This Week's Jump-Start

One of the best escapes  from the prison of procrastination is to take even the smallest steps toward  your goals. People usually procrastinate because of fear and lack of confidence  and, ironically, become even more afraid when under the gun.Experience has shown that  when people go after one big goal at once, they invariably fail. If you had to  swallow a twelve-ounce steak all at once, you'd choke. You have to cut the  steak into small pieces, eating one bite at a time. So it is with prioritizing.  Proactive goal achievement means taking every project and cutting it into  bite-sized pieces. Each small task on the way to the ultimate goal becomes a  mini-goal in itself. Using this method, the goal becomes manageable. When  mini-mistakes are made, they are easy to correct. And with the achievement of  each mini-goal, you receive reinforcement and motivation in the form of  positive feedback. As basic as this sounds, much frustration and failure is  caused when people try to "bite off more than they can chew" by  taking on assignments with limited resources and impossible timeline  expectations.

This week make your  mantra, "By the inch it's a cinch, by the yard it's hard!"
—Denis Waitley
Source of the Article : deniswaitly.com