The Chinese proverb says that the journey of a 1000 miles begins with a single step.
Action. That’s all it takes. Intelligent action.
I have a tendency to over-analyze things or what’s been called ‘paralysis by analysis’. It’s easy to look at the WHOLE project, regardless of the scope, and think “This will never happen!” But just take the first step.
For me, I just created a weekly checklist outlining the minimum actions I need to take each day of the week to stay on course and move my business forward.
Tiny steps.
Exercise: Look across the room you’re in. Pick an object on the other side of the room, a table, a picture, a bookshelf, whatever. Stand up, stay focused on the object and take tiny steps toward it.
Did you get there or did you even try? C’mon, play along!! See, it doesn’t matter the size of the steps, only that you continue to take the steps. Yes, you CAN walk a thousand miles.
The tiny steps I took today include research for a new product, watching a video on generating internet traffic, and post comments on my FB & twitter business account. Small, but they are taking me closer.
The option is to look across the room at that object and not even move. What fun is that?
