One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way

So Maurer made a commitment to write for one minute a day. One minute! He found that often, after one minute was up, he kept on writing – for five more minutes. Or ten. Or forty. That’s how he wrote a book. He used Newton’s First Law of Physics. He created momentum – and he finished his book.

It’s likely that you’re sick of hearing me say this, but I really can’t overestimate the importance of taking a slow and steady approach to building more organisation into your life. Taking small consistent steps every day is undoubtedly of more value than big occasional leaps. You are significantly more likely to stay the course by building small,

Take the pressure off and do something small.

Replace “This project is so big and important” with “I can take one small step.”