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# Daily Inspiration: “Consistency is only a virtue if the path is still relevant.”

*“Consistency is only a virtue if the path is still relevant.” *– Futurist Jim Carroll

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Here’s something you already know: doing the same old thing puts you on the road to the same old destination.

Keeping that in mind, here are some simple rules to avoid consistency:

- Don’t wait for clarity because speed is the only certainty (we don’t know where we’re going, but we’re making great time)

- Don’t fear the pivot because the straight path is extinct (volatility is the new normal!)

- Don’t ignore the rebels because they see what you’re missing (think about that one – you know it’s true!)

- Don’t rely on your history because it won’t write your future (legacy is a death sentence)

- Don’t prioritize your process because the world prioritizes your progress (be creatively disorganized)

- Don’t mistake activity for achievement because movement isn’t always forward (invest in free time)

- Don’t wait for clarity because speed is the only certainty (jump without knowing!)

- Don’t fear the pivot because the straight path is extinct (change yourself already!)

- Don’t seek the ‘perfect’ plan because agility beats perfection every time (you can’t plan in a fast future)

- Don’t build for today because tomorrow is already here (live forward…)

- Don’t settle for the comfortable because growth only happens in discomfort (comfort zone stuff)

How do you do that?

- Abandon the roadmap – it was made for a different time

- Abandon your assumptions – because they are already anchors

- Abandon the tried and true for new things

- Abandon perfection because mistakes are your new knowledge opportunities

- Abandon yesterday’s logic since it is now basically tomorrow’s illogical foundation

- Abandon the status quo because it’s already obsolete

- Abandon what you know to find what you don’t know

- Abandon the safe plan for the risky unknown

- Abandon the analysis and go with your gut

- Abandon what you’ve already done to find what you need to do next

What’s the phrase we often hear? I heard it in a song yesterday while driving: “*Today is only yesterday’s tomorrow*.’ It’s from Uriah Heep, a great 70s band.

Rethink it: “*Tomorrow is yesterday’s missed opportunity” *if you don’t change things up!