It can be tempting to believe you will become an overnight success.
That if you have a goal and wish for it hard enough, it will miraculously come true one day.
Or maybe you are waiting for inspiration to strike and — once that happens — you’ll be lifted to greatness from motivation alone.
But the reality is success doesn’t work this way.
Having a goal is not sufficient to actually achieve it. And motivation fades all too quickly.
The real secret to success is committing to the process. Every. Single. Day.
“Success is the product of daily habits — not once-in-a-lifetime transformations,” according to James Clear, New York Times bestselling author of Atomic Habits.
The reality is that your small daily choices will dictate your future 10 or 20 years down the line. If you want to get a picture of your future self, just imagine how your daily choices will compound over the next couple of decades.
The truth is that many people have the same goal. Those who ultimately achieve that objective are the ones who make small (sometimes tiny) progress every single day.
If you want to be a writer, you need to write a little bit every day. If you want to be fit, you need to be active every day. If you want to…
