When we hear stories about how people became successful, we tend to think that these achievers started out with a big dream.
That’s just not true.
Most of the time, these ‘extraordinary’ people are more ordinary than we believe them to be.
Larry Page and Sergei Brin – the guys at Google didn’t start out ‘trying to change the world’. They were just 2 Stanford PhDs working on their dissertations.
The founders of Youtube didn’t start out fantasizing about ‘reinventing TV’. They were just trying to share funny videos.
Regardless of what you’re setting out to do, it can be very crippling to have such a bold, sweeping vision, when you can barely run something as simple as a WhatsApp group.
Instead of thinking big, try thinking small.
Give Yourself A Micro Assignment
Rick Rubin, the legendary record producer – who worked with multi-platinum artists like Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Kanye West and Eminem – has a good way of dealing with his talents who are facing the pressure to be creative.
When they are facing ‘writer’s block’, he’d tell his artists: ‘Do you think you can get me two words by tomorrow?’
He’d give them a micro-assignment.
An assignment which is so easy, that they get it done. And that leads to more lines, more songs, and eventually a whole album.
These micro assignments are great. Because sometimes the only thing you need to get yourself out of that slump, is just to take a few steps forward – and be okay with it.
Use The Law Of Momentum
Great things will happen if you know how to leverage the Law of Momentum to your advantage.
A lot of inaction or procrastination happens because we expect us to achieve perfection all the time.
We want to be successful every time we train at the gym. We want to be successful every time we go to work.
But this never happens. Perfection never happens.
Stop waiting for the right moment.
Stop waiting for inspiration to strike before you want to get going.
Stop waiting to ‘get motivated’ before you actually put in the work.
Think small, and keep at it. Always remember: small wins stack up.
Summary
When you get stuck, give yourself micro-assignments.
Curb your perfectionism by using the Law of Momentum: pursuing and sustaining small wins.
Think small, and keep at it. Always remember: small wins stack up.
When we hear stories about how people became successful, we tend to think that these achievers started out with a big dream.
That’s just not true.
Most of the time, these ‘extraordinary’ people are more ordinary than we believe them to be.
Larry Page and Sergei Brin – the guys at Google didn’t start out ‘trying to change the world’. They were just 2 Stanford PhDs working on their dissertations.
The founders of Youtube didn’t start out fantasizing about ‘reinventing TV’. They were just trying to share funny videos.
Regardless of what you’re setting out to do, it can be very crippling to have such a bold, sweeping vision, when you can barely run something as simple as a WhatsApp group.
Instead of thinking big, try thinking small.
Give Yourself A Micro Assignment
Rick Rubin, the legendary record producer – who worked with multi-platinum artists like Ed Sheeran, Lady Gaga, Kanye West and Eminem – has a good way of dealing with his talents who are facing the pressure to be creative.
When they are facing ‘writer’s block’, he’d tell his artists: ‘Do you think you can get me two words by tomorrow?’
He’d give them a micro-assignment.
An assignment which is so easy, that they get it done. And that leads to more lines, more songs, and eventually a whole album.
These micro assignments are great. Because sometimes the only thing you need to get yourself out of that slump, is just to take a few steps forward – and be okay with it.
Use The Law Of Momentum
Great things will happen if you know how to leverage the Law of Momentum to your advantage.
A lot of inaction or procrastination happens because we expect us to achieve perfection all the time.
We want to be successful every time we train at the gym. We want to be successful every time we go to work.
But this never happens. Perfection never happens.
Stop waiting for the right moment.
Stop waiting for inspiration to strike before you want to get going.
Stop waiting to ‘get motivated’ before you actually put in the work.
Think small, and keep at it. Always remember: small wins stack up.
Summary
When you get stuck, give yourself micro-assignments.
Curb your perfectionism by using the Law of Momentum: pursuing and sustaining small wins.
Think small, and keep at it. Always remember: small wins stack up.