I speed-read my way through a few books recently, The Compound Effect for one, Atomic Habits another, among others, and I was struck by the common thread.
Consistency.
Small habits.
Incremental steps.
Compound effect.
It’s all the same thing.
I think about my own experience. I’m a musician for one.
So I have to practice. (Consistency)
I break down new pieces into sections and then continue on to the next part. (Small steps)
Eventually, I connect these sections and I have a finished piece. (Compounding effects)
Then I think about my exercise routines.
I want to run 100 miles a month.
Every day I have to run 5 miles. (Consistency and small steps)
Eventually, I have run 100 miles. (Compounding effects)
So what does this mean?
That we have the basic components to success already.
We all learned to walk. We all learned to read and we used these exact same steps.
So when do we forget? When do we lose sight of the fact these steps are the steps?
Maybe even more importantly, if we have an intimate knowledge of these steps, because we do, how do we remember them?
Maybe at the end of the day, it’s about one step…and then another…and another, until…
Well, that’s the fun of it, right?