How To Be Consistent

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Plus, level up your listening with Bose QuietComfort Ultra Earbuds and headphones with immersive sound and world class noise cancellation. For a not so silent night, visit Bose.com Spotify to shop sound. That's more than a present. What's going on, everyone? Welcome back to the Rise of the Young podcast. If you're new here, my name is Casey Adams and thank you so much for tuning in to to this show. Today on this podcast, I not only interview world class entrepreneurs, but since I've hit episode 100, I've been doing more episodes based around me answering your questions and going into topics and discussions that I believe I have something to talk about. So that being said, before we get into the show's topic of today, which is consistency, there's one thing I ask of you, and that is leave a rating and review on itunes. Because once we hit 500 reviews, I'm going to be releasing the next storyboard on the Rise of the Young Instagram page. And if you're not familiar with that, this is a page that I put together recently that truly tells the story of when I started this podcast, why I started it, and gives you the journey of this podcast and overall of myself, Casey Adams. So that being said, make sure you take a moment, if you can, while listening to this podcast and check out the Rise of the Young Instagram page. Because Once we hit 500 ratings, the next storyboard will come out. And if you want to see what I mean by storyboard, check out that page. And that being said, that's all I ask of you. Check it out, let me know what you think and ask me some questions that you want me to talk about because I like doing this Q and A stuff. So that being said, let's get into it. The topic of today on this beautiful Wednesday is how to be consistent. And here's the catch. I can guarantee it. Every single one of us is struggling to be consistent in an area of our life. Whether that's in our business, whether that's going to the gym, whether that's reading, whether that's just communicating with your family, whatever it is, there has to be an area in your life where you are not truly being consistent and committed to what you could be doing right? And here's what I want you to ask yourself today, right now, matter of fact, what is an area of your life that you could be more consistent at? Whether that's, like I said, going to the gym, calling your mom, calling your dad, texting your brothers, executing on a deal, putting out content. Whatever it is, think about it and write it down right now, because this will affect how you listen and take in the rest of this episode. So, that being said, this morning I'm gonna tell a story. I got a DM on Instagram that overall caught my attention. He sent me six video DMs. He's from Alaska. I'm not gonna say his name, but he told me he was struggling with being consistent, and it was in regards to podcasting. He wanted to put out more podcast episodes, and he had four episodes out right now, and he wanted to get to 50 by the end of this year. And I just sent him a message back and I said, hey, man, the truth is, we all struggle with being consistent in some area of our life, but it's the ones you focus on and truly commit to that get better, right? Like, for example, I'm doing this challenge right now where it's a hundred push ups a day, a hundred sit ups a day, and a hundred squats a day. And I've been consistent with that for the last week and a half, and now it's become a part of my programming. I feel like I've been waking up and that's the first thing I do. And I've been waking up and it's the first thing I think about because I know I got to get it done today. But in his case, he wants to get more consistent on podcasting. So. And this was something that I have a true connection with because here's something I want you to know. Let me tell a story. So when I first started my podcast December 22, 2017, the main, I would say, motivation to start it was because I set up a meeting with Gary Vee in New York City, a little five minute meeting. I sent him a dm. If you want to see the DM I sent him, you can go check it out on Rise of the Young, because I Show all the DMs that I've sent to get the people I've had on this podcast. But he says yes to having a meeting with me in New York city for like five to 15 minutes. And at the time, Gary's talking a lot about podcasting. He's talking about the value of it. He's talking about what you can do with this. So I was like, screw it, I'm gonna start a podcast. I had no intention with really what I wanted to be rather than just sitting down with powerful people. And now, after sitting down with over a hundred world class entrepreneurs and executives, I've learned so much about myself and about what topics I want to cover. But the meeting was 60 days out from the day I started my podcast. And I remember I was like, I want to get 40 episodes done by that date and I want majority of them to be interviews. So guess what I did every single day. I was recording podcasts, I was booking guests to be on my podcast. I was interviewing guests on my show, sometimes three interviews a day. Three interviews a day, just so I would have some content to put out there. And I was reaching out to not the biggest guys. I was reaching out to my good friends, I was reaching out to the guys that are killing it in their space that I already know. And I was reaching out to my core network. Because there's a fine line between wanting to get someone that's incredibly big in terms of personal branding on your show or someone that's your good friend that you've known for a while. The speed to do that, you can get your friend on tomorrow and if he's your true friend, right? If you want to get Gary Vee on, you might have to schedule it six months in advance, right? So I was focused on time of content. I wanted to get it out there fast, so I did that. I published 40 interviews in about 40 days. And I was consistent with my message because I had an end goal of, hey, I want to be able to tell Gary Vee that I've interviewed 40 people. And he said the A crowd after in our meeting. And I wanted him to know that I put out content that I was satisfied with. Right? So long story short, go to New York City, have a podcast with him. I talked to him for like 15 minutes. You can listen to that episode on this podcast. And he just tells me what he thinks. He was like, dude, you've interviewed the A crowd, you're doing your thing, you're consistent with it, blah, blah, blah. You can listen to the whole interview on YouTube, so check it out if you'd like. But the main point of what I want you to know today is this being consistent, in my opinion, comes down to attaching an end goal to your consistent habit. So for me, it was, If I do 40 episodes, then I will have A meeting with Gary Vee that I'm proud of. If I do 40 episodes or if I do today's episode, it will get me closer to my 40 episode goal, right? And I've always attached time frames to what I do because it's something powerful. I said, hey, I want to get 40 episodes done in 60 days. That is a mental check of 60 days. That's two months, not that far away. And everything I do, whether that's building a personal brand or a speaking gig or anything, it is, I love attaching time frames because that is what truly can motivate you to be consistent. Because so many people, for example, even myself, right, you'll set these goals or habits that you tend to say, I'm gonna be consistent with this. And then you say that about a lot of things. Whether that's reading or going to the gym or calling somebody once a week or just checking in on a friend. You have a habit laid out. But there's no, I would say end goal or time frame attached. Whether that's, I want to reach out to my friend once a week. That is something you can tangibly reach out for, right? Every seven days, have a reminder in your phone, set it, check it, boom, boom, boom. Be consistent with it. Everything goes back to timing. And I would say, honestly, the time to the end goal. So for the gym, if you wanna lose 50 pounds, what is the timeframe, right? That's important. If you wanna lose 50 pounds within a year, that's a way different story than losing it in two months, right? So that being said, attach timeframes to what you do, that will highly increase the consistency of how you do things because, and make it something tangible. I believe in my eyes, if you set something a year away and if it's a little small habit, meaning if it's going to the gym or something, something that you do every day, attach time frames and deadlines that can move you closer to the next one. So if there's a year, you have 12 months, set 30 day goals, set 30 day windows of opportunity that you want to execute on and be consistent on because that will move you forward to step two. But if you don't even accomplish step one and you're thinking about step 12 already, it's gonna be hard to be consistent when you're, you're 10 steps behind on month 10 and you're still on month one because you missed a day and you weren't actually consistent with it. So to wrap up this point, be consistent by attaching time frames to whatever you do and set goals that you can truly see and touch by having them attached to short distances. So there it is. Next up, just the fact of consistency. And I'm gonna tell you a story about not only just about my personal life, but this is something I believe being consistent on has affected me. So I moved to Arizona about nine months ago and prior to that I was reading, I would say, every single day consistently, no matter what. And during this transition of moving out to Arizona during the last nine months, I've definitely not been as consistent as I'd like when it comes to reading. And this is something that I'm really tackling. Within the last month, I've been reading every single day. I've been getting new books, I've been ordering new books on Amazon, I've been putting out my library in front of me so I can just look at the books that I have access to, right? And this is something where the personal, I would say things that I'm setting for myself is two books a month. That is my goal right now. Two books a month. So I'm about to finish this book called Life Scale how to Live a More Creative, Productive and Happy Life. And I knocked out 250 pages in the last couple days and boom, I'm halfway through June pretty much, and that accomplishes that goal. I have one other book to finish within this next 15 days, but I'm halfway there and I've accomplished my first one, which is finish the book. But I've attached time frames to it and I'm gonna say it again, and I'm telling you this because this is a personal, I would say, challenge that I'm facing is alright, I need to read two books a month. Two books a month. Two books a month. That is my goal. There is a timeframe and there is a goal attached to it, right? Because I believe I'm more fluid and I can think more creatively when I'm reading honestly. And I feel like I can tell when I'm not being consistent with those habits because everything else in my life is not aligned with where my mind is when I'm reading. So couple other things I want to touch on. This is not going to be a long episode. 15 minutes today on this beautiful Wednesday, like I said. And it's really all about how to be consistent. Because even me being consistent with this podcast, the Rise of the Young Podcast, three episodes a week, Monday, Wednesday, Friday. This requires me to be consistent when I'm traveling, when I'm just not in the mood to record, but I made a commitment to you. That is my goal. Every week, every seven days, I put out three podcast episodes because this will truly transform your life, but it's allowing me to get out so much of what's on my mind. And I hope it's valuable to you because I believe everything that I've learned up this point. If I can give you one tip or a piece of advice, that's valuable to me, and I hope it is to you as well. So, even so, with the podcast that I'm doing, back to the question that my buddy in Alaska asked to me. He said, how can I be more consistent? I said, man, set a goal, attach time frames to it, and truly commit. Because I believe the mental commitment and the mental space you let something take up of yours is the commitment to it, right? If you say you're committed to the gym, but you don't even think about the gym, you don't even think about what you eat. You don't even think about just the time it takes to go to the gym and your mindset in the gym, and you're not looking forward to it. You've not truly committed with this podcast. I think about the episodes I need to record. I think about the people I want to have on. I think about the podcast cover that I can tweak to make it better. I think about the ratings and reviews that I need to get to set a goal to drop the next storyboard on Rise of the Young. I think about all these things, and it takes up mental space of mine. And that is what I would say has allowed me to be consistent with it, because I've been through massive ups and downs. And in terms of the podcast, I've gone from uploading when I first started five times a week because I wanted to get 40 episodes by the time I met Gary Vee, to then not posting for a month and a half. And you can see that. And if you're an avid listener of this show or you have been the last year, you can see that I've gone through spurts of being very consistent with this show once a week, twice a week, and then not posting for a month and a half. And that would get me so angry. But it's all on me. I take full responsibility. And it's one of those things where I've now truly committed and I'm aware of it, of putting out an episode every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, because I must live the brand and live the things I'm saying, especially on this podcast, because this is how you are listening to it right now. In order for this to be valuable to you, I must be truly committed. So therefore I am. Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Friday, I will be doing an episode. No matter if it's 15 minutes or five minutes because I'm on the go or it's an interview, no matter what. I am truly committed to you and I hope you are truly committed to me. And if you are to wrap it up, leave a rating and review and send me a DM on Instagram, letting me know what you want me to talk about, let me know the topics, ask me a question, maybe if your questions very intriguing, I'll go in depth on it for 15 minutes. And if you want me to say your name and give you a shout out, I will. So, just to clarify the reason, I have an emoji on my podcast cover that is called the DM Slide emoji. And if you're watching this podcast on itunes, go to the itunes app real quick and look at my podcast cover. The bottom left hand corner, there's that little red mailbox emoji, and that is called the DM Slide emoji. Because every single person I've had on this show, I, as well as the people I've connected with in my life, have came through an Instagram dm. Every question has came from there. So if you wanna get in touch with me, send me a DM on Instagram. And if you really wanna have access to me, follow Rise of the Young and send me a DM on there. Because that is where I have not as many DMs. That is where I'm gonna be answering all the podcast questions. So. So follow Rise of the Young, send me a DM on Rise of the Young and Tip of the Day, send a video message, send an audio message. Because I am more likely to get in touch with you and send you a audio message or video message back. And that is the tip of the day. So that being said, just to wrap it up, be consistent. Set timeframes for whatever you are doing when it comes to setting consistent things to do. Whether that's podcasting, whether that's going to the gym, whether that's calling your mom or your dad or your brothers or your family members. Be consistent by attaching not only a goal, but a true meaning and purpose to everything you do, but attaching timeframes to hold you accountable. Because, for example, let me wrap it up with this. If you set a goal to do something within 12 months, you have a lot of time to say, oh, it'll get done, I'll do it next month, or I'll focus on it next month, I got things to do this month, blah, blah, blah. But if you set monthly goals that will aim towards your 12 month goal, meaning every 30 days you have a new goal. If you miss month one, if you don't accomplish that goal within the first 30 days, that sets you back during month two, that lets you. That makes you have to focus on what you didn't do and then catch up on what you were supposed to do. And you do not want to be caught in that mindset because that is how you get behind. And if you are listening to the show, chances are you want to rise, right? This is the Rise of the Young show. We're not getting behind, we're getting ahead. So set goals and timeframes that are realistic that you can actually feel. If there's a deadline for something to be done tomorrow, you get it done right. But if it's something to get done within the next five months, you might put it on the back burner. But if it's equally as important to you as that thing that's due tomorrow, set a time frame, attach it, and go ahead. Whoo. We did it. This Wednesday episode is complete. Lastly, I just want to say thank you for tuning in to the Rise of the Young podcast. It truly means the world that you've taken the time to listen to this show. And I just want to say thank you, share it with a friend, please. I want this show to be organically grown. And by doing that, it's all on you to help this, to share it with a friend, to just literally send the link to a friend and say, check this out. Let them know what you're listening to. Because I do the same in my life. I listen to like five different podcasts religiously. We got group chat, short story long, we got Andy Vosella, MF CEO project, and a bunch, bunch more. And I shared these with my friends because that is how those podcasts have been able to grow so much. And I'm just trying to, like the quote, good artists copy, great artists steal. So please share with a friend. That's all I ask of you to end this podcast. And that being said, I will talk to you on Friday. Have an amazing week. Crush your goals. Be consistent. I will talk to you guys soon. Peace.

Legacy of Monsters An Apple Original Series the world is on fire. I decided to do something about it on November 17th. This place, it's not ours. Believe me, the most massive event of the year arrives. If you come with me, you'll know everything. I promise.

Oh, my God. Go, Go, Go.

Legacy of Monsters Streaming November Only on Apple tv.