SMALL AND GRADUAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE SURE SHOTS FOR SUCCESS

Only if we could follow the much-touted 1% change/improvement daily, we would get to see wonders. Just imagine how the great achievements of the world would have been done. One thing is sure, they were not achieved overnight. They came up as a result of hard work and determination over many, many years. Foresight, planning and willpower do help in that little incremental progress that leads one to great heights in the long run.

This kind of thinking gels well with the proverbial saying that slow and steady wins the race. That means nothing done in a hurry has a perfect ending. To do an exemplary job, one has to be patiently steady and work for that small change for the better on a daily basis. The sum total of small achievements done over a period of time comes out as a big achievement.

The way to go is, as somebody has said, “Plan your work and then work your plan.” The good thing about this is that it does not call for much of an effort or brilliance. Anyone of us can do it provided we have the willingness to be consistent and persistent. We need to be a little serious and strict in regulating our daily work in a manner that everything that is important to be done on any given day is not carried forward. Normally, nothing of today’s work should be carried on.

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