"The Tortoise And The Hare"

The Tortoise is rich and the Hare is broke.

That was something that they left out of the parable of our youth and I think it's important to make that distinction.

I know when I first heard the story as a kid, I remember resonating with the Hare

At a certain level, my uncle used to call me Rabbit, so maybe it could have been an affinity that way.

But I resonated with the fact that he was fast and it felt like okay, he was just lazy that time around so he lost that race but we all know he could beat the Tortoise, like, what the hell.

But the key that was left out of that equation in that story is that the Tortoise is focused on the slow steady consistency - one step in front of the other and not stopping,

Continuing no matter what, because he knows that the Hare will get excited, run really fast, but then get bored,

Then stop, be lazy and just sit around.

And then like, oh yeah, let me run again - run really fast and then stop and be lazy and sit around.

And that's why the Tortoise wins because in the long run, which is all that really matters…

In the long run, what truly matters is that slow and steady consistency.

What are those actions I'm taking every single day, without fail, no matter how I feel,

No matter how much I want to kick a puppy…

I'm going to get up and do the workout that I have to do in the morning.

I'm going to move forward this piece of my business every single day, whatever it might be…

And taking those steps no matter what because that slow and steady consistency is what compounds.

I used to think, 'I'm going to work really hard for this month or two or three.’

But that doesn't get me anywhere right?

Because it's that consistency over time that actually makes the difference,

That actually compounds into a great business,

That actually compounds into a great life…

So, where in your life are you either being lazy or thinking that a short burst of energy is going to make a difference,

When in actuality, it's that slow and steady consistency that's actually going to make the difference in the end?

Talk soon...

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