Think Small
It’s the start of a new year as I write this; a special time when people are busy reinventing themselves and starting new things, it’s a popular time to talk about change although I hope this is helpful at any other time when you want to change something or are stuck in a rut.
Knowing you want to change is one thing, actually changing is a completely different thing, and this is what I am here to talk about, how does one go about changing and/or reinventing oneself or anything for that matter ?
Why Small ?
One of the biggest reasons goals tend to fail is due to their size and scope, I am not saying you shouldn’t aim for the stars or have big goals, but rather factor into your planning that a big goal will likely take big time, need big resources and carry big risk, what’s more, if you add another big goal to your list ( which feels good and easy in the moment) you are likely to end up overwhelmed and accomplish neither.
Divide and conquer.
A solution I use and propose is to split your goals into two: a single ( 1 ) critical and well defined BIG thing you need to accomplish and multiple secondary loosely defined small optional things you might or might not do, as long as that big thing moves forward I know I am on…
