This Is How We Do It: A Pep Talk

by Kevin Hart

You can see what you did wrong and either correct it in the moment or remember the lesson for next time you’re in that place.

Sometimes there isn’t anything to do but just sit there and take it. Some of the things that are in life aren’t problems to be solved but realities to allow.

Sometimes we’re bitching and complaining about shit we can’t fucking change. Make the best of those moments. Complete those moments. And after completing them, move on rather than sitting there and letting it fuck up your day. That’s my suggestion. Be like water: allow, adapt, and keep moving.

If you want to make it stronger or start changing the way it works, you have to put in the repetitions and practice week after week to get results.

Especially when it comes to trying to improve your health and wellness, consistency is the goal, more than a single great day or performance. We are in a realm of incremental change, where patience and good habits pay off.

Consistency is important not just because it takes time to create change but because it gives your mind an opportunity to see new results—to see what you’re capable of—and change i...

Being consistent in new behaviors creates proof positive that you’re an independent, powerful, creative, strong, functional person.

Without consistency, there’s also no improvement and learning. There’s nothing to pivot from and get leverage to the next level.

How can you become a piano virtuoso if you don’t sit down every day and hit the keys? How can you sink three-pointers time and time again if you don’t spend time at the hoop? You think anybody can step into a comedy club and kill it on their first try?

What I found through health and fitness is that it’s a constant journey of consistent self-improvement.

And through this journey you’ll realize that you’ll have your good days and you’ll have your bad days. But you’ll also realize that it’s a consistent growth—if you want it to be.

Because you can look at your body and you can feel good or you can feel bad. You can feel energized or you can feel sluggish. But when you’re feeling your best, you’ll find that it’s because of the decisions you made...

Consistency defends against the frequent funks that come from losing momentum.

The same goes for the professional side of life. You begin to see results build up over time, and it makes you want to put even more work in. Consistency inspires consistency.

I don’t care how long it takes, you will see the benefit from your consistency. You will see the benefit from putting the work into your craft, into your goal, into your dream. It will pay off. I don’t care how long it takes. It’ll happen. I was on the road for I don’t know how long doing comedy. Driving back and forth—hours and miles in fucking cars. Making no money. Making enough to pay the fucking bills. Doing it week in, week out, week in, week out.

Cut to years later, I’m sitting where I’m sitting. It will pay off. Do the fucking work. Don’t bitch about it along the way. Shortcuts are for suckers. That’s my motto: “Shortcuts are for suckers.” Let me take the hard way. So many more benefits from the hard way. So many more benefits and education from the hard way. I want what’s earned, not given. Point blank.