Would you like to be more productive in your day? Getting more stuff done and knowing you are making progress is satisfying at the end of the day. It’s time to change your daily habits to make your business more profitable. That is the goal of starting your business after all. Many may believe you have to make some big leaps to begin having success. But here’s the big secret. It doesn’t have to be that way. If you focus on consistency you will begin to make progress every single day that will increase your chances of success.

Think back on the parable of the turtle and the hare. There’s a lot of truth in that old story and it applies to all areas of your life, including your business. Yes, you can go all out and get a lot of work done all at once. Or you can break down your task and do a few things each day leading up to your deadline. For example, you may put long and hard hours in for a week or two to prepare for a new product launch, or when you’re first setting up your website. I know I’ve been there before. However, this method can cause burn out.

Burnout can cause serious health issues. Most entrepreneurs and small business owners have experienced it and it can take a long time to get over it. A much better method is small task each day that allows you to be consistent. If you make an effort to get something done every single day, you’ll make a lot of progress overtime. Over the course of a year, you will go further and your business will grow more than if you overdo it and then go into a slump because you have no energy for anything else.

Remember, slow and steady wins the race. It’s much easier to motivate yourself to get something done that takes thirty minutes and to do it every day, than something that takes you hours and you forget about the other task in your life that needs to get done. Instead, keep it easy, make it fun, and get into the habit of doing it each and every day. In the long run, you’ll get a lot more done if you put in half an hour per day, six days a week, than working for two or more hours once or twice a week.

Habit is one way how consistency can help you grow your business. But there’s something else that will work in your favor when you start to put in a small bit of effort every day. You will start to build momentum that will carry you much further than you would have gotten otherwise. More on that in a future blog post.

I encourage you to shift your mindset towards a focus on consistency that will allow you to continue growing, expanding, and most importantly moving the business in the right direction when it comes to your bottom line.