Taking Daily Action: Huge Goals, Little Steps
filed in 426 on Jan.23, 2010
Every single day I wake up and take daily action towards my goals. I rarely ever achieve anything monumental in a single day. And on the days that I do, it’s a result of all the steps and tasks I’ve completed on all of the days leading up to that one.
Sometimes I get that nagging feeling that I should be further along on a project than I am. That there are entirely too many itty bitty mundane tasks to achieve. There are days it feels like I’ve been working on it forever, and wonder if I will ever get it to the point of completion. And then I do…
I’m working on multiple projects at the moment. If that sounds like a contradiction to my “start to profit” teaching, keep in mind that I am already in profit.
When you get to a point of securing a passive base income in your online business, you’ll have the free time and resources to work on new projects. I also outsource a heckuva lot. Another perk to having achieved that “start to profit” model.
It’s 9am on a Saturday morning as I write this. Already today I have:
- set up a new ClickBank account for one of my products
- created and customized the Aweber mailing list for a new site I’m launching
- sent off a blog interview request
- outsourced a task to someone who is better at it than I am
- secured affiliate links & graphics for 3 new products I want to review
- added a new backlink to a page I want to rank well
… and of course I’ve answered blog comments, questions on my discussion forum, answered a dozen or so emails, updated my social media profiles, wrote a blog post, had a quick meeting with my programmer – and did a load of laundry.
So now I’m off to a fun lunch and a nice break with @GinaParris, after which I’ll probably enjoy a long afternoon nap, and then I’ll get back to work.
Daily action. That’s what it’s all about. No matter how small the tasks seem, they still have to be done. Every task is one step closer to the goal. Then one day you look up and realize just how far you’ve come.
I’m amazed at what I’ve accomplished in the last week, just getting up and going through one step after the other every morning… Even more so when I look back over my 13 years in business. Makes me want to light up a Virginia Slim! 
What have you accomplished today?
Best,
p.s. Sometimes the tasks come with a learning curve, sometimes you’re not even sure what tasks you should be doing to achieve your specific goals. Anytime you have a question – technical or otherwise – just stop by my discussion forum. We’ll help you out!
Original post by Lynn Terry and software by Elliott Back
