In the last 40 years, I have come across many, many people who have a dream or two or three. They all say, “Someday, we will do such and such or we will have such and such.” Sadly, “someday” never comes for most of those people.
It is not enough to have a dream. You must also have a plan – and you must be willing to put your plan into action. Most people have dreams and goals that appear to be too big to attain. Therefore, they subconsciously give up before they ever get started.
How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. It is impossible to eat an entire elephant at one sitting. The same is true of our big goals. We need to break them down into smaller goals that are relatively easy to achieve. One bite at a time.
Much of what I have accomplished in my lifetime is the result of breaking my big goals down into smaller goals that can be achieved in one to six months. One bite at a time. If you continue to do this, your big goal will eventually become a reality. Then you can start working on your next big dream – one bite at a time.
Tanzanian Proverb
“Little by little, a little becomes a lot!”