Are you also among those who have been failing new year resolutions for ten years in a row? Well, sorry to demotivate you! I am not saying that out of thin air; it is research speaking so. U.S. News & World Report stated that about 80% of New Year’s resolutions fails every year.
What shall we do then? Stop making resolutions! No! No! We need to make resolutions.
But there is a way. And the perfect way is to create achievable resolutions. So let’s not fill up a mason jar full of resolutions. That way, we will get intimated and overwhelmed by our own goals. Instead, we can start our journey of consistency by doing one small step at a time.
The answer to all the puzzling questions about life goals, consistency, resolutions lies in this book; One Small Step Can Change Your Life.
Now, you might answer, I want to be a rabbit, not a tortoise. But, yes, all of us want a quick shot solution to everything, including success. Google and Youtube are all filled with how to be rich quickly, lose weight fast, and read a book in a day, the list goes on.
This book illustrates how real success is achievable through tiny steps. Toyota, a multinational automobile company, has been continuously incorporating kaizen way in its production, and the business believes in achieving success through small productive steps. Before implementing Kaizen into our life, we need to filter out few myths from our mind:
- The first myth that change is hard. We need to get out of the “bigger is better” culture and instead believe in a small beginning that could finally give a significant result if done with consistency.
- The second myth to take out of our mind is “bigger the steps, bigger the result.”
- The final myth is “opt for quick innovation.”
Why does Kaizen believe in little steps? It is because it helps us maintain consistency. To cite a perfect example, if anyone wants to incorporate exercise into our daily schedule, will exercising forty-five minutes every day help maintain consistency or starting with five minutes help maintain consistency? For the majority of us, the answer would be starting with five minutes a day. Because that way, we would not have to take out a large chunk of time from the daily schedule. We can gradually increase it month by month. Spiritually saying, Kaizen helps to remain us as a present moment as it starts with small and let us stay mindful. Kaizen is pleasant and doesn’t let us be harsh. The actions are such that we don’t even notice.
We can apply Kaizen in incorporating both good habits and getting rid of bad habits. We want to read a long list of books, but we have not been doing so because of procrastination or, say, lack of time. How about reading a page every day? That’s where Kaizen comes in handy. Maybe some of us want to start meditating every day but are intimated because meditating 20 minutes a day is not my cup of tea. Again, Kaizen’s simple answer starts by closing eyes for one minute and gradually increasing meditation time over time. We can similarly apply Kaizen to get out of addiction, smoking, and even toxic relationships.
Remember, even starting to think about a dream project every day helps us get closer to it. These tiny steps program our subconscious mind and help us maintain regularity.
Thus, Kaizen is a code that programs us for discipline so that we are comfortable in the journey of the most awaited project.
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