04/03/2026
There are lessons that rear their ugly heads again and again in my life.
And it usually moves from topic to topic, but occasionally, it shows up in the same areas.
That’s because even when I think I’ve learned the lesson well enough that I don’t have to repeat it, it sneaks back up on me.
It’s not always a bad thing, though.
Sometimes when the lesson repeats, it takes me further into understanding. You can think of it like a spiral of refinement.
That’s what I’m feeling today.
And why the idea of ‘How to ACTUALLY get results from anything you do’ came to mind.
As I see it, the answer to that has multiple layers. But at its core, there are two parts.
You do the thing… consistently ( we’ll talk about that in a moment )
You measure your outcomes.
Let’s talk a little about the second one first.
To measure your outcomes, you’ve got to have an idea about what you’re trying to accomplish in the first place, so you can see when you’re on the track or not.
Imagine your goal is to have effective strikes that you can use to protect yourself and others.
Well, we first need to define what we mean by an ‘effective strike.’
Does that mean a single strike that makes the receiver feel like he’s having an out of body experience that makes him question everything he thought he knew about life?
Kind of like what in the first Dr. Strange movie, when the main character met The Ancient One.
Or is an effective strike simply something that redirects the moving mass of an incoming object so it doesn’t break you?
Both are good skills to have.
And as long as you know which one you’re training for, at which time, and which result you’re after, you’re far more likely to get what you want.
And when it comes to recording and measuring your results, you have plenty of options. You might just need to make a mental note of what you did and what happened so you have the highest chance of repeating it.
Or you can record your findings on video, you could type them into your computer, or your physically write them down with pen and paper.
The latter has its own unique benefits that we can talk about another time.
Okay, what about the important part of this?
The consistent doing of the thing.
This can be tricky for many reasons.
But the one reason that seems to cause the most problems with consistency is setting a single, giant-sized goal.
I know this has been a problem for me at times, and maybe you can relate.
If we look at nothing other than the Goliath-like end result, we may find ourselves losing our drive to get there.
Because the gap between where we start from and where we’re going seems to make the Grand Canyon look like a crack in the sidewalk.
We need to train ourselves to see and be thankful for the teeny-tiny daily accomplishments that we make.
Those Liliputian results often feel meaningless, in the moment.
But they do something incredibly powerful.
They break us out of doing nothing.
And they kick the snowball down the hill, where it picks up speed and mass.
The next thing you know, not doing the thing you want every day feels weird.
That doesn’t mean there won’t be roadblocks.
So don’t beat yourself up when you fall off the horse.
Just get back on and start again from where you’re at in the moment.
Even if you’ve lost some ground and you feel like you’re starting over.
That’s fine. It happens to the best of us.
I know that was a little long-winded, but it felt right.
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Jesus Revezzo
God bless
