The Power of Building Consistency | An Interview with Jeffery and Jami Downs

Jeff and Jami Downs are the authors of Streaking: The Simple
Practice of Conscious, Consistent Actions That Create Life-Changing
Results. Both have served in numerous leadership callings, Jami as
a Primary president, Young Women president, and currently as a
Relief Society president. Jeff has served as a Seminary teacher, in
every role in the bishopric, and on the stake high council. Jeff
and Jami speak regularly to youth groups, young single adults,
single adults, married couples, and many more on the power of
consistency in increasing your faith, strengthening your
relationships, and excelling in your profession. Jeff and Jami have
seven children, and you can see what they do in their life every
day, week, and month, by downloading and following them on the
Streaking app. If you want to join them in streaking the
scriptures, click here to download the Streaking app and start your
own scripture reading streak. Links Streaking: The Simple Practice
of Conscious, Consistent Actions That Create Life-Changing Results
The Streaking App The Streaking Podcast There is already a
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Leader Library Highlights 1:50 Introduction to Jeff and Jami and
the story behind their book Streaking. Setting different streaks.
8:40 There are a lot of books on habits but Jeff couldn’t find that
the suggestions were helping him. He explains the difference
between an intentional decision and a habit. 12:00 Why does
streaking work? The ways it activates the brain 12:45 The 3 laws
that helped Jeff and Jami as they were streaking Make it laughably
simple Keep a record of it Create a community 17:00 Jami set a
ministering streak. Some streaks are more private and some more
public. She tried to do something with ministering everyday and she
did it even without an assignment. 19:50 “Ministering isn’t this
grand thing that I do all the time. It’s a journey and it’s a
journey of how I treat other people and how I’m changing inside.”
21:45 We have to be careful that shame and guilt isn’t the driving
reason for trying to change our behavior. Jami talks about ways
that she addresses the guilt and shame and has worked to change it.
24:00 Jami had been very unsuccessful at journaling. She tried year
after year and couldn’t make it stick. She found that committing to
a single sentence everyday and making it laughably simple helped
she stay consistent. 26:40 Overcoming the natural man by yielding
to the prompting of the Holy Ghost. The promptings are small and
subtle things normally. Creating streaks helps us overcome the
natural man by helping us feel like we are winning and succeeding
instead of losing. 30:15 We can apply the idea of streaking for the
individual that is in the bishop’s office trying to repent. Stop
focusing on the sin. For example, don’t look at pornography. It
actually makes us think about it more and feel guilty when we mess
up. 31:40 Sometimes we just need something to get us started and
then we end up keeping going. We don’t want to get started because
the mountain seems too big to climb. 32:45 The brain science behind
streaking and creating habits 33:40 What do you do when you miss a
day after doing it over a thousand days? How do you overcome shame
and guilt? 40:10 Setting a ministering streak. Small ways you can
focus on ministering every single day. 40:45 Creating a streak with
family history. Just opening the app and understanding how it works
can be your daily activity. Jeff talks about how the streak
drastically changed his contributions even though he only did
something very small everyday. 42:15 Jami talks about creating a
streak for family history and how it helped her reconnect with her
biological grandfather. 45:40 The scriptural basis of streaking is
in Alma 37. 47:30 Does the gospel cause you intense overwhelm?