Small steps, towards big goals
You’ll hear plenty of advice about the speed of getting started, speed to market, being an early adopter, and sorts of other thread-worthy advice about how you need to react quickly, move swiftly, and not wait around.
I believed all of this stuff for years, and tried to live by it in my businesses and personal life.
If I had a new idea for a business or service?
I’d pounce on the domain name, design up a logo, be working on a new website or landing page, and ready to HIT THE GROUND RUNNING ASAP.
In my personal life, if I was ready to lose weight and get stronger?
I’d dive into a new insane workout routine or diet plan.. Disregarding any concept of IF I could actually keep that pace and commitment up for the long-haul.
For far too damn long — well over a decade, I was all about GETTING IT DONE, moving fast, and going from an idea to full-out sprinting as fast as possible.
But now, at 33, I look around at my life and realize I didn’t really gain that much longterm from these frantic sprints.
I mean sure, I learned a lot about what NOT to do…
But I’m also nowhere near the distance traveled that I would have expected.
Of course that’s beause I didn’t maintain a good, consistent pace…
Instead, I sprinted, without proper strategy… And got gassed out.
And then again, and then again, and then again.
These days, I care a lot less about how FAST I can get something started… And a lot more about how LONG I can commit to doing something.
It’s still weird for me to FULLY accept this more “slow burn” approach, but I know deep down in my heart it’s the only real path forward to hit my goals.
So what’s that mean for my business and life stuff now?
It means I’m not rushing to land a new client at 397digital, it means I’m not doing crazy diets and workout plans for my health goals, it means I’m not launching landing pages in afternoons anymore for every pivot of an idea I have.
Instead I’m staying more calm, consistent, and focused on incremental growth… Small steps, towards big goals.