# What’s Your 20 Mile March? by Brett & Kate McKay ## Metadata - Author: [[Brett & Kate McKay]] - Full Title: What’s Your 20 Mile March? - Category: #articles - URL: https://www.artofmanliness.com/character/behavior/whats-your-20-mile-march/ ## Highlights added March 21, 2024 at 8:30 AM But as I evaluate the times I’ve been successful in life, I notice a pattern. It usually wasn’t through big Herculean efforts, or snazzy new productivity plans that I achieved my goals, but rather through steady, consistent efforts. I reached my goals by throwing on my knapsack every single day and setting off on a 20 Mile March. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hsgcm5ve841sj6p7h3tkhzrm)) Collins and Morten lay out seven elements that create a good 20 Mile March: 1. Clear performance markers 2. Self-imposed constraints 3. Appropriate to the enterprise [or individual] 4. Largely within your control 5. A proper timeframe — long enough to manage, yet short enough to have teeth 6. Designed and self-imposed by the enterprise [or individual] 7. Achieved with high consistency ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hsgck70ebfe7vxvvffhvy0mc))