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Be satisfied with even the smallest progress

Anything I’ve ever accomplished in life started off as one very tiny thought followed by one very tiny action. And then another thought, and another action, repeatedly, compounding on top of each other over time to eventually become something important.

In the end, it’s easy to lose sight of this minuscule genesis of big things. So try to remember that when you want to cause change, when you want to achieve, when you want to be noticed - it’s not a grand gesture that’s necessary, it is just one tiny thought followed by one tiny action, and then do it again and again.

From the Ryan Holiday email titled “How to Make Zero Progress”: > “Marcus Aurelius talked about how we can’t wait for perfection. Because if you do, that’s all you’ll do: wait. Instead, he wrote, “Be satisfied with even the smallest progress.” Action by action, step by step, he said, that’s how we assemble a life. Zeno, well before Marcus, said that these small steps amount to no small thing. > > The little things add up. Because they are real.”

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    Ryan Holiday

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