Microsteps: Your Pathway To Success
The post Microsteps: Your Pathway To Success appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. getty None of us should expect to be 100 percent motivated every day. If you get a lousy night’s sleep, are stressed over a personal situation, feel discouraged over a work problem, or it’s just a stormy, dreary day, you may want to roll over when the alarm goes off and pull the blanket over your head. But, motivated or not, you can be disciplined every day. The key to that discipline can be found in microsteps—small, consistent steps that you take day after day. And while immediate results are unlikely, over time, with consistency, microsteps are a pathway to success. Self-discipline means committing to those steps—regardless of the stormy, dreary day. If the most exercise you get is walking from your desk to the coffee machine and then you decide to run a marathon, you’re not going to lace up tomorrow and run 26.2 miles. As with any goal, you will break it down into manageable chunks. You’re going to look at the target date of your marathon, and then work backwards, creating a training regimen that will start with brisk walking, then a little jogging, some rest days, eating properly, running short distances, then medium distances, then a half-marathon. Each day, you would take microsteps—incremental improvements and goals to aim for. You cannot rely solely on motivation to get you to your goals. Instead, you must lean on discipline. Think of how many people over the years who have told you they were going to write a book, create a start-up, climb Kilimanjaro, go to law school, become a senior vice president, or any so-called “Big Hairy Audacious Goal.” Many will not follow through. They start, and it might look promising, but inevitably they get off track. Here is where microsteps come in. Seeing your goal and finding…
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getty None of us should expect to be 100 percent motivated every day. If you get a lousy night’s sleep, are stressed over a personal situation, feel discouraged over a work problem, or it’s just a stormy, dreary day, you may want to roll over when the alarm goes off and pull the blanket over your head. But, motivated or not, you can be disciplined every day. The key to that discipline can be found in microsteps—small, consistent steps that you take day after day. And while immediate results are unlikely, over time, with consistency, microsteps are a pathway to success. Self-discipline means committing to those steps—regardless of the stormy, dreary day. If the most exercise you get is walking from your desk to the coffee machine and then you decide to run a marathon, you’re not going to lace up tomorrow and run 26.2 miles. As with any goal, you will break it down into manageable chunks. You’re going to look at the target date of your marathon, and then work backwards, creating a training regimen that will start with brisk walking, then a little jogging, some rest days, eating properly, running short distances, then medium distances, then a half-marathon. Each day, you would take microsteps—incremental improvements and goals to aim for. You cannot rely solely on motivation to get you to your goals. Instead, you must lean on discipline. Think of how many people over the years who have told you they were going to write a book, create a start-up, climb Kilimanjaro, go to law school, become a senior vice president, or any so-called “Big Hairy Audacious Goal.” Many will not follow through. They start, and it might look promising, but inevitably they get off track. Here is where microsteps come in. Seeing your goal and finding…
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