Success looks different for everyone. For some, it’s to become a millionaire. For others, it’s to cultivate a healthy family. Or pay off their student debt, or find and marry the love of their life, or, or, or. But no matter what you consider success to be, there’s a straightforward way to chase your end goal: keep it simple.
You know how celebrities will say it took years to become “an overnight success”? They’re telling the truth. Success isn’t instant. Nor is it always complicated to achieve. It just takes time and a willingness to keep things simple, tackling tasks one by one.
Success comes one step at a time
Success is the big red X on a treasure map. Everyone wants to find it, and quick. So quickly that they may skip the frequently slow, arduous route the map exhibits in favor of a faster path of their own design. Instead of taking a rowboat through a lagoon, for instance, they may try to fly over every obstacle on the map via plane and a parachute down on the other side right at the treasure. They don’t keep it simple. But while great in theory, such shortcuts rarely work.
Success comes one step at a time. Because success is the sum of your steps taken. You can’t be a world-renowned, multi-millionaire entrepreneur if you never start a business. You can’t be a television writer if you never write a script. In life, there’s no skipping ahead.
The road to success is a straightforward road. It requires you to keep it simple, tackling your tasks one at a time. And so long as you do that, staying consistent and not overwhelming yourself by trying to do everything at once, you’ll find your treasure chest. Maybe not right away, but definitely over time. It’s like compound interest. Better to make your simple investments now and let your money compound year over year than wait for who knows how long for a big, complex, “grand play” that may very well wipe you out.
So, don’t overcomplicate matters. Keep it simple. Do what you know how to do, always focusing on the task at hand. When you do, it will only be a matter of time before you achieve your end goal.
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