Need Motivation? Stop Looking At Your Big Goals, Start Looking At Your Daily Progress

I used to set big goals... and never achieve them.

You can set all the goals in the world, it's useless if you don't take action.

Here's the mindset shift: the goal of a goal is action.

If you take action every day and improve every day, that's what's called progress.

Seeing your progress every day... there is no better source of motivation than that.

Progress is the best motivation.

Goal → action → progress → motivation.

The problem is that we constantly look at our big goals instead of looking at our daily progress.

Should you stop setting big goals?

Hell no.

Dreaming big and setting big long-term goals are important.

If you aim too low, you will shoot too low.

But if you never shoot, you will never reach any target.

The secret is to dream big, set big long-term goals but focus on daily action and daily progress.

Every big goal can be broken down into tiny actions.

James Clear popularized this idea of 1% better every day.

(1.01)^365 = 37.78

If you start with $1 and you get 1% interest on it every day, you will end up with $37.78 after a year.

In a metaphorical way: if you get 1% better every day, you'll be 37.78 times better after a year.

"Compound interest is the 8th wonder of the world." - Albert Einstein

We always underestimate the power of consistent action because the human mind can't calculate compound interest.

You can reach your big goals with small 1% improvements.

Dream big, start small, get 1% better every day.

What is your goal for today?

Start small and look at your daily progress instead of your big goals.