Fanatical Consistency

How do successful people become successful people?

Consistency Not Luck

“Successful people are not lucky. They’re consistent.”

Craig Groeschel

“But if you get to know successful people, you’ll realize their success was not serendipitous. It was also not the result of a single moment, like One big, bold action or decision. (Just like we said failure is not a landslide but an erosion. It works both ways)”¹

“People succeed. They achieve their win because of countless seemingly small actions and decisions made consistently over time.”¹

Fanatical Consistency

“So what have the researchers concluded? They found that “fanatical consistency” leads
to the success of the best of the best.”¹

“Successful people do consistently what other people do occasionally.”¹

“What do successful people do consistently? Habits. The right
strategic habits.”¹

“Once again, not luck. Consistency.”¹

Daniel Consistently Prayed

Remember the story of Daniel. God granted him favor in many different ways.

Why?

Daniel consistently sought God three times per day. He was faithful in the little things.

Ten Thousand Hours

“For his 2008 book, Outliers: The Story of Success, Malcolm Gladwell studied successful people. What common thread did he find to explain their success? The answer: ten thousand hours.
He discovered that, across the board, people who became great at something put in ten thousand hours of practice.” ^{1, 2}

“People who are successful in their careers or marriages got there a little at a time.”

Craig Groeschel

Exercise

Complete the following sentences.

1. One thing I have done occasionally that I want to become fanatically consistent at doing is:
   
2. I can begin (or increase my efforts) to put in my ten thousand hours by:

Source: (Groeschel, 2023)

Principle

“Successful people do consistently what other people do occasionally.”¹

“Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears; wealth from hard work grows over time.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭13‬:‭11‬ ‭NLT‬‬

Sources:

[1] Groeschel, C. (2023). The Power to Change: Mastering the Habits That Matter Most. Zondervan.

[2] Malcolm Gladwell, “The 10,000-Hour Rule,” chap. 2 in Outliers: The Story of Success (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2008).