Consistency

After successfully completing his last two races, I recently asked our oldest son what advice he would give to someone as to the secret of his success.  His answer was short, sweet and one word, CONSISTENCY!  No matter your mood, the weather or where you might be stuck there is always the opportunity to do something. It may not always stick to your routine or schedule but how many people have a life that does not throw monkey wrenches into their plans squashing what they envision for their day?  If its 40 below outside, run on a treadmill.  If you find yourself stuck working overtime who can’t find a quiet corner for 50 squat thrusts? Sick in bed, why not read blogs, journal or even get some much needed rest.  Running to the grocery store, take a bike or if driving park at the far end of the parking lot rather than driving around the parking lot for the closest spot to the door.  The opportunities are there, we just need to take advantage of them. 

It’s the building of these routines and making our journey a way of life rather than with an end date in mind that I believe will get us the furthest with results of true success.  We can all set goals and work like crazy to achieve them; however, once our goal is reached we have the choice as to what we do with it.  Do we see it as the end of the journey and allow poor habits and bad choices to take over our lives leaving us with nothing but fond memories of the good old days? Or do we choose the extraordinary by building onto what we have accomplished, resulting in reaching even more amazing mountain tops?

Being consistent in investing ourselves in our relationships, our own health, our jobs, our passions, our goals, our kung fu, in absolutely everything that is important to us, we can do nothing but develop, mature and succeed being better than we were yesterday.  That which we give attention to and invest in grows and in the same way that which we ignore or abandon deteriorates and eventually disappears. If each of us is truly honest we will realize we are responsible for where we are by the choices we make. We will get out of it what we put into it.

Alana Regier

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