3 Powerful Steps to Stay Consistent

How to stay consistent with your goals?

For me, 3 key ingredients are:
→    Your why
→    Your habits
→    Your progress

Let me share my LinkedIn journey with you.
Just to give you an example of consistency.
I’ll break it down into 4 steps.

1.    So, in September 2023 I said:
→    You know what, I wanna build a global wellbeing community

Which, for me, means:
→    Bringing as much value as possible based on my experience.
→    Doing it in my style — pretty authentic.

All this DAILY.

So, consistency is key.

On October 2, 2023, I posted my first content.

Now, let me tell you how I stay consistent through:
→    My why
→    My habits
→    My progress

2.    “My why”

So, my personal and professional why is this:
→    Building a more inclusive world by spreading wellbeing globally

To stay consistent, every time I need to post, I associate:
→    Posting (the thing I need to do)
with
→    My why
That association just motivates me.

It’s easier to be consistent when you associate:
→    What you need to do
with
→    Your why

3.    “My habits”
To stay consistent, I had to create a habit.
Which habit?
Simple — Every day at 5:00 AM, I write a post.
It’s the first thing I do each day.
After my morning routine, I spend 20-30 minutes writing my posts.
“Even on Sundays?”
Yep! Consistency doesn’t go on vacation.
But it’s not a problem when you associate it with your why, right? 🙂
So yes, to stay consistent, habits give us a hand.
My advice?
Build a habit around what you need to do.

4.    “My progress”
Every day, I spend 5 minutes reflecting on my progress.
Well, actually, I don’t “reflect.”
I just talk out loud to myself.
I simply try to extrapolate some daily lessons.
This “acknowledgment of my progress” helps me stay motivated.
And it helps me improve daily too — I hope 🙂

Now your question is:
→    “Do you track your progress, Matty?”

Um, actually, no — not right now.
But it’s something I did in the first few months.
In the beginning, I used to track almost everything.
And on Sundays, I used to look back and see my progress.
Seeing my progress kept me motivated.
Now, I just talk to myself out loud.
But if I had to give you advice, I’d say track your progress.

So, to recap, to stay consistent:
→    Align what you need to do with your why
→    Create a habit around what you need to do
→    Track your progress or at least be aware of it (ideally daily).