Consistency · Synthesizer School

Dec '22 (edited) in Other

Consistency

/// Consistency isn't everything.

Here's two examples:

This guy has uploaded 2,000,000 times and isn't the biggest channel in the world.
I play chess regularly. But I haven't got better in years.

You see, most people misinterpret the 10,000 hour rule. It's not enough just to do something for 10,000 hours. You have to do 10,000 hours of deliberate practice.

Quantity + Deliberate Practice → Quality
Consistency > Intensity
Consistency develops ability

So, consistency isn't everything.

But if you combine consistency with deliberate practice... Given a long enough time-frame. It's impossible NOT to succeed.

/// What exactly is consistency?

In order to become consistent, you must understand what consistency is.

Consistency is to continue doing regardless of the outcome of your doing.

Some people do something, get no results, so stop doing the thing.

Other people do something, get a lot of results, so stop doing the thing.

/// How do you become consistent?

I'm not as consistent as I'd like to be. Here's how I plan to change that:

You become consistent by swapping attachment to outcome, with attachment to the process.

You stop focusing on what you can't control (results). And start focusing on what you can control (actions).

This becomes much easier when you realise that if the results aren't coming, it's either because you haven't given it enough time, or because you're not yet good enough.

So the solution to this is to: