<ol> <li>You aim to build one ridiculously large project.</li> <li>You complete nothing.</li> </ol> <p>Contrast that with this beautiful thang:</p> <ol> <li>You aim for a small goal; you complete it.</li> <li>You expand that small goal to a slightly bigger goal.</li> <li>You complete that too. You gradually go larger.</li> </ol> <p>Gunning for Everest's top prevents you from seeking progress; yet, aiming for Everest's little-tiny-mini basecamps gets you moving upward-and-upward-and-upward ' everyday.</p> <p>Small-achievable-easy-simple goals get you moving efficiently. Yes, Go Big ' But'</p> <p>Indeed, have that larger goal in mind; but, don't depend on it.</p> <p>Using that larger goal to inspire your work won't get you sufficient daily progress.</p> <p>Small goals ' on the other hand ' excite you to complete something by today ' everyday.</p> <ul> <li>Erina: Today?</li> <li>Tebow: Yeah! Today!</li> </ul> <h2>The Beauty of Aiming Small</h2> <p>Think of Newton's Laws of Motion:</p> <ul> <li>Force = Mass x Acceleration</li> <li>An object in motion tends to stay in motion.</li> </ul> <p>When you aim for a big project'</p> <ol> <li>You complete nothing ' until you complete that big project.</li> <li>Because you've completed nothing, you'll have to use tremendous force/energy/mighty-mite-mite to finally complete that big project.</li> </ol> <h2>Momentum says Boo! to You.</h2> <p>When you aim for tiny projects'</p> <ol> <li>You complete one small goal easily/efficiently/quickly.</li> <li>You've built momentum to complete a follow-up small goal.</li> <li>You gradually increase momentum to pile on more small goals.</li> <li>'OH THIS THING IS AUTOMATIC! I COMPLETE SO MUCH WITHOUT EVEN THINKING! KABAM!'</li> </ol> <p>Getting into the habit of completing things makes it easier to complete more things.</p> <p>Momentum loves you. Real-World Examples of The Small Magic</p> <p>Examples to inspire your compa-nay: Facebook:</p> <ol> <li>Founder Zuckerberg dude aimed to build a social network for his school.</li> <li>He turned it into a social networking multi-billion-dollar empire.</li> </ol> <p>Wal-Mart:</p> <ol> <li>Sammy aimed to build the most fabulous little convenience store in town.</li> <li>He gradually turned that little store into the world's largest retail empire in the world.</li> </ol> <p>Google:</p> <ol> <li>Sergey and Larry aimed to complete a research project on search engines.</li> <li>They transformed it into a revolutionary company rivaling the biggest market caps in the world.</li> </ol> <p>Small-to-big-say-hay.</p> <h2>Aim For The Small</h2> <p>Small things drive you to complete bigger things.</p> <p>You'll automatically drive yourself to start beautifying/expanding/empowering what you just completed ' for on-and-on-and-on.</p> <p>Winner = You.</p> <h2>Think small. Let big come.</h2> 2008-04-09T11:37:00-07:00 true 625 why-aim-for-small-goals 0 2009-11-06T21:45:46-08:00