We all want to take these massive, giant steps in our personal and business life, however, when you want to experience success, sometimes looking at the whole project instead of the smaller, daily goals can be really overwhelming. If you break things down into small, daily, baby steps, you’ll meet your goal(s) and the process will be less stressful.
Here are a few tips:
- See things more clearly – The giant goal of building a six-figure business can seem daunting, but the smaller goal of getting one new client a month is a lot more doable because you can see it happening.
- Increase your focus – It’s easier and more effective to focus on what you can do today, instead of thinking too far ahead. For example, if one of your goals is to write a 100,000-word novel in one year, it may seem impossible. Break your goal down and aim to write 2,084 words a week, or break it down further into a daily goal – 300 words a day is certainly achievable.
- Stop procrastinating – Knowing you need to only write 300 words to meet your goal is less stressful and easier to imagine than writing 100K words at one sitting, so you’re more likely jump in and get it done. You might even find that you get in the flow and pump out 1,200 words on the one day. That will certainly make you feel like you’re winning!
- Lower stress-resistance – If the thought of publishing a novel overwhelms you, that’s okay. You don’t have to focus on the whole project – instead you could focus on the chapter outline, or just one scene. This will help you complete the work and meet your goal without dreading the task.
- Build confidence – When you take small daily steps, you’ll be able to start measuring your success within just a couple of weeks. Being able to look back on what you’ve accomplished will build your confidence level. Having more confidence makes it easier for you to envision the big goals you’ve made.
- Create habits – Building habits that affect your life today and in the future is the best way to ensure that you start reaching the goals you set. Integrating habits work way better than trying to motivate yourself or hoping that willpower will help you win the day. Your small daily actions end up creating patterns that become habits.
It might seem impossible that you can get excellent results by taking smaller steps each day, but you can. If every single day you increase your walking time by just one minute by the end of the year, you’ll be walking six hours a day by the end of the year. No one needs to walk that much, but it demonstrates how powerful just that one minute can become given enough time.