The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
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The secret of getting started is breaking your long, complex, time-consuming, and overwhelming projects or objectives into small, manageable chunks or tasks that can be completed in less than a day, and then starting on the first one IMMEDIATELY.
Often many of our most important goals seem overwhelming. We rarely see them as a series of many small, easily achievable tasks. However, in reality – they are just that. Breaking down a large project into smaller tasks – and then accomplishing each of them one-at-a-time – is exactly how any big goal gets accomplished.
So, after you have decided upon clearly what you want, set measurable goals with specific deadlines, the next step is to determine all of the individual action steps that must be taken to accomplish your goal.
So, exactly “How do you chunk it down?”
Actually, there are several ways to approach the situation. One option would be to speak to others who have already done what you are wanting to do and find out what they learned in the process; what are their ‘best practices’. What steps did they take? What did they learn along the way that might help you avoid the mistakes they made while completing their goal.
Another way is to purchase a book, audio, DVD that outlines the process.
You could start from the end and look backwards. You’d simply close your eyes and imagine “What was the last step you did to achieve your goal?” Then you would imagine, what did you do before that, and the thing you did before that… and keep working backwards all the way back to where you started.
Remember that it’s okay not to know how to do something. It’s okay to ask for guidance and advice from those who do know. Sometimes you can get it free, and sometimes you have to pay for it. Learn to get comfortable with asking “Can you tell me how I would go about…?” and “What would I have to do to…?” and “How did you…?” Keep asking until you get a clear picture of just what you will have to do to put together a clear step-by-step plan to get you from where you are to where you want to be.
What will you need to do? Who will you need to help you? How long will it take? How much money will you need? What skills will you need to learn? Who will you need to enlist in your vision? What disciplines or habits will you need to establish? A salient technique for creating an action plan to accomplish your goals known as
MIND MAPPING
. See pages 63 – 66 in The Success Principles for more details.
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