Consistency is always seemingly related to the outcome. "I like this restaurant, cause of their consistency in taste"; tell me this is not the reason you find a McDonalds in every corner of the world. They do not make the best burger in the world, what they do is to ensure a McChicken tastes the same from Timbuktu to Kalamazoo. If you had to, absolutely had to, only take one thing away from this entire site, it would be this, "re-evaluate consistency".
Something is said to be consistent because it produces the same result over and over again. What is overlooked is, it is not that the result that is the same, but rather all the variables are kept constant and the action undertaken is what is consistent. Everyone, at some point, would have said this, "I don't understand, I did the exact same thing as always; don't know what went wrong!".
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Something is said to be consistent because it produces the same result over and over again. What is overlooked is, it is not that the result that is the same, but rather all the variables are kept constant and the action undertaken is what is consistent. Everyone, at some point, would have said this, "I don't understand, I did the exact same thing as always; don't know what went wrong!".The whole premise of what is presented here is based on the concept of
Shuhari1,
a three-stage process to becoming a guru, first you learn (shu), then you repeat/practice(ha), and you finally evolve/discover/invent (ri). Although not covered in Shuhari, I believe in the fourth stage, the act of teaching, to truly qualify one as a guru, but that is a separate topic in itself. This, here, is the foundation of consistency, you work with what you know (or think you know), and keep trying different things to improve upon small known inefficiencies.“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.” – Dwayne Johnson
"The Rock" has paved the way to "re-evaluate consistency", wherein, we work hard without the expectation of greatness, but this is half the story, what is missing is a core necessity for achieving excellence. What would happen if you worked hard, but kept repeating a mistake? To impress this fact:"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result." - Albert Einstein
So, it's not enough to work hard, which leads us to what I repeatedly say that "Working code is gold". Replace "code" with protocol/procedure/action. First, you need to put yourself out there and try. Start with anything (something) you think that can help solve the problem, Goal Setting can be really helpful here. The idea is to chase that which you can control, you get certain things right, others wrong.
Follow through with understanding why it is working and measure what all is and isn't accomplished within that process. At this stage, you are "an expert", you have gone as far as known knowledge and you compete in a niche; for example, a mechanic, who knows how a car engine works and is sufficiently capable of repairing one.
What I have observed is "Consistent action may lead to consistent results". What is happening when we are consistent in action, has all the known variables controlled, but the result is different. We, either, are not consistent in the action or have missed a variable. We could be inconsistent in our action, cause we do not measure, and what we think is a "pinch of salt", is actually a large discrepancy in the amount of salt added. If we are measuring, then we are yet to take into account an unprecedented variable; in the cooking analogy, this was the first time we used potatoes in the recipe and hence needs more salt.
Going back to the car analogy, this is what sets out a great mechanic from a run-of-the-mill one; the more one tries new things, tries to figure out what works, what doesn't, and constantly looks to improve is the one that stands out.
This is all great, what has it got to do with EQ? Let's get into that with Programming Consistency and Getting Lucky.
Follow through with understanding why it is working and measure what all is and isn't accomplished within that process. At this stage, you are "an expert", you have gone as far as known knowledge and you compete in a niche; for example, a mechanic, who knows how a car engine works and is sufficiently capable of repairing one.
What I have observed is "Consistent action may lead to consistent results". What is happening when we are consistent in action, has all the known variables controlled, but the result is different. We, either, are not consistent in the action or have missed a variable. We could be inconsistent in our action, cause we do not measure, and what we think is a "pinch of salt", is actually a large discrepancy in the amount of salt added. If we are measuring, then we are yet to take into account an unprecedented variable; in the cooking analogy, this was the first time we used potatoes in the recipe and hence needs more salt.
Going back to the car analogy, this is what sets out a great mechanic from a run-of-the-mill one; the more one tries new things, tries to figure out what works, what doesn't, and constantly looks to improve is the one that stands out.
This is all great, what has it got to do with EQ? Let's get into that with Programming Consistency and Getting Lucky.
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