Key your eye on the small things...

 

suc·cess

/səkˈses/

noun

1.

the accomplishment of an aim or purpose.

 

Everything we do is made up of lots of little steps, strung together to best achieve our objective. The Mirage was the first big project we did, and the first Gantt chart we created had more than 400 items down the left-hand column and each was plotted over a 365-day period – those were all the things everyone had to accomplish in the year before opening. That was expanded for subsequent openings to two and three years, adding more items to the left-hand column and extending the timeline. That helped us focus on each of the small efforts, which when worked on day-in and day-out, began adding up to lots of little things being completed so that subsequent things could then be started and completed. That original chart was done on paper and pasted to a tall and long wall, making it easy for everyone to view and track their projects. That eventually transitioned into computer project plans, but many of us still remembered and liked that wall of work. It gave us purpose, scope, focus, and a collective sense of accomplishment. Break down your work into small efforts today.

 

Robert Collier (1885–1950): American author of self-help and New Thought metaphysical books in the 20th century. He was involved in writing, editing, and research and wrote about the practical psychology of abundance, desire, faith, visualization, confident action, and personal development.