How to achieve wealth, happiness, and peace of mind through personal responsibility The Power of Consistency is based on the fundamental premise that private declarations dictate future actions. In other words, we tend to take actions with the thoughts and beliefs we consistently have, and the cumulative results of those actions eventually create the quality and circumstances of our lives and businesses. Therefore, transformative change in life and business is possible when we reconstruct our minds and take responsibility for its content. The Power of Consistency teaches you how to create a Personal Prosperity Plan, get deeply emotionally committed to the plan, and take consistent action toward implementing the plan for improved sales and business performance.
This book describes the theory and practice behind Weldon Long's amazing journey from high school dropout, derelict dad, and prison inmate to upright, wealthy, contributing member of the human community. The first three chapters are theoretical and deal primarily with the importance of the thoughts that dominate our stream of consciousness. Long emphasizes that thoughts produce feelings, which produce expectations that eventually come true. In other words, we indeed are what we think and our lives will never amount to more than our dreams. The second part of the book is more interesting and innovative and deals with the practice of turning your life around by preparing a "prosperity plan". The author details several steps such as describing our dreams in great detail, creating incredible focus (this really helped me!), and forging an emotional bond with the dreams and goals that we laid out in the previous steps, a bond that will keep us consistently on the path to our dreams and thus inevitably propel us towards their realization.
My opinion
I have read numerous self-help books in my life, perhaps close to two hundred, and this one has to be one of the best. A lot of self-help books tell what you should do but very few tell you exactly how to do it in such a clear and simple way. I'll say it again: The instructions for detailing your dreams, focusing, and creating the necessary emotional bond are clear, precise and easy to understand. Personally I believe that taking complexity and making it simple is an act of genius, therefore, this is a book of genius. Thus, implementation of the practical principles detailed by Long is simple, easy and effective.
The fact that Long himself managed to use this system to extricate himself from such a hopeless and miserable situation proves to the reader that these principles really work and serves as inspiration. As Long puts it: "If a loser like me managed to do it while in jail, surely you can too." And he's probably right. So all you have to do is start working on the exercises detailed in the book and see where it takes you. I'll confess that I was so fired up by the book that I started putting together my "prosperity plan" while I was reading, and I must admit that I have never been so focused in my life (though I haven't become a millionaire yet…). In fact, this new blog is part of fulfilling my dreams.
Pros: The writing is extremely clear, very inspiring and sometimes even moving. The exercises are easy to understand and implement and seem to have a profound effect.
Cons: I'm grasping at straws here...well the title is terrible. I have no idea why the book is called "Prosperity Mindset Training for Sales and Business Professionals". This is a book for everyone, even high school students will benefit from it (and probably learn more from it than from their entire sojourn through the education system, but that's another issue…).
Who should read it: anyone who feels stuck in life, anyone who urgently desires change, and anyone who has trouble focusing, setting goals, or being consistent (that probably doesn't leave out all that many humans, does it?).
Bottom line: This is a great book, really one of a kind, and I cannot recommend it enough. If you are serious about changing your life, do yourself a favor and buy it. Read it through and do the exercises, and start your refocused, personal journey to the life of your dreams.
The Power of Consistency is one of those self-help leadership books that has one or two good things to contribute but is governed by the author’s personal story from a life behind bars to a life of success and a company that generated over $20 million in five years.
In summary: Imagine what you want to become and who you want to be, develop a plan to get there, think about it so often that the steps towards your vision become second nature, and never give up.
Weldon Long’s story is really inspiring. I really liked the way this book concentrated on how your brain works and how you can train it to enable you to achieve your dreams. I highly recommend this book.
An inspirational story of a prior convict turned successful professional. Good and entertaining anecdotes. Much of the content is similar in spirit to books like "The Secret" only without the woo-woo thought processes.
The book can probably be summarized by the following Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: “You become what you think about all day long.”
It is 1 of my top 2 books of all time! The day before I read this book, I spoke, wrote, and thought about every subject that was in this book AND ALMOST VERBATIM everything I spoke about appeared in the pages of this piece of literature (Weldon Long read my mind!). The way Weldon Long explains the utility of The Power of Consistency simply makes sense and you'll want to engage in the process as well! He reiterates certain points in the book so they continued to stick within your mind and uses materials from his first book, The Upside of Fear, that you will definitely recognize while reading this. He's outdone himself with this one, I will be re-reading this without a doubt!
This book simplifies everything I've learned about attitude and mindset in such a way that allows me to implement the process daily! I don't feel daunted or guilty about my life, rather, I have a renewed outlook and am inspired to go out into the world and DOMINATE!!
মোটিভেশনাল জনরার বই এখন খুব একটা পড়ি না। একে তো এগুলো তেমন একটা দীর্ঘস্থায়ী না, একই কথা সব বইতে লেখা, আর এগুলো লেখার পেছনেও নানান রাজনীতি আছে। সে হিসেবে না যাই৷ এই বইটা ভালো লেগেছে তাই লিখছিঃ
লেখকের এক কথা, জীবনে ভালো করতে হলে কী করা দরকার তা প্রায় সব মানুষই জানে বা বুঝে কিন্তু তারপর-ও খুব কম মানুষই সফল হয়। তিনি বলছেন, সবচেয়ে বেশী দরকার হল- কাজটা "করা"। Our actions speak so loudly that others can't hear what we say (Emerson). তবে, কাজ করা নিয়েও কথা আছে৷ কঠিন, জটিল, বিশাল কিছু করে ফেলব এমনটা না ভেবে আমাদের আসলে করা উচিত ছোট ছোট কিছু কাজ, তবে সেটা করতে হবে প্রতিনিয়ত, অর্থাৎ লেগে থাকতে হবে এটা নিয়ে৷ লেখকের সোজাসাপ্টা কথাঃ ১/২ টা কাজ ঠিক কর যেটা তোমার লক্ষ্যপূরণে সহায়তা করবে আর সেগুলো রিপিট করতে থাক৷ উদাহরণ দেই: ♦আপনি হয়তো ওজন কমাতে চাইছেন। ২টা কাজ হতে পারে: ১. সপ্তাহে ৩দিন ব্যায়াম করা ২. কোনভাবেই চিনি না খাওয়া। কিংবা ♦আপনি একজন অসাধারণ স্বামী হতে চান। এক্ষেত্রে হতে পারে- ১. আপনার পরিবারের সদস্যদের জন্য শত ব্যস্ততার মাঝেও কিছু সময় বরাদ্দ রাখা ২. আপনার স্ত্রীর সাথে ধৈর্য্য আর হাসিমুখে কথা বলা। এমন না যে আপনি শুধু ২টাই করবেন, বেশীও করতে পারেন, তবে মূল ম্যাসেজ হলো এটা সবসময় কন্টিনিউ করতে হবে। আমার অনুমান ভুল না হলে এতক্ষণের এই কথাগুলোও হয়তো সবাই জানেন, কিন্তু রেগুলার করা হয় না। এর কারণ হিসেবে লেখক বলছেন, আমরা শুধু ইচ্ছাশক্তির উপর ভর করে চলি বলেই এই সমস্যা। আমাদের চিন্তাভাবনাকে কন্ট্রোল করতে হবে, চিন্তাভাবনাকে আপনার কাজের সাথে এলাইন করতে হবে। তাহলেই সমাধান পাওয়া যাবে। আজকে আর লিখছি না। সব বলে দিলে আপনারা বই পড়বেন কেন?
বইয়ের কয়েকটা উক্তিঃ -- An unexamined life is not worth living. (socrates) -- Why be happy when i can be right instead? -- Service is the true meaning of life. (Tolstoy) -- Nothing happens until something gets sold. (Thomas watson) -- When you think and do right things success is not a matter of 'if', it's a matter of 'when'. -- You won't believe it when you see it. You'll see it when you believe it. (Dr wayne Dyer) -- Raise your expectation and the results will soon follow. -- Values are knowing what to do. Character is having the strength to do it. And Integrity is doing it when no one is watching.
I’ll say that it is absolutely an impressive feat that Long found himself imprisoned in federal prisons on three occasions for over a decade then moved onto making millions of dollars less than a couple years after he got out. THAT is amazing willpower, determination, and hard work.
I’ll also say that he doesn’t address environmental factors well (ex. Systemic racism, sexism, etc.) and how they affect this very optimistic view he has. He is a white man so it makes sense that they aren’t addressed because he hasn’t been affected by these things, but he SHOULD’VE addressed them. These are MASSIVE barriers to many people that can sometimes be insurmountable not matter how hard you work. It’s not an excuse, it’s a fact.
Weldon Long's story removes all excuses. He implements the success principles we have all come to know through Stephen Covey, James Allen, Thoreau, and others after being in prison for the first half of his life and then sets out to build a $20m company over 5 years, restores a beautiful and fruitful relationship with his son, and creates a life where there was only destruction prior to his encounter with these teachings.
The main topic - of course - is consistency, and I will be returning to this book often as a reminder to stay focused on not only what I want but the simple actions daily to create it.
I read this book on direction of a coach in a new field I am choosing to pursue. At 55 years old the thought of starting a new reality is somewhat daunting. If that's what I thought, it surely is what I was going to encounter. Sometimes you just have to be open to seeing the same thing in a different way. Dumping my box and starting today. After all yesterday is a wrap. I will be sending this in hard copy to my son. He is handsome and charming. He is also in prison. I am hopeful that he will also dump his box.
"The Power of Consistency" by Weldon Long is a true rags to riches story of how a career criminal changed his thoughts and became a contributing member of society as well as quite wealthy.
Main take away is to have a plan, the rituals you will perform to achieve those goals and a morning meditation where you review your plan and recommit to the rituals. The rituals are for example making six cold calls a day. By programming your subconscious in this way you develop a habit, and your subconscious become primed to notice the opportunities which will get you to your destination.
Mr. Long, your journey has been as extraordinary as it has been unlikely. I can't think of another source of information that has given me anything near this much hope about realizing my own business potential. I'm in the middle of a training program now that promises to teach me the how's of a specific business model. I believe they can. After reading this book and armed with your advice, I know I can do it. I simply cannot thank you enough, sir. Bravo!
The Power of Consistency is a solid, straightforward read that centers around a few simple yet powerful concepts to help build a success-oriented mindset. Weldon Long reinforces these ideas through numerous real-life examples from his own journey, which adds authenticity and practical insight. While some parts felt slightly repetitive and could have been more concise, the core message remains valuable and motivating. It's a great book for anyone looking to kickstart personal or professional growth with a clear and easy-to-follow approach.
this is a book I will return to time and time again. there is nothing earth shattering here, only the most straightforward, no BS delivery I've heard in ages. the author's reading is uplifting and exciting to me, and it's exactly what I need to return to the basics when human nature takes lulls me back into my comfort zone. and we all know, nothing exceptional happens inside one's comfort zone.
understanding your minds is the key to achieving our goals and dreams. The power of consistency by Weldon Long provides a layman’s approach to understanding of how our mind works, create a structure for anyone to succeed and defines key habits towards achieve achieving success. The Power of Consistency is a must read for anyone seeking to change their path inife and especially for those in a career of sales.
I didn't actually expect to like this. (So much in the "sales self help" genre is woo-woo and unhelpful).
The author has a compelling story and a very practical framework for making change in your life. He backs his propositions with science (at least anecdotally) as opposed to magical thinking (i.e., "The Secret").
This book is a short, fast read -- with a good story and a lot of valuable takeaways. Worth the read.
Long tells the story of his own life and how he created himself anew after his father's death. He was in prison at the time and with hard work and determination, he changed his life through the power of consistency. I great book for someone who has made poor choices and wants some motivation that they can turn their life around as well.
DNF: Read to 75% before this was removed from the Audible Plus Catalog. Lots of really great takeaways about forming habits and cultivating discipline in our daily live. Would have finished were it not removed, but didn’t feel I needed to spend a credit to read the last 25% of the book. The language is rather dry and straightforward and rather redundant, but good information.
This book was very consistent in delivering the message, if you tell yourself one thing, yet do something else you will go crazy. A book on consistency needs repetitiveness. This book was very consistent in repeating what is important to remain consistent.
It's a solid material, with a hope of change via consistency. 3 stars - because there are several reflections, which could be grasped much better from the original sources. For example: see Tony Robbins and Stephen Covey.
Being consistent is the most difficult aspect of chasing after goals for people who have the ability and skill to accomplish those goals. There are some good techniques and motivational thoughts to help in being consistent in here. I found a lot of value.
For every complex guru thesis that exists, this book is a different approach. The "power" is in doing the things we know we should be doing with frequency and consistency. If you make more calls, generally you talk to more people. If you workout more frequently you get in better shape.
Sức mạnh của sự nhất quán, kiên trì và tin tưởng bản thân mình đem đến kết quả phi thường. Nghị lực của người đàn ông này thật mạnh mẽ. Và ông ta đã đặt niềm tin đúng chỗ vào một nguyên tắc đúng đắn: sự nhất quán, tiềm thức, bền bỉ không ngừng nghỉ.
This is a good inspirational story of someone who turned their life around following the teachings of Stephen Covey, Napoleon Hill and others. It's a nice reminder of how to set meaningful goals and how to review them daily to achieve the success you're looking for.