Give Me a Chisel...

A lot of folks want success overnight. They want it fast and easy. Almost like snapping their fingers.

I don't want that. At least, not anymore.

At one point I did. But I discovered that the faster I wanted things to happen, the less anything happened at all.

So I adopted a different mindset. Just do a little bit everyday. You see, I'd rather have a chisel and a hammer to chip away at success. Over time, it's surprisingly effective.

Some day, I imagine somebody will say, "Ryan was lucky. He's an overnight success."

But they won't know all the struggles and failures I've faced. They won't know that I woke up every single day at 5 a.m. for three years straight to work on entrepreneurial ideas before I drove to work. They won't know that I sacrificed some weekends to pursue my dreams.

Here's the bottom line:

You can't scale Everest in a day. Going for the "big break" is a sure way to fail. Choose the slower path of daily action instead. Putting one foot in front of the other, you'll actually get somewhere.

Comments

[Kyle Tully]

"Just do a little bit everyday" -- that really is great advice.

There are very rarely any true overnight success stories.

[Joseph Ratliff]

Ryan,

Walk before you run.

It is amazing how simple that sounds, but with all the marketing out there that promotes "Make Money Quickly", it is sometimes hard to swallow that it is better to take it "one step at a time."

Joseph Ratliff