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

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!