1324: Consistency Versus Compliance

Primal Potential

Elizabeth Benton

Money, Self-improvement, Inspiration, Transformation, Motivation, Affirmations, Health & Fitness, Mindset, Selfhelp, Weightloss, Education, Loseweight, Goals, Nutrition

5 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Episode Summary:

If you’ve ever felt like you’re “good when you’re on” but completely lost when life throws you off your plan — this episode is for you.

In today’s conversation, Elizabeth breaks down one of the most powerful mindset shifts you can make: the difference between compliance and consistency. Spoiler: most people think they’re building consistency, but they’re actually chasing compliance — and that’s exactly why they keep starting over.

You’ll learn:

The telltale signs you’re stuck in compliance mode
Why your plan isn’t failing — your rigidity is
What it means to build consistency that adapts, flexes, and endures
The single mindset shift that makes every week smarter than the last
Why flexibility isn’t a weakness — it’s the foundation of lasting progress

This episode will help you let go of perfectionism and start building real, sustainable change — even on the messiest days.

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0:00.0	If you want to be more consistent, you're in the right place. I'm Elizabeth Benton. Welcome to
0:07.1	Consistent, a podcast by Primal Potential that is for all of you who feel frustrated by your lack of
0:13.3	progress or overwhelmed by all the change that you want to make in your life. Here, we stop frantically
0:20.5	chasing new habits and start
0:22.6	strategically building a structure of consistency. Let's get into it.
0:29.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome back to the primal potential podcast. I am Elizabeth Benton.
0:34.8	Thanks so much for joining me for honestly what I think is going to be one of the most impactful episodes,
0:41.2	maybe ever that we've done on this podcast.
0:43.7	It's something that we talk about almost daily inside the consistency course.
0:48.7	And I just realized, hey, this needs to live on the podcast.
0:51.5	We need to do a full episode talking about this.
0:55.6	If you feel like you are constantly starting over or that you can do well for a while,
1:02.2	but eventually it all falls apart, maybe because life got stressful or unpredictable,
1:07.0	we are going to unpack one of the biggest traps that I see ever, and that is people are
1:15.8	confusing consistency and compliance. They believe that they are working on building consistency,
1:23.9	but they're not. They are pursuing compliance. And believe it or not, it's not just semantics and
1:31.7	word choice. This distinction makes a massive difference. Let's first get clear on what compliance
1:39.8	is and what consistency is so that we understand why this is so significant. And then I want to
1:46.1	help you identify which one you've been pursuing. Compliance is rule-based. It's rigid. It is
1:54.1	external. It's checking the boxes, right? It's the to-do list approach. Did I follow the plan perfectly? Did I check all
2:02.8	the boxes? Did I stay on the script? Whereas consistency is flexible. It is value-based and it is
2:13.0	external and internal. A lot of times, like we can use 75 hard as an example. That is very much
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