Small Successes

Accomplish something every day. Small successes make big dreams possible.

Let’s say that you dream of becoming a gourmet cook and hosting multi-course dinners for friends and associates. That’s a wonderful goal, and you will have chances to do that, but along the way you’re going to prepare breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. That’s twenty-one chances a week to work on your cooking skills by putting them to use in the real world and evaluating the results.

Don’t just prepare breakfast. Prepare something unique and memorable. Try new techniques and ingredients and learn from the process no matter how it turns out.

For lunch, make the best salad or sandwich that you can imagine. Share some with your friends and colleagues. It they say, “This is amazing!” with sincere enthusiasm, then you’ll know that you’re onto sometime special. If they say, “Thanks for the sandwich,” keep working on it until you blow their minds.

Every day presents opportunities to learn and develop. Build the skills that will enable you to move closer to your grand dreams by practicing every day. Don’t let opportunities slip by while you dream of a wonderful future. Move toward that future moment by moment, step by deliberate step. That’s the surest way to get there.