Evolution not revolution

bham-half-2016I have to say I’m a little on the stiff side today.

The reason for this is that I ran in the Birmingham Half Marathon yesterday…

…13.1 miles and a bloody great hill for the last few miles.

I finally completed the course in 1 hour 42 minutes, which I was absolutely over the moon about.

(The little dumpy asthmatic 9 year old me who never bettered last but one place in the school cross country was absolutely agog!).

So what has this got to do with your success online?

Well, my success online has big parallels to my success in my running shoes.

The phrase evolution rather than revolution comes to mind.

When I stared running I did about 5km (3 miles) and at less than electric pace.

I then went to 4miles, and then 5 and then 6…etc, etc…you get the picture.

The same happened online.

My list got to 10 subscribers, and then it hit three figures, and then four…etc, etc

…I made my first online sale and I was over the moon, then I made a couple, then I started to regularly making 1 sale a week, then 2 and then 3…etc, etc…you get the picture.

Yes there were things I picked up on the journey that saw a bit of an acceleration in what I was doing…

…The way I swung my arms for example in the running, or the fact I needed a product of my own online.

However it was more about consistently doing the right stuff.

About creating new ‘norms’

Now a 8 or 9 mile run is just something I do regularly and with little thought.

Now I expect to see sales come in most days of the week and income every time I send a mail.

These things almost creep up on you without you even noticing.

These are my ‘norms’ at the moment, however if you’d asked me 3 or 4 years ago, if they were possible, I would have laughed in your face.

Of course in both these worlds, there were times were things seemed to go in reverse for a time.

This year I had issues with my Achilles (which I still have to manage carefully now), which had me not running at all for the best part of a month.

This year I also had a serious issue with hackers playing havoc with my sites, which took me forever to sort out all the issues…

…this was a time where my sales and income dwindled significantly for the best part of a month.

Despite feeling pretty shitty about both of these at the time, I carried on doing the right things.

…and now I and am making more money than ever online and running further and faster than ever.

Am I satisfied with my present norm?

Of course not 🙂

bham-half-2016-close-to-the-finishThere are already plans afoot to go for the full 26 miles of a marathon next year…

…and to build my business even further to enable my wife to ‘retire’ from work.

Currently these goals are in the ‘hopeful’ stage…

…the stage between ‘laughing in your face’ and ‘expected’ (ie my new ‘norm’).

So in terms of you and your journey, even if your end goal seems a million light years away at the moment, this is just because it hasn’t become your norm yet.

Keep doing the right thing consistently and your ‘norm’ will change.

But don’t necessarily expect to ‘see’ it change.

Remember for most of us, it is a matter of evolution and not revolution.

6 Comments on “Evolution not revolution”

  1. This reminded me of a book I read and I am afraid, haven’t put into practice: The Slight Edge, probably was waiting for your practical application.

    Thank you very much for reminding me that I have to start:

    “Do one simple, daily discipline in each of these seven key areas of you life -your health, your happiness, your relationships, your personal development, your finances, your career, and your impact on the word -that forwards your success in each of those areas”

  2. Nice One Andy!
    I never was a runner, Discus-Javelin and Falling Plate Shoots were my specialties. But I like your thread, it links up well as well as making sense.
    I got thrown into my first Great North Run aged 46 when I insisted that all the Officers at the Apprentice Training College Harrogate all take their Fitness Tests under my tutelage. One “Runner” tore a chest muscle doing his dips on the parallel bars and I then felt duty bound to run the Race for him as Entries were so limited.
    I did finish ok in about 2 hours 10, and then ran it again 9 years later when i was 55 – The Millennium Run (2 hours 20 – but I did train for it that time). Now I’m a decrepit 71 and can hardly run for a bus so I’m having to adjust my lifestyle to match, and my Marketing Style as well…………… all the best, and thanks for recommending Brendan Mace to me!
    John

    1. Glad you liked it. The way I’m feeling this morning after the run, I also feel like a 71 year old who couldn’t run for the bus 🙂

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    Thanks Andrew!

    Kindly,
    Jerome

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