Today is April 5 and the Navigate the Chaos question to consider is “Are you diligent in your consistency?”
Those who navigate the chaos often work on developing a high level of consistency in order to achieve a specific goal.
Preparing for an athletic competition, performing a long-distance physical test of endurance, or extreme sports such as mountain climbing are three common areas where consistency remains critical to success.
In January 1912, both Roald Amundsen and Robert Falcon Scott reached the South Pole within a month of each other leading separate teams. Consistency play an important part in this historic event.
But while Scott and his four companions died on the return journey Amundsen's party returned without loss of life. Each team used a different approach for their journey.
Scott’s team would walk as far as possible on the good weather days and rest up on the bad days.
Conversely, Amundsen’s team adhered to a strict regimen of consistent progress by walking 20 miles every day no matter what the weather. Even on those days when his team could have walked further, Amundsen’s team stopped at 20 miles to conserve their energy for the next day’s 20 miles.
In his best-selling book, From Good to Great, Jim Collins highlights this trek of roughly 1,400 miles as a case study in diligent consistency.
The team that took consistent action made it back safely without loss of life.
Are you diligent in your consistency? Are you even aware of your daily habits and the impact that they have on your ability to set or achieve goals?