Schall Adams: AMAZING Life BLOG

I am going to "out" myself here. My biggest struggle over the years has been with consistency and it showed up in many areas of my life. Nothing was consistent in my life as a child or young adult. In fact, the home I have lived in now for nearly 7 years is the longest stretch I have ever lived in one home. The relationship I am in is the longest I have ever been involved with someone.

The effect of inconsistency makes life and business harder than it needs to be. For example, you might find yourself repeating work because you don't have a consistent system to retain work you have already completed or started. Or you might lose an idea because you don't have a consistent system in place to save it.

Through the last few years as a business owner I have become keenly aware of the need for consistency and have begun to be deliberate about my daily routines. I created a system that keeps me on track by designating entire days to a part of my business. So, I have a day just for the Thrive Teacher program, a day for Girlfriend Mentors, a day for music, a day for speaking and a day for writing. The amount of work that is being managed now is amazing. And, the opportunities for brilliance are abundant.

I also created a folder system for each of the days. Let's say I am working on a music day but I get a really great idea for speaking, I simply write it down and place it in my speaking folder so that I can work on it when it is "speaker" day. each day I pull down the folder that I need for that days work and I have all of my notes from the week prior and any ideas that came up over the week.

By working deliberately, methodically and consistently you will get so much more done. And even by having a consistent system in place to handle your moments of brilliance you will achieve so much more than you might believe right now. Having a consistent structure underneath you, a "foundation" will help you develop in ways you cannot imagine.

Think about all your brilliant moments that have vanished. You didn't write it down, record it, call your answering machine, etc. What system would work for you on a consistent basis? Try several of them out and choose the one that you believe you will use reliably. Don't allow one more brilliant idea to fade into nothing.