes
Depends on good luck ––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– Relies on hard work
LEAD IT
“When you live this law, you will show others the way and they empower them to learn it and live it too.”
IV. Applying the Law of Consistency to your Life
Facilitation Questions Options
OVERCOME GROWING PAINS
(Specific Steps to Amazing Growth)
• Align your methods of motivation with your personality. Find one of the excellent methods for personality profiling.
• Remember, consistency is a muscle to be exercised. Do it daily.
• Seek as many “whys” as you can for motivation. Recall immediate benefits and long-term outcomes for your activities.
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