Routine is
good! Routine is bad! Can the same person feel differently about routine and
can there only one emotion attached to routine.
Let us
explore this and so we go all the way back to the reason for routine or not.
“Insanity:
doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results” -
Albert Einstein
The Oxford
dictionary defines routine as “a sequence of
actions regularly followed”
So then in reality this last
statement is in contrast to Albert Einstein’s comment quoted earlier. The
opposite of routine is irregular. This does not bode well for trying to achieve
something because irregular actions will lead to irregular results.
Understanding Einstein’s statement correctly means simply that a set routine
will always return the same results. If you are finding your results all over
the place then you do not have a routine since irrregular activities results in
irregular results. Achieving the same results all the time may not necessarily
be bad, but you are not improving and for most people they are either
stagnating or regressing because of frustration.
So how does all this relate to
success and what does one have to do to gain success? Longer-term success means
that one is able to stand on one’s own feet unaided. Short-term success is when
as an example you achieve something aided like a kid standing for the first
time aided by an adult but falls down immediately when left alone. So, doing
the same things over and over again will always give you the same results, but with
some help you may achieve something more. So in part it is to consult, seek a
mentor, a teacher, a guide to take you to the next step because you have
achieved something already necessary for success and that it routine.
The next step is to understand the steps
in the routine and assess whether that needs improvement.
There are many questions that may
arise:
What about my personality type?
Does my education and qualification
have anything to do with my success?
I am getting older so it is unlikely
that I can do more
And the list goes on...... we will
address some of these and other issues in due course.
