#1729 - Being Consistent Isn't Enough…

I guess it's a foam cover-up of his mic , as he does sometimes when he's testing his mic , and it always makes me laugh . Foam cover up of his mic , as he does sometimes when he's testing his mic , and it always makes me laugh . Today for episode number 1729 , being consistent isn't enough .

I , alan and I were having a conversation before this episode and I said why do you think it is like I'm ? I can think of 20 people off the top of my head that are super consistent . They never miss , they're always doing the stuff that they're supposed to be doing , but it doesn't seem like they're making any progress . Why do you think that is ?

And he said I don't know . Well , he didn't say I don't know . He said why do you think it is ? And I said because I don't think they're actually focused on improvement . I think they're focused on output . Checking the box , checking the box , so like podcast episode done . I remember one time I went on a podcast that had as many episodes as we have .

I know in Like , you guys must be learning so much all the time and it was like no , I think they're probably just checking the box . Okay , whatever , that's their prerogative , that's up to them . That's not the way I want to do it , but them being consistent just

isn't enough . Consistency plus improvement is the key , and that's what I said to Alan . I said I just don't think . I don't think they're as focused on improvement . Maybe they don't know what they need to improve , maybe they don't have the strategy yet , Maybe they already think everything is good enough and nothing is good enough .

There's always room for improvement , room for growth . But that I really want to touch on that because a really good example . I have a really good example of this . A really good example . I have a really good example of this . There was a time where I did 100% of my PPT , my peak performance tracking , for like four months straight . I didn't miss a day .

And that was a really good example of this . I probably could have got 100% with that system for a longer period of time , but I started getting 75s when I focused more on improvement . This goes to the Lori Harder quote of consistent 70% days are better than spotty 100s .

Those spotty 100 days are maybe the ones that you're being super consistent but you're not growing . The 70% days are the ones where you're being consistent but you're also growing . There's a big difference between doing seven workouts a week and then doing five workouts a week that are really really good .

So where you're focused on growing and you're focused on and again , whatever the , it doesn't have to be a workout . It could be a coaching call , it could be a training session , it could be a run , it could be a

whatever . But yeah , that that's . I think it's an easy thing to forget because you pat yourself on the back and say I'm so glad I did this .

It's a really cool little equation , but anyway . So I'm always studying people in the gym . I try really hard to observe and see who's who and what's what . I think we all do to some extent , and there's two individuals that I think are a really good example of this , and I actually respect and admire both of these people a ton .

One of them is extremely consistent . One of them is extremely consistent . They're both actually pretty consistent , but one of them is never misses this dude . He's probably in his mid to late 40s , if not early 50s . He's an awesome guy and he just works really hard and he never misses this dude .

We've been so , emilia and I have I actually calculated this yesterday . We've been so , emilia and I have our . I actually calculated this yesterday . So , as of march 1st 2022 I forget the number of days , but I I divided it by 365 it's 2.26 years .

So two and a quarter years we've not missed a day of exercise soccer , basketball , walking , weight training , whatever swimming counts , all of it . So two years and a quarter , I've I've exercised every day for at least 30 minutes . We've actually upped it to 35

recently and we've actually been able to hold the line on that for a while now , which is good , but anyway . So when I say he's consistent , I mean it . I never not see this guy . Okay , here's the thing . He's not in that great of shape And's this interesting thing .

Now , again , for his age he is and the work matters and him being consistent matters and it's definitely making a difference . But you're not going to be like if you were to calculate how consistent this dude is and you were to look at the numbers of that , you would be like that person must be unbelievably in shape .

I mean , I would love to be them at the beach type of thing . But if you saw the guy you'd be like , yeah , he probably works out , but not really respect , admire him a lot , he works really hard and he's super consistent , but I don't think he's very improvement oriented . I I don't get that impression .

Now there's this other dude in the gym who is not nearly as consistent as the first guy and he honestly , I don't even know if he works . Yeah , he works as hard when he's there . This dude is jacked . I mean , he's got quads that are like he's just looks good , he's , he's doing it and he's doing it right .

And what I mean by right is he got fat all winter , for lack of better phrasing , to build muscle . And now , in the summer , you're seeing all that work because , dude , in the , in the , in the winter and again in the bodybuilding world again , I understand that a lot of our listeners are not bodybuilders . We are and we're just being us .

So there's metaphors here . We're going to use fitness all the time . So in the winter you basically put on muscle and get kind of pudgy for lack of better phrasing , in order to rip it up in the summer and burn the fat , keep the muscle type of thing , and you lose some of the muscle .

But this dude has retained his muscle very well and we're seeing the progress he made over the winter , because I remember in the winter me being like I don't know man , I know you're bulking , but you're bulking .

He's on the Stairmaster all the time . Now you can tell he's in a cut again and he's strong and he works , but he's only probably doing four days a week . But when he's there , he's there for an hour , hour and 15

. And he really works and he's doing it right . And a lot of bodybuilding is diet , exercise and diet . Those are the two biggest ones . And then there's sleep , hydration and nutrition sleep hydration and mobility , so that you don't get injured , you can repair and recover muscle .

All that the point is is guy number one is way more consistent and genuinely works harder I'm not kidding , works harder . His results are nothing compared to this other guy . This other guy is just way more effective . And what I want to really share with everybody is this idea between efficiency and effectiveness .

Emilia and I , we have this healthy discord constantly about . I think she's more efficient than I am and I think I'm more effective than she is . She is more focused . So Conscious Couples podcast . I want an hour and a half . I want to ideate , I want to think about it , I want to talk about it .

I want to make sure we're on the same page , because you and I we've been doing this for longer . We don't need that much time . Dude this stuff with Conscious Couples Podcast . I don't know it as well , and her and I don't have as many reps as you and I do . So we need more time , and I said I want an hour and a half .

Every time we record one , she's like well , the episode's only 20 minutes . Can't we just jump in the office 30 minutes and do it ? I can't just jump on the mic . We're not as good as Kevin and I , and so I want to be effective and make the and not to mention Conscious Couples podcast . We only do one a week .

This better be a good episode , and this is new too . We're building a brand Like NLU . You know you can trust this is going to be good . We've done it long enough to where we can show up rock and roll . Make it happen . At CCP we're still in the early stages .

We need to not only identify topics and titles still that resonate , but we aren't at the same level . And so , anyways , efficiency versus effective , just like when we talked about productivity . Are you on the R&R side , who needs to force systems and processes to be more productive ?

Or are you on the productivity side who needs to force systems and processes to be more R&R ? Same with this . This is efficiency versus effectiveness . The first dude is very efficient he gets in , he does the work and he gets out .

day , but when he works out , he works out and he does the right things behind the scenes to make sure that that hour and 15 minutes is world-class . And the dude's not talking to anyone . When he's in the gym he's not looking at anyone , he just grinds it out .

And so I think all of us are more focused on efficiency or effectiveness , and I think there's value to both . You're much more effective than you are efficient . I think Emilia is more efficient than she is effective . I think I'm more effective than I am efficient .

That's one of the reasons why I'm not on time is because I don't like to do anything poorly and I'm very discerning with what I do and don't do , and so a lot of times I'll get caught in flow with a task and then I'll be seven minutes late because I didn't want to not do that to its fullest , and so it's kind of like knocking down individual dominoes

versus trying to simultaneously do a bunch of stuff , and I know the dynamic mothers that are listening are . Multitasking is probably more of a necessity for you than it is for Kevin and I , and I don't like multitasking personally . I think there's a time and a place for it .

But if you're on the multitasking side , where you have 12 tabs open , you are most likely more efficient than me , but you're not as effective , and vice versa Again , at the end of the day it's a drive to five between efficiency and effectiveness .

I can see your gear , your Alan's gears , start winding and his mouth starts opening slowly , and then he wants to say something we don't have time . I would just say ask yourself are you really good at improvement , Are you really good at being consistent ? Because if you do something once a year , you're probably not going to be able to improve it that much .

We only do meetups every month . It would be really hard to just improve those because there's not enough reps , we don't have enough input . But we do group coaching every other week and we do an episode every day , so it makes it a little bit easier . I can imagine , if you only do one event a year , probably really hard to improve it a ton .

So that's what I would say All right , Next Level Nation . The link will be in the show notes . We would love to have you a group of amazing humans . You're an amazing human . If you're listening to this podcast , most likely I can't assume everybody is , but I will assume most of you are . So please join if you're interested . As always , we love you .

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