July 19, 2025
WYP Riff: You Can't Fake Consistency.
Send us a text Sometimes, the message hits differently. This is a fresh riff on a truth I’ve shared before—but now I see it more sharply, more urgently: You can’t fake consistency. Time is the ultimate storyteller. Where you are right now is the result of what you've done repeatedly, not what you've said, planned, or promised. In this episode, I unpack how identity, daily decisions, and small non-negotiables shape everything. And how defining who you are, what you do, and where yo...
Sometimes, the message hits differently.
This is a fresh riff on a truth I’ve shared before—but now I see it more sharply, more urgently:
You can’t fake consistency.
Time is the ultimate storyteller.
Where you are right now is the result of what you've done repeatedly, not what you've said, planned, or promised.
In this episode, I unpack how identity, daily decisions, and small non-negotiables shape everything. And how defining who you are, what you do, and where you're going isn't optional—it’s essential.
Listen in and ask yourself:
- What story is time telling about me?
- What do I need to start doing every day, no matter what?
Check out this episode and the original (ep. 863) for contrast.
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Keep it simple. Keep it moving. Never settle. Stay tough.
WEBVTT
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You know, time is a wonderful storyteller.
00:00:05.969 --> 00:00:10.679
I say that time is the ultimate storyteller.
00:00:11.669 --> 00:00:20.370
See, if you sit back and look back over your life, you're gonna realize that's so freaking true, man.
00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:25.829
Time tells the story where you are right now.
00:00:26.579 --> 00:00:29.730
That's the story, and it didn't happen overnight.
00:00:30.554 --> 00:00:37.615
It happened over time, so why do we think that getting out of something should be instant?
00:00:38.335 --> 00:00:41.484
It's not just like getting here took time.
00:00:42.174 --> 00:00:45.070
Getting out is gonna take consistency.
00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:47.829
And you can't fake consistency.
00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:49.270
You can fake hype.
00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:51.490
You can fake intensity.
00:00:52.090 --> 00:00:57.880
You can fake well wished intentions, but you can't fake consistency.
00:00:58.613 --> 00:00:59.933
You want to know someone's truth.
00:01:00.713 --> 00:01:01.884
Don't look at what they say.
00:01:02.783 --> 00:01:03.713
Look at what they do.
00:01:04.493 --> 00:01:05.573
Look at where they are.
00:01:06.563 --> 00:01:08.394
That's the result in time.
00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:10.838
It tells the truth.
00:01:11.709 --> 00:01:15.849
And here's the good news, if you don't like the story, time is telling.
00:01:16.899 --> 00:01:24.399
You can rewrite it, but you can only rewrite it through the ink of daily consistency.
00:01:24.948 --> 00:01:29.253
See, everything that you want is on the other side of consistent everything that you don't want.
00:01:29.722 --> 00:01:33.022
It is a result of being inconsistent.
00:01:34.192 --> 00:01:47.123
Coach Prime says that when you define who you are, what you do, and where you're going, your life, a successful life is going to begin to take shape.
00:01:48.052 --> 00:01:53.662
See, most people are inconsistent because they haven't defined any of that.
00:01:54.112 --> 00:01:57.923
Who you are, what you do, and where you're going.
00:01:58.477 --> 00:02:05.016
They're just kind of floating through the day, like a paper bag in the wind, undefined, unclear, unaligned.
00:02:05.316 --> 00:02:16.387
But when you define who you are and you define what you do and where you're headed, and you align your actions with that, this is where you stop negotiating with yourself.
00:02:16.567 --> 00:02:20.647
See, when you enter into negotiations with yourself, should I, shouldn't I?
00:02:21.276 --> 00:02:24.217
Maybe next week, double up first of the year.
00:02:24.629 --> 00:02:28.590
If you enter into negotiations with yourself, you're gonna lose every single time.
00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:30.719
So let me ask you this.
00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:31.710
Who are you?
00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.710
What's the identity that you want to embody?
00:02:35.250 --> 00:02:40.349
And I'm not talking about just some title or version that you talk about on Instagram.
00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.620
I'm talking about the real you, the authentic you.
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:48.060
The one that you live when no one else is watching.
00:02:48.534 --> 00:02:52.284
Define what you want in life, not how what?
00:02:52.974 --> 00:02:59.485
Then ask yourself, what are a few consistent actions that will move me in that direction every single day?
00:03:00.145 --> 00:03:14.317
See directions more important than speed, and if that's the case, then don't slap some sort of unreasonable timeframe to it until, is your timeframe, how long is it gonna take until if you stay consistent, you're gonna get there.
00:03:14.875 --> 00:03:17.425
See, the problem is most people don't have an identity.
00:03:18.294 --> 00:03:19.375
They have an idea.
00:03:19.974 --> 00:03:22.254
But think about ideas, they're fleeting.
00:03:22.705 --> 00:03:26.305
How many ideas have you come up with and totally forgot what they were?
00:03:26.305 --> 00:03:28.854
By the end of the day, same is true for your life.
00:03:28.854 --> 00:03:33.354
So when you have an idea of your life, it's gone.
00:03:33.715 --> 00:03:37.314
Especially once adversity or uncertainty hits.
00:03:37.731 --> 00:03:39.951
Then you allow circumstances.
00:03:40.222 --> 00:03:46.491
Your friends, your family, society, define who you are.
00:03:48.021 --> 00:03:50.632
This is your life, and this is your one and only life.
00:03:51.210 --> 00:03:54.330
Stop chasing the person that you wanna become.
00:03:54.796 --> 00:04:00.407
Just be that person now, and the only way you can do that is by being consistent.
00:04:01.276 --> 00:04:03.137
So let's make this simple.
00:04:04.336 --> 00:04:10.697
Sit down in the next three mornings and write one question each day and define it.
00:04:11.086 --> 00:04:11.806
Who are you?
00:04:12.497 --> 00:04:15.197
That's day one, day two, what do you do?
00:04:15.870 --> 00:04:17.189
What are your non-negotiables?
00:04:17.220 --> 00:04:20.970
What are your, no matter whats, in other words, you can do it every single day.
00:04:21.427 --> 00:04:23.726
Not a long list, just a handful of things.
00:04:24.872 --> 00:04:27.266
If you need a primer, wake up at a said time.
00:04:28.346 --> 00:04:29.576
Read 15 minutes.
00:04:30.552 --> 00:04:34.422
Write your takeaway from what you just read in your own words.
00:04:35.982 --> 00:04:38.982
Share your takeaway so that way it holds you accountable.
00:04:40.062 --> 00:04:47.081
Go work out and then design your day design to align, meaning you know that you're gonna eat today.
00:04:47.172 --> 00:04:51.552
Define that right now before you get emotionally jerked around.
00:04:52.201 --> 00:04:55.951
Lay out your clothes to work out and what you're gonna wear that day.
00:04:56.701 --> 00:04:57.422
Do it the night before.
00:04:57.857 --> 00:04:58.697
It is that simple.
00:04:59.466 --> 00:05:00.757
And then lastly, what do you want?
00:05:02.266 --> 00:05:02.927
Not how?
00:05:03.197 --> 00:05:05.776
What, when it happens is not up to you.
00:05:05.776 --> 00:05:17.069
What you do for when it happens is completely up to you see, I stay within this framework so that way I don't have to waste any emotional currency deciding on what to do.
00:05:17.430 --> 00:05:19.019
I don't have to negotiate with myself.
00:05:19.290 --> 00:05:20.430
I don't get overwhelmed.
00:05:20.882 --> 00:05:21.632
I just flow.
00:05:21.932 --> 00:05:25.562
See, when you define your day, you stop fighting with yourself.
00:05:26.192 --> 00:05:29.182
You're just in alignment, you've already laid it out.
00:05:29.273 --> 00:05:32.663
All you have to do is show up and check the box.
00:05:33.096 --> 00:05:35.826
Time is the ultimate storyteller.
00:05:36.216 --> 00:05:40.899
And if you want a better story, practice better consistency.
00:05:41.290 --> 00:05:45.339
Stop wishing that you were consistent and start doing.
00:05:45.865 --> 00:05:51.564
Consistent things because at the end of the day, consistency isn't spoken.
00:05:52.225 --> 00:05:53.064
It's revealed.
00:05:53.574 --> 00:05:54.834
Keep it simple, keep it moving.
00:05:54.834 --> 00:05:55.404
Never settle.
00:05:55.404 --> 00:05:55.975
Stay tough.
00:05:55.975 --> 00:05:56.454
Peace.
00:05:56.454 --> 00:05:56.574
I.
00:00:01.949 --> 00:00:05.280
You know, time is a wonderful storyteller.
00:00:05.969 --> 00:00:10.679
I say that time is the ultimate storyteller.
00:00:11.669 --> 00:00:20.370
See, if you sit back and look back over your life, you're gonna realize that's so freaking true, man.
00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:25.829
Time tells the story where you are right now.
00:00:26.579 --> 00:00:29.730
That's the story, and it didn't happen overnight.
00:00:30.554 --> 00:00:37.615
It happened over time, so why do we think that getting out of something should be instant?
00:00:38.335 --> 00:00:41.484
It's not just like getting here took time.
00:00:42.174 --> 00:00:45.070
Getting out is gonna take consistency.
00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:47.829
And you can't fake consistency.
00:00:48.340 --> 00:00:49.270
You can fake hype.
00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:51.490
You can fake intensity.
00:00:52.090 --> 00:00:57.880
You can fake well wished intentions, but you can't fake consistency.
00:00:58.613 --> 00:00:59.933
You want to know someone's truth.
00:01:00.713 --> 00:01:01.884
Don't look at what they say.
00:01:02.783 --> 00:01:03.713
Look at what they do.
00:01:04.493 --> 00:01:05.573
Look at where they are.
00:01:06.563 --> 00:01:08.394
That's the result in time.
00:01:09.159 --> 00:01:10.838
It tells the truth.
00:01:11.709 --> 00:01:15.849
And here's the good news, if you don't like the story, time is telling.
00:01:16.899 --> 00:01:24.399
You can rewrite it, but you can only rewrite it through the ink of daily consistency.
00:01:24.948 --> 00:01:29.253
See, everything that you want is on the other side of consistent everything that you don't want.
00:01:29.722 --> 00:01:33.022
It is a result of being inconsistent.
00:01:34.192 --> 00:01:47.123
Coach Prime says that when you define who you are, what you do, and where you're going, your life, a successful life is going to begin to take shape.
00:01:48.052 --> 00:01:53.662
See, most people are inconsistent because they haven't defined any of that.
00:01:54.112 --> 00:01:57.923
Who you are, what you do, and where you're going.
00:01:58.477 --> 00:02:05.016
They're just kind of floating through the day, like a paper bag in the wind, undefined, unclear, unaligned.
00:02:05.316 --> 00:02:16.387
But when you define who you are and you define what you do and where you're headed, and you align your actions with that, this is where you stop negotiating with yourself.
00:02:16.567 --> 00:02:20.647
See, when you enter into negotiations with yourself, should I, shouldn't I?
00:02:21.276 --> 00:02:24.217
Maybe next week, double up first of the year.
00:02:24.629 --> 00:02:28.590
If you enter into negotiations with yourself, you're gonna lose every single time.
00:02:29.400 --> 00:02:30.719
So let me ask you this.
00:02:31.020 --> 00:02:31.710
Who are you?
00:02:32.400 --> 00:02:34.710
What's the identity that you want to embody?
00:02:35.250 --> 00:02:40.349
And I'm not talking about just some title or version that you talk about on Instagram.
00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.620
I'm talking about the real you, the authentic you.
00:02:44.280 --> 00:02:48.060
The one that you live when no one else is watching.
00:02:48.534 --> 00:02:52.284
Define what you want in life, not how what?
00:02:52.974 --> 00:02:59.485
Then ask yourself, what are a few consistent actions that will move me in that direction every single day?
00:03:00.145 --> 00:03:14.317
See directions more important than speed, and if that's the case, then don't slap some sort of unreasonable timeframe to it until, is your timeframe, how long is it gonna take until if you stay consistent, you're gonna get there.
00:03:14.875 --> 00:03:17.425
See, the problem is most people don't have an identity.
00:03:18.294 --> 00:03:19.375
They have an idea.
00:03:19.974 --> 00:03:22.254
But think about ideas, they're fleeting.
00:03:22.705 --> 00:03:26.305
How many ideas have you come up with and totally forgot what they were?
00:03:26.305 --> 00:03:28.854
By the end of the day, same is true for your life.
00:03:28.854 --> 00:03:33.354
So when you have an idea of your life, it's gone.
00:03:33.715 --> 00:03:37.314
Especially once adversity or uncertainty hits.
00:03:37.731 --> 00:03:39.951
Then you allow circumstances.
00:03:40.222 --> 00:03:46.491
Your friends, your family, society, define who you are.
00:03:48.021 --> 00:03:50.632
This is your life, and this is your one and only life.
00:03:51.210 --> 00:03:54.330
Stop chasing the person that you wanna become.
00:03:54.796 --> 00:04:00.407
Just be that person now, and the only way you can do that is by being consistent.
00:04:01.276 --> 00:04:03.137
So let's make this simple.
00:04:04.336 --> 00:04:10.697
Sit down in the next three mornings and write one question each day and define it.
00:04:11.086 --> 00:04:11.806
Who are you?
00:04:12.497 --> 00:04:15.197
That's day one, day two, what do you do?
00:04:15.870 --> 00:04:17.189
What are your non-negotiables?
00:04:17.220 --> 00:04:20.970
What are your, no matter whats, in other words, you can do it every single day.
00:04:21.427 --> 00:04:23.726
Not a long list, just a handful of things.
00:04:24.872 --> 00:04:27.266
If you need a primer, wake up at a said time.
00:04:28.346 --> 00:04:29.576
Read 15 minutes.
00:04:30.552 --> 00:04:34.422
Write your takeaway from what you just read in your own words.
00:04:35.982 --> 00:04:38.982
Share your takeaway so that way it holds you accountable.
00:04:40.062 --> 00:04:47.081
Go work out and then design your day design to align, meaning you know that you're gonna eat today.
00:04:47.172 --> 00:04:51.552
Define that right now before you get emotionally jerked around.
00:04:52.201 --> 00:04:55.951
Lay out your clothes to work out and what you're gonna wear that day.
00:04:56.701 --> 00:04:57.422
Do it the night before.
00:04:57.857 --> 00:04:58.697
It is that simple.
00:04:59.466 --> 00:05:00.757
And then lastly, what do you want?
00:05:02.266 --> 00:05:02.927
Not how?
00:05:03.197 --> 00:05:05.776
What, when it happens is not up to you.
00:05:05.776 --> 00:05:17.069
What you do for when it happens is completely up to you see, I stay within this framework so that way I don't have to waste any emotional currency deciding on what to do.
00:05:17.430 --> 00:05:19.019
I don't have to negotiate with myself.
00:05:19.290 --> 00:05:20.430
I don't get overwhelmed.
00:05:20.882 --> 00:05:21.632
I just flow.
00:05:21.932 --> 00:05:25.562
See, when you define your day, you stop fighting with yourself.
00:05:26.192 --> 00:05:29.182
You're just in alignment, you've already laid it out.
00:05:29.273 --> 00:05:32.663
All you have to do is show up and check the box.
00:05:33.096 --> 00:05:35.826
Time is the ultimate storyteller.
00:05:36.216 --> 00:05:40.899
And if you want a better story, practice better consistency.
00:05:41.290 --> 00:05:45.339
Stop wishing that you were consistent and start doing.
00:05:45.865 --> 00:05:51.564
Consistent things because at the end of the day, consistency isn't spoken.
00:05:52.225 --> 00:05:53.064
It's revealed.
00:05:53.574 --> 00:05:54.834
Keep it simple, keep it moving.
00:05:54.834 --> 00:05:55.404
Never settle.
00:05:55.404 --> 00:05:55.975
Stay tough.
00:05:55.975 --> 00:05:56.454
Peace.
00:05:56.454 --> 00:05:56.574
I.