December 13, 2024 • 14 mins
As the new year approaches, I find myself reflecting on the significance of consistency and discipline in achieving both personal and long-term goals. I’ve realized that while motivation and detailed planning are essential, maintaining steady progress through small, consistent steps is crucial for building momentum and avoiding burnout. For me, discipline helps sustain my efforts when my initial enthusiasm fades, fostering healthy habits and routines by reducing decision fatigue and creating automatic behaviors.
For example, I might wear the same clothes daily to eliminate trivial decisions, much like how medical professionals wear scrubs. This structured approach allows me to focus more on important tasks and view failures as opportunities for growth rather than setbacks.
In fields like engineering and robotics, I’ve noticed that failure is an integral part of the iterative process of testing and improving designs. This reinforces my disciplined and persistent mindset. To achieve my goals, I find it helpful to set clear, measurable objectives, create implementation schedules, track my progress, and share my goals with others for accountability. Reflecting on motivations, like health and longevity, inspires me to persevere.
Ultimately, I liken achieving success to planting seeds that require time and effort to nurture before they bear fruit. This underscores the importance of dedication and consistency over perfection.
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Tim (00:00):
Hey, and welcome back to another episode.
(00:01):
I hope everyone is having a great month and a great week and a great year.
You know, as we approach the the Christmas season and the New Year season, we always have done
an episode about goals and planning and why it's important and how to set goals and all that stuff.
And I I wanna do the same thing again this year because I still think it's incredibly important to do that.
(00:24):
However, I'm gonna take a slightly different approach to it than I have in the past.
Because I already know that starting in September, you've already started looking at your quarter
one goals for January, February, March.
And you've already looked at your annual goals and how your quarterly goals will fit into your annual goals.
(00:45):
So we're not gonna get into all that.
But we we are gonna talk about today is about why consistency and discipline are incredibly
important for you to be able to achieve your goals next year and how executing plans are great,
but they're gonna come with obstacles.
They're gonna come with setbacks.
(01:05):
You're gonna go into seasons where things aren't really working so well for you.
And so in this episode, we're gonna talk about goal planning and why consistency and discipline
trumps your motivation any day of the week and why it's more important than setting a very robust plan.
(01:28):
This is Tim Staton with Tim stating the obvious.
What is this podcast about? It's simple.
You are entitled to great leadership everywhere you go, whether it's a church, whether it's
to work, whether it's at your house, you are entitled to great leadership.
And so in this podcast, cast, we take leadership principles and theories and turn them into
(01:48):
everyday relatable and usable advice. And a
Disclaimer (01:51):
quick disclaimer. The show process or service by trademark, trademark manufacturer, otherwise,
does not necessarily constitute and reply.
Indorespent anyone that I employed by or favors in the representation.
The views are expressed here in my show are my own expressed and do not
Tim (02:14):
after the right things to achieve success as I have defined them or you have defined them with
your goals and your goal planning and everything else?
So when you make consistent gains and you are disciplined doing the things even when you don't
want to do them, It helps you build momentum.
Consistency creates small steady progress that compounds over time.
(02:37):
And each action that we do builds on the last one, making tasks easier and more manageable.
So think about climbing a ladder or you're on the stair step or at the gym. Right?
Each small step at a time builds towards success, builds toward builds towards climbing that
ladder one rung at a time.
And I'm reminded of the the the picture that you've probably seen on any type of social media
(03:02):
where there's, like, one guy climbing a small little mat ladder doing small consistent steps,
achieving his goals, and another guy trying to make large leaps on the ladder and not being consistent.
Well, that guy is gonna get burned out a lot quicker than the person who is making small consistent
strides every single day to get ahead.
He may not do it faster, but he's gonna be more apt to finish because he's not gonna get burned out along the way.
(03:28):
He's making small, consistent steps.
And discipline ensures that you show up even on days when motivation fails you.
And this is why, you know, I did an episode, a long time ago about the difference between discipline and motivation. Right?
So you may be super motivated right now to tackle your goals next year.
You're gonna say, I'm gonna get it.
I'm gonna knock my goals out of the park. 30 days in, maybe 40 5, you're gonna start to wane.
(03:53):
You're gonna start to lose motivation because you're not seeing the goals as quickly as you want to.
And this is where discipline shows up.
This is where delayed gratification takes place.
And if you're not teaching anybody else, delay gratification, teach yourself that.
Because when you delay gratification and you're consistent and you're disciplined, your reward is greater.
(04:15):
So discipline means I'm showing up every day ready to go like it's my last day. I am here. I am in it. I'm doing it.
And that helps you be more consistent as well.
The second thing that consistency and discipline does for us over time is it helps us develop healthy habits and routines.
(04:35):
So repeated actions lead to a habit.
And a habit shapes our future.
If you wanna know what you are today, people can tell by what you've done in the past.
There's nothing that you can do today to change who you are right now in the moment.
The change happens what you're doing right now in the moment for the future, not today.
(04:57):
So if your goal is to lose weight like majority of the people's, goals are going into next year,
well, you have to start now with proper nutrition and exercise.
And you have to be consistent with it.
And you have to be disciplined.
You have to do it every single day.
If your goal is to get into working out, you might say, I'm gonna walk every day for 30 minutes
(05:19):
no matter what, or I'm gonna get 10,000 steps in every day no matter what.
That is helping you develop a habit and a routine getting into fitness.
So your your schedule may be so busy.
So you might say to yourself, the only way that I can do this is that if I get up at 4:30 or
5 o'clock in the morning, walk for 30 minutes to an hour, get in my 5,000 steps in the morning.
(05:43):
Then in the evening, do another 30 minutes and walk and get another 5,000 steps until I hit 10,000.
And you're going to find out.
You're going to adjust your schedule in order to be consistent to develop a routine.
And when you do that over time, it becomes a rhythm.
It becomes a life rhythm that you just build into your day, and you do it because you're on autopilot. It becomes a routine. Consistency and discipline.
(06:08):
Getting up and doing it even when you don't wanna do it.
The third thing that it does is it helps reduce decision fatigue. Right?
When you have a disciplined approach to things, you eliminate the need to constantly decide
whether or not you're going to act.
And I want you to think about that statement for a minute.
Whether to decide or not, whether to act or not is a choice.
(06:28):
But when you have a disciplined approach and you've developed your routine and you developed
your habits, there's no need to decide because you've already decided.
I'm going to do this.
It's built into my schedule. I'm consistent. I'm disciplined.
I'm going going to do it even when I don't wanna do it because now it's a part of my routine.
If I don't do this thing, my day is going to be off.
(06:50):
My day is going to feel weird because I'm not doing the things that I normally do.
And if you tell yourself, well, I'm not a routine person.
Well, Well, I might tell you, you're routined in your unroutineness.
Just think about what you do every single day.
I guarantee you, you do it the exact same way, the exact same order, the exact same every single day.
Because even if you think you don't, you are.
And then when you pay attention to it, you're gonna be realize you're more routined than you think you are.
(07:14):
You've just been lying to yourself and convincing yourself that you're more routined when you're really not.
And then when you add in that consistency, it automates your commitments, freeing up your mental
energy on more critical matter. Right?
So if I have a habit and it's one thing that I just started to implement because I don't want
to make unnecessary difficult decisions, one thing is knowing what to wear.
(07:37):
So I'm used to wearing a uniform for the last 20 years every day I go to work.
Soon, I am not gonna be putting on a uniform when I go to work every single day.
And I'm gonna have to decide what am I gonna wear. My options are unlimited.
I could wear pretty much whatever I want in a professional setting. Right?
So I decided right now, I have 10 black t shirts.
I am going to wear black t shirts every single day because it eliminates what am I going to wear.
(08:02):
I'm probably gonna wear a black shoe or a brown shoe.
If I don't wear a black shirt, I'm gonna wear a white shirt. Why? Because it eliminates fatigue.
And know what I'm already gonna do.
I can free up my decisions on other things.
That's why, you know, nurses in the hospital and doctors in the hospital, what do they wear? They wear scrubs.
They don't have to worry about what am I gonna wear?
(08:22):
Am I gonna look nice?
Am I gonna look this? No.
You wear blue or whatever color scrub on Tim that you're on.
You do your hair, your makeup, or you just put put on a little bit of cologne, you put on your
watch, and you walk to work.
You you're not using mental energy on what am I gonna wear.
You're not gonna make unnecessary decisions because it becomes a habit, a routine. I'm doing it anyway.
And the 4th thing that it allows us to do is overcome our obstacles and setbacks.
(08:48):
Discipline keeps you on track when challenges arise.
And consistently and consistency ensures that even when you face failures, you maintain forward
momentum instead of starting over.
And I want you to think about how this is going to take place in a mental mind shift, like,
almost a paradigm shift in your mind, where failures become stepping stones when discipline
(09:11):
helps you persist in that.
It's for the long game that matters, not perfection.
And I'm reminded of this when my son did his, like, 1st Lego League, championship thing with, like, robotics.
He had some type of competition and everyone's building these robots.
And they had a practice room.
And they they were working on building this robot and programming this robot for like 2 months,
(09:32):
then they test it out.
Then they have a practice room.
So you when you test it out in the competition, you don't do as well as you think you can.
You go to the practice room and reprogram and remodel and redo and refake and and make modification and fixes. Why?
Because in robotics and in engineering, it's engineering, it's about failing fast and having
a model to start with that work and get you to the next step.
So I need to move forward an inch on a robot.
So I'm gonna build a robot. Does it move forward?
(09:57):
Yes. Okay. Did it move forward 1 inch? Yes. Okay. Great.
I need to move a robot that can move forward 1 inch and raise its arm up.
Did does it do that? Yes.
It moves our it moves forward, but it doesn't move up. Well, how far up?
Like, a quarter of an inch. Okay.
So we need to figure out what it is and and adjust it.
The quicker you get to failure to find out, can I do this thing? No. Okay.
What do I need to do to fix it?
(10:17):
What do I need to do to get back to it?
And then you do Staton.
And it helps you overcome those obstacles.
It helps you keep your mindset on the long run instead of the short term.
And the 5th thing that helps us do is shape our identity.
It helps us maintain who we are.
When you consistently work towards your goals, you begin to see yourself as someone who is a follow through.
(10:39):
Someone who gets things done.
And discipline reinforces this self perception of yourself fostering more confidence and you become more resilient.
Because, you know, even if I do fail, I'm still gonna overcome it.
I'm still gonna get better.
I'm still gonna do better.
I am a confident and persistent person, and we're gonna get this done.
And that's how it helps shape your identity, when you consistently get after the things that you wanna do.
(11:01):
And I don't know about you, but me, I love to be around people who have follow through, who
are consistent, and get things done.
I love to be around people who even though they might have a temporary setback, they say, hey. Don't worry. I got it.
We're gonna figure this out. We're gonna move forward.
When when we think about consistency, discipline, and our goals this year, I really want you
(11:21):
to put these 5 principles in action.
I want you to really think about these things.
And and here's a practical tip to help you stay consistent, to help you stay disciplined.
The first thing is we gotta set clear goals.
We've talked about this before. Set smarter goals. Make sure they're measurable. Make sure they're actionable.
Make sure you can actually do them. Create a schedule.
(11:42):
When are you gonna do it?
How are you gonna implement this into your time frame?
How are you gonna implement this into your day?
What three things are you gonna do every single day that gets you after your 3 weekly goals,
which gets after your 3 quarterly, monthly goals, 3 quarterly goals, and so on and so on. Track your progress.
How how are you gonna track it? Is it a checklist? Is it a whiteboard?
You gotta have some type of tracking mechanism in order to make sure you're being consistent and disciplined. Accountable.
(12:07):
Share your goals with other people and have them share share their goals with you. And say, hey.
If I'm doing things that aren't congruent with what I'm saying I'm doing, please help me. Challenge me.
Hold me accountable to do the things that I say I'm gonna do.
If I'm trying to blow off something because I don't wanna do it, remind that person, hey.
Remember you said you wanted to do this.
You said you wanted me to hold you accountable.
You're being undisciplined right now.
(12:28):
You need to be more disciplined.
You need to get back at it.
You need to be consistent.
And then you need to focus on your why.
Why did you do the thing that you say you were gonna do to begin with?
If it's a health and fitness journey, maybe you just wanna be more healthy so you can live longer
to see your great grandkids or your grandkids, or maybe you could see your kid kid graduate college.
You know, I wanna see my great grandchildren graduate college.
(12:48):
That's how old I wanna live as long as I'm of value and of purpose to people. Right?
So I wanna be as healthy as I can so I could see my great grandchildren graduate from college.
So I I just wanna let that marinate.
Think about why you started.
Think about becoming the person that you say you're going to be this year with focusing on consistency and discipline.
(13:11):
And I just wanna leave this final thought.
Consistency and discipline are like planting seeds.
You have to plant them in fertile soil.
It's not gonna grow overnight.
You gotta get rid of all the weeds and all the things that are gonna get in the way in order
to stifle that seed from growing.
You're gonna have to water it.
You're gonna have to nurture it, and then it bloom. It's gonna take time. It's gonna take dedication.
(13:36):
It's not gonna happen overnight.
But once you start to see the first sprout, once you start to see the first fruits of your labor,
and you're seeing how consistency and discipline is gonna get you to where you need to go, everything
else is gonna fall into place.
So just wanna leave with that final thought.
As always, thank you for stopping by and listening to this episode.
(13:56):
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(14:18):
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Again, thanks for stopping by. I'm Tim Stain. Stay with the obvious.
Hey, and welcome back to another episode.
(00:01):
I hope everyone is having a great month and a great week and a great year.
You know, as we approach the the Christmas season and the New Year season, we always have done
an episode about goals and planning and why it's important and how to set goals and all that stuff.
And I I wanna do the same thing again this year because I still think it's incredibly important to do that.
(00:24):
However, I'm gonna take a slightly different approach to it than I have in the past.
Because I already know that starting in September, you've already started looking at your quarter
one goals for January, February, March.
And you've already looked at your annual goals and how your quarterly goals will fit into your annual goals.
(00:45):
So we're not gonna get into all that.
But we we are gonna talk about today is about why consistency and discipline are incredibly
important for you to be able to achieve your goals next year and how executing plans are great,
but they're gonna come with obstacles.
They're gonna come with setbacks.
(01:05):
You're gonna go into seasons where things aren't really working so well for you.
And so in this episode, we're gonna talk about goal planning and why consistency and discipline
trumps your motivation any day of the week and why it's more important than setting a very robust plan.
(01:28):
This is Tim Staton with Tim stating the obvious.
What is this podcast about? It's simple.
You are entitled to great leadership everywhere you go, whether it's a church, whether it's
to work, whether it's at your house, you are entitled to great leadership.
And so in this podcast, cast, we take leadership principles and theories and turn them into
(01:48):
everyday relatable and usable advice. And a
Disclaimer (01:51):
quick disclaimer. The show process or service by trademark, trademark manufacturer, otherwise,
does not necessarily constitute and reply.
Indorespent anyone that I employed by or favors in the representation.
The views are expressed here in my show are my own expressed and do not
Tim (02:14):
after the right things to achieve success as I have defined them or you have defined them with
your goals and your goal planning and everything else?
So when you make consistent gains and you are disciplined doing the things even when you don't
want to do them, It helps you build momentum.
Consistency creates small steady progress that compounds over time.
(02:37):
And each action that we do builds on the last one, making tasks easier and more manageable.
So think about climbing a ladder or you're on the stair step or at the gym. Right?
Each small step at a time builds towards success, builds toward builds towards climbing that
ladder one rung at a time.
And I'm reminded of the the the picture that you've probably seen on any type of social media
(03:02):
where there's, like, one guy climbing a small little mat ladder doing small consistent steps,
achieving his goals, and another guy trying to make large leaps on the ladder and not being consistent.
Well, that guy is gonna get burned out a lot quicker than the person who is making small consistent
strides every single day to get ahead.
He may not do it faster, but he's gonna be more apt to finish because he's not gonna get burned out along the way.
(03:28):
He's making small, consistent steps.
And discipline ensures that you show up even on days when motivation fails you.
And this is why, you know, I did an episode, a long time ago about the difference between discipline and motivation. Right?
So you may be super motivated right now to tackle your goals next year.
You're gonna say, I'm gonna get it.
I'm gonna knock my goals out of the park. 30 days in, maybe 40 5, you're gonna start to wane.
(03:53):
You're gonna start to lose motivation because you're not seeing the goals as quickly as you want to.
And this is where discipline shows up.
This is where delayed gratification takes place.
And if you're not teaching anybody else, delay gratification, teach yourself that.
Because when you delay gratification and you're consistent and you're disciplined, your reward is greater.
(04:15):
So discipline means I'm showing up every day ready to go like it's my last day. I am here. I am in it. I'm doing it.
And that helps you be more consistent as well.
The second thing that consistency and discipline does for us over time is it helps us develop healthy habits and routines.
(04:35):
So repeated actions lead to a habit.
And a habit shapes our future.
If you wanna know what you are today, people can tell by what you've done in the past.
There's nothing that you can do today to change who you are right now in the moment.
The change happens what you're doing right now in the moment for the future, not today.
(04:57):
So if your goal is to lose weight like majority of the people's, goals are going into next year,
well, you have to start now with proper nutrition and exercise.
And you have to be consistent with it.
And you have to be disciplined.
You have to do it every single day.
If your goal is to get into working out, you might say, I'm gonna walk every day for 30 minutes
(05:19):
no matter what, or I'm gonna get 10,000 steps in every day no matter what.
That is helping you develop a habit and a routine getting into fitness.
So your your schedule may be so busy.
So you might say to yourself, the only way that I can do this is that if I get up at 4:30 or
5 o'clock in the morning, walk for 30 minutes to an hour, get in my 5,000 steps in the morning.
(05:43):
Then in the evening, do another 30 minutes and walk and get another 5,000 steps until I hit 10,000.
And you're going to find out.
You're going to adjust your schedule in order to be consistent to develop a routine.
And when you do that over time, it becomes a rhythm.
It becomes a life rhythm that you just build into your day, and you do it because you're on autopilot. It becomes a routine. Consistency and discipline.
(06:08):
Getting up and doing it even when you don't wanna do it.
The third thing that it does is it helps reduce decision fatigue. Right?
When you have a disciplined approach to things, you eliminate the need to constantly decide
whether or not you're going to act.
And I want you to think about that statement for a minute.
Whether to decide or not, whether to act or not is a choice.
(06:28):
But when you have a disciplined approach and you've developed your routine and you developed
your habits, there's no need to decide because you've already decided.
I'm going to do this.
It's built into my schedule. I'm consistent. I'm disciplined.
I'm going going to do it even when I don't wanna do it because now it's a part of my routine.
If I don't do this thing, my day is going to be off.
(06:50):
My day is going to feel weird because I'm not doing the things that I normally do.
And if you tell yourself, well, I'm not a routine person.
Well, Well, I might tell you, you're routined in your unroutineness.
Just think about what you do every single day.
I guarantee you, you do it the exact same way, the exact same order, the exact same every single day.
Because even if you think you don't, you are.
And then when you pay attention to it, you're gonna be realize you're more routined than you think you are.
(07:14):
You've just been lying to yourself and convincing yourself that you're more routined when you're really not.
And then when you add in that consistency, it automates your commitments, freeing up your mental
energy on more critical matter. Right?
So if I have a habit and it's one thing that I just started to implement because I don't want
to make unnecessary difficult decisions, one thing is knowing what to wear.
(07:37):
So I'm used to wearing a uniform for the last 20 years every day I go to work.
Soon, I am not gonna be putting on a uniform when I go to work every single day.
And I'm gonna have to decide what am I gonna wear. My options are unlimited.
I could wear pretty much whatever I want in a professional setting. Right?
So I decided right now, I have 10 black t shirts.
I am going to wear black t shirts every single day because it eliminates what am I going to wear.
(08:02):
I'm probably gonna wear a black shoe or a brown shoe.
If I don't wear a black shirt, I'm gonna wear a white shirt. Why? Because it eliminates fatigue.
And know what I'm already gonna do.
I can free up my decisions on other things.
That's why, you know, nurses in the hospital and doctors in the hospital, what do they wear? They wear scrubs.
They don't have to worry about what am I gonna wear?
(08:22):
Am I gonna look nice?
Am I gonna look this? No.
You wear blue or whatever color scrub on Tim that you're on.
You do your hair, your makeup, or you just put put on a little bit of cologne, you put on your
watch, and you walk to work.
You you're not using mental energy on what am I gonna wear.
You're not gonna make unnecessary decisions because it becomes a habit, a routine. I'm doing it anyway.
And the 4th thing that it allows us to do is overcome our obstacles and setbacks.
(08:48):
Discipline keeps you on track when challenges arise.
And consistently and consistency ensures that even when you face failures, you maintain forward
momentum instead of starting over.
And I want you to think about how this is going to take place in a mental mind shift, like,
almost a paradigm shift in your mind, where failures become stepping stones when discipline
(09:11):
helps you persist in that.
It's for the long game that matters, not perfection.
And I'm reminded of this when my son did his, like, 1st Lego League, championship thing with, like, robotics.
He had some type of competition and everyone's building these robots.
And they had a practice room.
And they they were working on building this robot and programming this robot for like 2 months,
(09:32):
then they test it out.
Then they have a practice room.
So you when you test it out in the competition, you don't do as well as you think you can.
You go to the practice room and reprogram and remodel and redo and refake and and make modification and fixes. Why?
Because in robotics and in engineering, it's engineering, it's about failing fast and having
a model to start with that work and get you to the next step.
So I need to move forward an inch on a robot.
So I'm gonna build a robot. Does it move forward?
(09:57):
Yes. Okay. Did it move forward 1 inch? Yes. Okay. Great.
I need to move a robot that can move forward 1 inch and raise its arm up.
Did does it do that? Yes.
It moves our it moves forward, but it doesn't move up. Well, how far up?
Like, a quarter of an inch. Okay.
So we need to figure out what it is and and adjust it.
The quicker you get to failure to find out, can I do this thing? No. Okay.
What do I need to do to fix it?
(10:17):
What do I need to do to get back to it?
And then you do Staton.
And it helps you overcome those obstacles.
It helps you keep your mindset on the long run instead of the short term.
And the 5th thing that helps us do is shape our identity.
It helps us maintain who we are.
When you consistently work towards your goals, you begin to see yourself as someone who is a follow through.
(10:39):
Someone who gets things done.
And discipline reinforces this self perception of yourself fostering more confidence and you become more resilient.
Because, you know, even if I do fail, I'm still gonna overcome it.
I'm still gonna get better.
I'm still gonna do better.
I am a confident and persistent person, and we're gonna get this done.
And that's how it helps shape your identity, when you consistently get after the things that you wanna do.
(11:01):
And I don't know about you, but me, I love to be around people who have follow through, who
are consistent, and get things done.
I love to be around people who even though they might have a temporary setback, they say, hey. Don't worry. I got it.
We're gonna figure this out. We're gonna move forward.
When when we think about consistency, discipline, and our goals this year, I really want you
(11:21):
to put these 5 principles in action.
I want you to really think about these things.
And and here's a practical tip to help you stay consistent, to help you stay disciplined.
The first thing is we gotta set clear goals.
We've talked about this before. Set smarter goals. Make sure they're measurable. Make sure they're actionable.
Make sure you can actually do them. Create a schedule.
(11:42):
When are you gonna do it?
How are you gonna implement this into your time frame?
How are you gonna implement this into your day?
What three things are you gonna do every single day that gets you after your 3 weekly goals,
which gets after your 3 quarterly, monthly goals, 3 quarterly goals, and so on and so on. Track your progress.
How how are you gonna track it? Is it a checklist? Is it a whiteboard?
You gotta have some type of tracking mechanism in order to make sure you're being consistent and disciplined. Accountable.
(12:07):
Share your goals with other people and have them share share their goals with you. And say, hey.
If I'm doing things that aren't congruent with what I'm saying I'm doing, please help me. Challenge me.
Hold me accountable to do the things that I say I'm gonna do.
If I'm trying to blow off something because I don't wanna do it, remind that person, hey.
Remember you said you wanted to do this.
You said you wanted me to hold you accountable.
You're being undisciplined right now.
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You need to be more disciplined.
You need to get back at it.
You need to be consistent.
And then you need to focus on your why.
Why did you do the thing that you say you were gonna do to begin with?
If it's a health and fitness journey, maybe you just wanna be more healthy so you can live longer
to see your great grandkids or your grandkids, or maybe you could see your kid kid graduate college.
You know, I wanna see my great grandchildren graduate college.
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That's how old I wanna live as long as I'm of value and of purpose to people. Right?
So I wanna be as healthy as I can so I could see my great grandchildren graduate from college.
So I I just wanna let that marinate.
Think about why you started.
Think about becoming the person that you say you're going to be this year with focusing on consistency and discipline.
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And I just wanna leave this final thought.
Consistency and discipline are like planting seeds.
You have to plant them in fertile soil.
It's not gonna grow overnight.
You gotta get rid of all the weeds and all the things that are gonna get in the way in order
to stifle that seed from growing.
You're gonna have to water it.
You're gonna have to nurture it, and then it bloom. It's gonna take time. It's gonna take dedication.
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It's not gonna happen overnight.
But once you start to see the first sprout, once you start to see the first fruits of your labor,
and you're seeing how consistency and discipline is gonna get you to where you need to go, everything
else is gonna fall into place.
So just wanna leave with that final thought.
As always, thank you for stopping by and listening to this episode.
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I really hope that you enjoyed it.
Before we go, I'd like to ask a favor of you if I could.
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hit all the bells, the icons, and the whistles so that way you know when we post another episode.
I don't wanna waste your time.
If you got some value out of this episode, please leave a review or a comment so we can help
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spread the show with people who might not have found our show but are interested in the topics that we talk about.
Again, thanks for stopping by. I'm Tim Stain. Stay with the obvious.
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