My one simple strategy for success is to make it easy to feel successful every single day. The way you do this is when starting out on a big goal make the steps small and easy to achieve. When I was training for my Ironman Triathlon, I didn’t start out by running half marathons. This would have stretched my ability too much and resulted in injury. In fact, I started with 20 minute a day walks! Pretty low targets you may say. But these soon became 15 minute walks and 5 minute runs. After a few weeks I could run for a full 20 minutes. I progressively made the goals bigger as my ability to hit them improved. My confidence to keep going improved and even when the snow and ice were on the ground I made my targets achievable. Nine months later I had completed an Ironman Triathlon in 95F heat and lived to tell the tale!
Success breeds success so don’t be afraid to start small and then gradually raise your targets.
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