It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.
Start by thinking of the smallest possible action you could take; then, take it. Then, choose the next smallest action, and do that.
There can be a progression to the dream; there can be steps to it. When you dissect any successful person's story, it's really rare that it was all or nothing. It's steps, and I just try to remind myself of that in terms of the things that I want; it's like, everything is a step, leading you to where you need to go.
I think the problem people get into is they want to go into the gym and look at other people's workouts, or they want to lift what other people are lifting. I started out really small. I actually did a lot of research, and I learned all about working out. So take gradual steps.
Don't look at the big picture as the only achievement. Start with set, smart goals and work up to something bigger.
Dream big. Start small and then connect the dots
Take action in order to move toward your goals.
Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.
I used to try and take things in leaps and bounds. Now I've realized it's got to be step by step.
I don't think that there's a hard-and-fast deadline. . . .What we have said all along is that this is not an open-ended process, we are not in this just to talk for talk's sake. . . . We expect prompt, concrete steps to be taken over the next couple of weeks.
Step by step, one by one, higher and higher. Step by step, rung by rung, climbing Jacob's ladder.
I have been very clear about the necessity for doing whatever is required to move the VA into the 21st century.
It is a mark of wisdom not to kick away the very step from which we have risen higher. The removal of one step from a staircase brings down the whole of it.
It's tough to say, exactly, what things will look like in three to five years, but there's a lot of work to do in just moving along the path that we've already set out.
I like to take things incrementally, and strive for something that feels more attainable.
Every great basketball team, every team that's on a championship journey takes steps each year, taking a step further than they were the year before.
When you prepare a list of improvements and you make them small and achievable, you won't just stick to then, you'll increase the chances that you'll keep moving forward.
A holistic solution to income inequality is going to take a lot of work, but every time you prove that one of the strands is achievable and that it has a positive impact on people's lives you take another step towards proving the bigger theory of the case.
Also, if you have an accident, you can't start to dance again at the top, you're too weak; you start with the easy things - the way you did them when you were young, and come up up up, the way you did then.
Achieve great goals in stages, each of which is probably imperfect by absolute standards.
