Success vs. Joy
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Consistency
Consistency is built through perseverance and hard work. Consistency means the ability to stick with what you have to, come what may. Consistency is the quality possessed by Prakash Padukone, which made him not want to watch a movie for six years because it would have interfered with his training schedule. Consistency is a fairly simple concept to understand but extremely difficult to apply to one’s life because of the innumerable diversions and desires thrown our way.
A ‘consistent’ person will understand how to manage the day-to-day distractions that preoccupy most of us – it could be problems in a relationship with one’s spouse, it could be an issue concerning a child’s education, it could be related to one’s health…the list is endless.
You have to regularly convince yourself that the only important thing for the moment is what you wish to do for yourself. Nothing else should matter.