Repetition Is Key...
If you’re familiar with all these self-help books, then you’re most likely familiar with Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. There is one particular point he hammered on in the book that has always stuck with me and for good reason. There was already a laid down path for people to be successful, and it’s pretty easy to understand. So, there’s never a point to reinvent the process and try something new.
This is something a lot of us are guilty of, we just try to make new things and it’s always so exhausting. As it stands now, there’s nothing new under the sun. No matter how obscure your field is, some people have succeeded in it and are living the life you dream about. Simply study what they did and apply it in your life.
When I first heard this, it made a lot of sense to me. However, over the years, the meaning got a bit deeper for me. Especially when I realized that it was the same way Mother Nature worked.
Nature is all about repetition and doing the same thing over and over again but with a slight difference. The way things work now is basically the same as they worked a hundred years ago, but is it the same way it was a thousand years ago?
It’s just like when someone makes a mistake ten times, it might be the same mistake, but there’ll be something different about each mistake. Nature doesn’t make mistakes, but it includes its variations little by little so that when things eventually change totally, we would not even notice it.
That is how things like evolution take place. When it comes to nature, nothing happens overnight. Things take a long time to enact and then you just wake up one morning and realize things are different. Your body works the same way every day, the day it works differently is the day you know there’s a problem and you need to see a doctor. All you’ve been doing was sleep, eat, study, that’s all. Your body system was also doing its job of keeping you alive and healthy every day. Wash, rinse, and repeat!
Then suddenly, you realize you’ve grown taller! You start seeing signs of puberty and you notice that you’re no longer as small as you used to be. When these things actually happened, you’d never know. You just wake up one day and see that you’re not the kid you used to be. That’s nature for you!
Humans are no different, we’re drawn to patterns and repetition because these bring stability and it’s only when we’re stable that we can even make any meaningful changes. We repeat the same action every day when we go to school, but we learn something different. We repeat the same action every day when we go off to work, we might even do the same kind of work every single day, what changes are the people we deal with on a daily basis. If you deal with customers in your line of work, then you know very well that the way you dealt with them the first day you started is very different from how you dealt with them five years later. Or even ten!
If you’re asked when things changed, you might have a vague answer, but you would never be able to pinpoint exactly what kickstarted the moment. Except, of course, it was something strong enough to stand out!
So, what am I trying to say here?
Maybe we’re designed to do the same thing over and over again. Isn’t it also the way the blockchain operates? You create content and engage with other authors, and soon you’ll realize that you’ve made quite the network here. Many times, we look at people and envy what they have or what they’re blessed with, but we never choose to consider how many times they had to do the same thing before they got their results. How many times have they had to make the same mistake in order to finally achieve what they want?
But then, that’s life for you. Process, while extremely vital, can never be as attractive as progress. No one cares when you’re working hard and making mistakes, being repetitive and all as you try again and again. But the moment you hit the jackpot, everyone swarms in! They all notice and act all lovey-dovey with you. Hell, even that is another form of repetition.
So, my dear friends, you’re probably stuck doing something over and over again and you don’t seem to be getting any headway. Don’t fret, you’re just being natural. As far as there are people who have succeeded in what you’re doing, you can also succeed as well. Just keep making your mistakes and learning from them. Eventually, things will change for your own good.
There’s no need to reinvent the wheel, just go with it. You already have laid down guidelines that should guide you on your journey. Nature rewards persistence and commitment, if you do keep at it, your required result will be sure to come to you eventually!
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Hmmmmm, you elders always say that there is nothing new under the sun and this reminds me of a lecture I went to sometimes ago where a man said there is nothing happening now that hasn't happened before but as the world become civilized with technology taking over, old things get new names and life moves on.
There is really nothing new and we are only just improving on what's on ground. It's true that for every mistake we made while doing one particular thing, we will get better at it.
It's natural and we really don't need to fret, we sleep, eat , bath and repeat these process everyday but in between them, we chip in something different even though it's not new and the cycle continues like that.
Elder keh...🙄
We do the same thing every day, but chip in something a bit different. That's the only way we grow and learn at the same time. The day we stop all this is the day we stop growing.
If I say it was not a blessing for me to have come across this article, I lied. My heart has been opened to alot after reading this.
There is nothing new on the surface of the earth again, no matter what we want to achieve, there's someone out there who is already successful in it. Instead of wasting our time trying to reinvent something new, it is very wise to look for that person and study what he has done to reach that point . There are already laid down foundations for us, if only we would take our take to study them and patiently follow the process, we would get there too.
Results are produced through, repetition, doing one thing over and over, again and again.. this life is so full of mysteries
That is the thing, most people are full of ideas and just want to jump right in without carrying out any due diligence. Learning from the mistakes of others will help you get it done faster and easier.
Thanks for the message sir.. I am very grateful
Hmm
This is very interesting
No matter what we go through in life or how hard something may be, we just need to keep on doing it over and over again till we achieve our desired result...
This makes me remember the story of coca cola that they were only able to sell a few bottles (not up to thirty) in their first year of production but look at where repitition has brought them
Hehe... I remember their story. Persistence will always pay!
I think these words are specifically made for me. I like it
Nature rewards persistence...indeed, we might feel stuck... complain on not getting results, but with repeated effort, result will come eventually...it gets worst when we give up and quit along the line
This was nicely written as usual
Thanks for sharing
Yeah, the worst only happens when we choose to quit. Because that's the only guarantee that we've failed.
Thank you😊
I agree with it. I have experienced/noticed it many times. Things repeat again and again in different ways. Reading your post I just realized that we all are running inside a circle and we are restarting after a certain point.
Hmm... this is actually one way of looking at it. Running around in a circle, but everyday we keep pushing the borders of what we can achieve.