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Define a Small Daily Action for Your Biggest Goal in 3 Minutes
It’s stupid math, but it works
If you want to achieve your biggest goal, all you have to do is transform it into a number and divide by 365.
If you want to write a book, make it 365 pages and write one per day. If you want 10,000 subscribers, start manually reaching out to 27 a day. If you want to be a director at your company, email one new person each day for a year.
The point of this overly simple, naïve napkin math isn’t to nail the plan for your journey. The point is to get moving.
The main reason most people don’t achieve their big aspirations is that they never map out a path towards them. Even if the map is poorly drawn, not the fastest route, or flat out wrong, it’ll still help you get there because now, finally, you can start walking.
Without a map, you can’t go from A to B. When you don’t know which step to take next, you won’t take a step at all. No map, no departure from A, let alone progress towards B. Your car just stays in the driveway.
“I’d love to write a book someday!” That’s vague. Don’t settle for vague. If you’re satisfied with the mere idea of it, your dream is dead in the water. Don’t let your dream die in the water.
