From the course: Essentialism: Improve Your Work by Focusing on the Essentials (Blinkist Summary)

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Take small steps to achieve success

Take small steps to achieve success

From the course: Essentialism: Improve Your Work by Focusing on the Essentials (Blinkist Summary)

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Take small steps to achieve success

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- [Narrator] Blink number 10. An essentialist's life centers around yourself, a routine, and proceeding step by step. If you've ever achieved something in one fell swoop, then you experienced luck firsthand. Most of the time, it won't work out that way. In reality, creating success is all about building upon your previous progress with small, incremental steps. Small wins create momentum, which gives you the confidence to further succeed. Moreover, they allow you to stay on track by giving you the opportunity to check whether you are heading in the right direction. While it might be frustrating to take small steps, remember that the consequences of even small steps can be far-reaching. Take the police department in Richmond, Canada for example. For years, they tried to lower the rate of recidivism by using sweeping measures, such as more stringent laws and stronger punishments, with poor results. Then they decided to totally…

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