This is why small plans can be good sometimes

This is why small plans can be good sometimesThis is why small plans can be good sometimesWhat if I gave you a mandate to think small? Like, really tiny. Eensy-weensy. Small, small, small. I know its counterintuitive. I know that big-picture thinking gets all the glory. But grand goals and master plans can cause major frustration. They become reminders of everywhere were not already at.You eat an elephant one bite at a time, so they say. And so too with anything that youre trying to figure out- one step at a time. So, you have to learn how to fall madly in love with small plans and even smaller steps. Because thats how you tap into the fruchtwein confidently expressed version of yourself.Starting always begins with something small. But somewhere we deemed small not good enough. Because if were not there, then we dont want to be here. And, well, thats a recipe for going nowhere.Everything you eventually do in your life happens because of tiny moments. But for some reason, when it come s to creating your future, tiny is no longer acceptable.Think about what it takes to go on a dreamy vacation and how you get to the point of experiencing it. You made a chronological and meaningful series of small choices in order to be lying on the beach. You researched a location. You booked a flight. You confirmed accommodations. You checked the weather. You packed a bag. You got yourself to the airport. You boarded a plane. You showed up. This small plans thing . . . you know how to do this. You do this every day in myriad ways you just need to start doing it with the unknown that is your future direction.Building a deep sense of belief in your path and allowing future goals to unfold both require that you show up for yourself every day. You must let your small steps mean something. You must allow day-by-day plans to feel as worthy as the grand ones.Reconnecting with the value of little wins will bring your power back. Do you know how many of the most successful Team USA swimmer s train for the biggest competition of their lives? They train to reach competency and satisfaction in minor achievements, which in turn gives them mora confidence to go after even mora small wins each and every day. These small wins build on each other until the one win that really matters the Olympics.Olympians are using this strategy to confidently create a possible future that holds the biggest accolade of their lives. Why should we be any different in creating our future dreams?You only get there by starting here. Let your choices be good enough. Let the small steps be worthy to you.The deal with small plans, though, is not only that we dont deem them worthy enough, its also that we dont want to sit in our discomfort without the glory. We want the immediate satisfaction that this thing were doing is definitely going to get us where we want to go.Youve got to drop your obsession with recognition like its hot. And trust yourself, that youll get that glory eventually, that youll g et to where you want to be. You have to allow today to count. Today is what matters most of all, even if it is nondescript, boring, and mundane.Youve got to commit to the going when the going is boring as f*ck.Tweet Youve got to commit to the going when the going is boring as f*ck. https//ctt.ac/raPnZ+ maxiemccoy YoureNotLostYou just read the third of four excerpts Ill be sharing from my new bookYoure Not Lost.If you want more, like so much moremore words, more worksheets, more actions,Pre OrderOut 8.21.18