I always thought consistency was the secret… until I realized I was consistently doing the wrong things

For the longest time, I convinced myself that I just needed to be more consistent.
Post every day.
Build every day.
Market every day.
Learn every day.

But then something hit me:
I was being extremely consistent…
at doing things that weren’t actually moving anything forward.

I’d spend hours tweaking landing pages no one visited.
Polishing features no one asked for.
Reading advice I never applied.
Planning instead of testing.

The problem wasn’t consistency it was direction.

Everything changed when I started asking one question before doing anything:

Will this actually teach me something new?

If the answer was no, I dropped it.
If the answer was yes, I did it even if it was uncomfortable, messy, or likely to fail.Since then, I’ve been getting clearer signals, better insights, and fewer pointless tasks.

I’m curious:
What was the habit or mindset you had to unlearn to actually make progress?