Why Success is the Sum of Small Efforts

“Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.” ~ Robert Collier

There is an old Chinese proverb which says… “A journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” One small step for man may look insignificant but taken repeatedly for a prolonged period of time can take you over a considerable distance of a thousand or more miles. When you master certain significantly small actions repeated over time in the course of your business, by the time you achieve something big in the process, you too may even wonder how you did it in the first place. What matters is to get into action and get busy working in the direction of your goals. No matter how small the steps you are taking, so long as such steps are in the right direction, your seemingly big problem will be solved before too long. It is not the size of the steps you take in the direction of your goals which count the most. What counts is ensuring that such steps no matter how small are in the right direction of your goals. That is the surest way to success.

In you sincerely run a business, you may have discovered from experience that nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. No matter how big a problem may appear to be, if you can divide it into bits and pieces then take them on in that form, you can get the whole big problem resolved fairly more easily through all these little bits and pieces you’ve handled along the way. Every big problem is the sum total of very small problems binding together. A smart problem solver first isolates these small problems, then solves then one at a time. Taking that cue, even you, by the time you solve all the small problems making up the big problem you are facing, you will discover that the big problem has been solved. Just like that!

Get busy right now because…. “No pains, no gains. To get the prize, you must pay the price.”

Why What You Think Leads the Way

“People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves, they have the first secret of success.” ~ Norman Vincent Peale

There is nothing anyone can achieve in this world without their thinking making it possible. That is where achievement begins for everyone. Just name it, anything you feel like doing must first be well thought out. If not, chances of starting at all are very slim talk less of making any meaningful headway in form of progress. The thinking process helps to put the entire business or enterprise in proper perspective even before commencement. The thinking process gives the picture and the roadmap of what is to be done. Following what you’ve already thought about is a great way to measure progress and to be sure you are on course. Knowing you are on course at any point in time encourages more progress and eventual completion and success. Note that without what you already thought about, it is difficult if not impossible to follow this natural order.

If your thinking says it can be done, it will. If however it says it can’t be done, it is almost impossible to get it done. That is the real power of thoughts in the process of general achievements. First, you must believe you can and you will. Your thinking process makes that possible. If however you think you can’t, certainly you can’t. Putting efforts when your thinking says you can’t is one sure way to dissipate energy and time while achieving nothing. Some waste! That is clearly no way to go. To get anything done, you must first be sure you think it through before attempting to act it through.

Get busy right now because…. “No pains, no gains. To get the prize, you must pay the price.”