Do not be afraid to do little things, little things give birth to bigger things. Lay the little things on top of each other so that you can have that bigger picture you want. Those who start by doing bigger things first get tired quick, they tend to give up along the way because they abuse their energy,they use more energy than it is required. One sesotho proveb says "Lepotlapotla le ja podi, lesisitheho le ja kgomo", meaning those who do things in a hurry tend to get the cheap quality yet those who do things little by little get the bigger quality price, this is because they have invested quality time. If you invest quality time in what you do, a quality product is guaranteed but when you invest little time because you want to get done quick, you will get a product of cheap quality.
Many times the reason why people want to fanish their project quick is because they are in competition, they want to produce first before their competitors produce or they want to shine before their competitor shines. This is ill competition, it is not good for your health and your product too. Let your competitor shine with his/her cheap quality, then follow through with your genuine original high quality. People will have trust in you and whatever you do, because they know that yours is not a cheap line, cheap line is not what you stand for.
You look at the great wall of china, the pyramids of egypt and the likes of rome, you look at them and know that they were not built on one day or within a short period of time. This buildings took a great amount of planning and consultation, various skills were outsourced and the number of days it took to build those buildings were too long, yet those leading the developments of those buildings knew that in order for quality to be produced, they would have to build little by little. The art of building little by little is initially learnt from the ants, which are regarded as one of the smartest creation by far. So here is the Art Of Building Little By Little, this is a summary:
1: Perseverance is needed
Building little by little can make you feel like you are loosing when you see your competitors or your friends doing things much quicker than you, you might end up wanting to quit what your are doing. So you really need to have peperseverancend ensure that you(refer to point 2)..
2: Record Your Progress
Recording your progress gives you the needed motivation, you get motivated when you see that your work is going somewhere and you will be done in the required time
3: Set The Due Date
As much as your are not in a competition or in a hurry, you have to set the time by which you will finish your work. The due date helps us not do too much relaxation and miss out on doing work, that allows us to get work done. The ants know this, that is why they make it a point that they get their job done before winter even starts.
4:Get Motivation
You will have to get motivation now and then motivation is something that you must not loos because whether or not you are going to get things done highly depends on the motivation to get things done. Your motivation can be the progress reports themselves, also get some trusted friends to comment on your progress, depending on who you are, both the negative and positive progress reports will motivate you to keep on going.
5: Do Not Loose The Vision
Once you loose the vision, you can end up working more than it is necessary. The vision will go hand in hand with the time frame of which you have set to achieve the vision. So once you loose the vision you will automatically loose the time frame and the next thing you know, you are on the way too doom.
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