Measure your progress in inches not miles.

When you look too far down the road you can become discouraged with where you stand. The better measuring stick for daily progression is found in trying to be, “just a little bit better than I was yesterday.” Don’t measure yourself against the flashy success story that promises instant results: instead, measure your success one step at a time, one task at a time, one day at a time.

When you look too far down the road the journey ahead can seem overwhelming and long. The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Don’t lose sight of your destination, but also don’t stay so fixated on your end goal that you neglect the small wins along the way. Build that small habits today that lead to the bigger successes of tomorrow.

Most overnight success stories are 20 years in the making. In a social media world, we often see the finished product, but we don’t see the work in the dark, the long hours of toil, and the determination to push through. We don’t see the process of moving forward inch by inch, step by step, and day by day.

Perfection is ultimately the enemy of progress because perfection has a tendency towards staying still, while progress has a bias towards moving forward. Value progress over perfection, and with enough time you’ll catch excellence along the way.

Value progress over perfection by taking the small steps necessary to build a series of small successes each and every day. Add up these successes over time and you’ll find yourself in places you never thought were possible. Progress over perfection means a commitment the daily micro-behaviors that build your skills and stack your successes on top of one another. It means having the humility to commit yourself the fundamentals of greatness. Greatness is fundamentally about the details that help you move from Point A to Point B, the intermediate steps that take you from where you are to where you want to go.

Ultimately, progress over perfection requires the toughness to absorb the thousands of failures along the way. To learn from mistakes, to accept challenges with courage, and to move forward with purpose.

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Progress, not Perfection

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