{"id":20831,"date":"2017-06-02T20:56:43","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T20:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=20831"},"modified":"2017-06-02T20:56:43","modified_gmt":"2017-06-02T20:56:43","slug":"consistency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/consistency\/","title":{"rendered":"Consistency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As an aspiring business owner, I am learned that successful people are those who never stop short to the finish line. Throughout my career, I&#8217;ve strived to stay consistent about consistency in all that I do. Even businesses and services fail which is mainly due to the lack of dedication to consistency.<\/p>\n<p>If I say I&#8217;m going to do something, I do it. If I say I&#8217;m going to be somewhere, I&#8217;m there. If a client request something that is taxing on my time, I must do it. If I initiate a new business process or initiative, I follow through. In my experience, consistency is a must as you build and grow your business.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s why:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Without consistency success is not measureable!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Until I have tried something new for a period of time and in a consistent manner, I then decide if it works or not.\u00a0Without consistency, success is not measurable.<\/p>\n<p>2. Consistency creates accountability.<\/p>\n<p>I \u00a0remind myself that accountability for deliverables and goals are best when complete in time. I work to establish consistent and recurring touch points\u00a0when a project or aspect of the business requires attention. The ultimate\u00a0fact that there is a set time to report on progress is often the determining factor\u00a0that moves an initiative along to a successful end.<\/p>\n<p>3. Consistency establishes your reputation.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve learned that business growth requires a track record of success. \u00a0I can not establish a track record if I am are constantly shifting gears or trying new tactics. Sometimes it is important to complete one task before moving to the next.<\/p>\n<p>Consistency matters when determining success.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As an aspiring business owner, I am learned that successful people are those who never stop short to the finish line. Throughout my career, I&#8217;ve strived to stay consistent about consistency in all that I do. Even businesses and services fail which is mainly due to the lack of dedication to consistency. If I say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":171,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-leaddetroit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20831\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}