“Any serious attempt to try to do something worthwhile is ritualistic.”—Derek Walcott
Do you have a vision to accomplish something worthwhile?
Is it big enough to scare and motivate you at the same time?
Are you absolutely committed to making it happen?
If you answer yes to these three questions, I think you need to set up a result ritual immediately.
So, what is a result ritual?
A result ritual is a set (pattern) of actions (or words) that is followed regularly and precisely to produce certain result in any aspect of our lives.
A result ritual requires intelligent purpose and it serves a constructive function in our lives. It not only makes our goals easier to achieve, it also makes our journey a little more enjoyable. And as we fall in love with the process of achievement, we become more motivated to keep the ball rolling—even on a very bad day.
From the foregoing, we can see that a ritual is one of the only things which can impact our results in a very powerful way. When we design and follow a ritual for a goal, we feel more disciplined, less distracted and more consistent on the meaningful direction that we have set; a useful ritual helps us make the most of our time.
This is the secret of the cream of the crop in all walks of life. And it is a point the publisher of SUCCESS magazine, Darren Hardy highlights in the following great words: “A daily routine built on good habits and disciplines separates the most successful among us from everyone else. The routine is exceptionally powerful.”
For illustration, let’s take a look at one of greats in the literary world of creation: the prolific American writer, Stephen King. In the following quote, he informs us of how he uses this tactic to prep his mind to move into high gear for an ingenious output, on a daily basis. He writes:
“There are certain things I do if I sit down to write:
I have a glass of water or a cup of tea.
There’s a certain time I sit down, from 8:00 to 8:30, somewhere within that half hour every morning.
I have my vitamin pill and my music, sit in the same seat, and the papers are all arranged in the same places.
The cumulative purpose of doing these things the same way every day seems to be a way of saying to the mind, you’re going to be dreaming soon.”
Having heard from a giant, I think it is time to talk about your own result ritual.
Design Your Own Result Rituals
The thing about ritual is that it is not only a choice but it is pretty personal. If you choose, you can use it to season your energy and emotions for their optimal returns in your life. And it is necessary if you are after extra-ordinary result in your field.
As Mason Currey writes in his book, ‘Daily Rituals: How Great Minds Make Time, Find Inspiration, and Get to Work’: “The surest way to discipline passion is to discipline time.”
He explains how to do that in the next sentence. He says:
“Decide what you want or ought to do during the day, then always do it at exactly the same moment every day, and passion will give you no trouble.”
Unlike amateurs who always wait for perfect moods to do what is important to them, this is how real men work. They design a result ritual to enable a good outcome they want to see in their lives. And then, they commit to doing it every single day—no matter how they feel.
On why this tactic works so well, ‘Daily Rituals’ states: “The more of the details of our daily life we can hand over to the effortless custody of automatism, the more our higher powers of mind will be set free for their own proper work.”
Lastly, to achieve like the expert, we must stop relying on willpower alone to do the things we truly want to accomplish. We need to know that the big things that we dream of, can be made a lot easier to achieve with better strategies of success; one of which is a well-designed ritual for the specific result that we really need in our lives.
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