Small Jobs

Don’t be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.”
Albert Schweitzer

Many times, those of us who have taken the time to formulate clear, well-defined goals make the mistake of focusing entirely on the end result. The problem with that is that it will undoubtedly take time and many mistakes and possibly failures until you get to the end result. You need to have stepping stones to get there, short-term goals that are easier to devise an action plan for so that you can get started and keep moving. Often reaching that first objective is more exciting than reaching your final goal because you have discovered that your actions actually do pay off.

The most important foundation for success is self-confidence. And if you focus completely on your end result, you may start to feel like you may not be able to get all the way there and then give up and not get started. But if you focus on a seemingly reachable objective, and get started, you will start having small successes if you give your best to the small jobs that are on your action plan. And “nothing succeeds like success”. The more successes you have, the more your self-confidence rises, and the more action you will take, which will bring even bigger successes.

Every time you conquer a job, no matter how small and trivial it seems, it makes you that much stronger. It makes you feel like a success. It gives you the courage to attempt something greater next time. And if you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves. Before you know where you are, you will have indeed reached your end goal.