from outcome to process
Embed future in today. Action bias in here and now. And weave time to unleash compounding. Small steady steps in right direction
Often, the key to succeeding at something big is to break it into its tiniest pieces and focus on how to succeed at just one piece.
Tim Urban • How to Pick Your Life Partner - Part 2
God, grant me the serenity to
Accept the things I cannot change
Courage to change the things I can
And wisdom to know the difference
To arrive somewhere remarkable we must be willing to hold many paths open without knowing where they might lead.
Joel Lehman • Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective
This is how to tell a success story: Rather than telling a story of your full and complete accomplishment, tell the story of a small part of the success. Tell about a small step. Feel free to allude to the better days that may lie ahead, but don’t try to tell everything. Small steps only.
Dan Kennedy • Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling
Almost no prerequisite to any major invention was invented with that invention in mind.
Joel Lehman • Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective
The gap between knowing what you want and going after it is where fear thrives. You don't need enough courage for the entire journey. You only need courage for the next step.
When the outcome drives the process we will only ever go to where we’ve already been. If process drives outcome we may not know where we’re going, but we will know we want to be there.
Bruce Mau • BRUCE MAU'S MASSIVE CHANGE NETWORK
Sometimes the best way to achieve something great is to stop trying to achieve a particular great thing. In other words, greatness is possible if you are willing to stop demanding what that greatness should be.