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Short Term Win is The Best Indicator of Long Term Success
Small leaps over time will accumulate into huge leaps of success
Every massive success starts as an accumulation of small wins. The wins compound to create a snowball effect over time to become long term success.
“If you want to build a big business, start a small business”, says Sahil Lavingia.
A successful newsletter starts with 1000 try fans. You won’t become a successful blogger on your 100th publication, but the daily or weekly publishing compounds in your favour.
Your first product won’t solve all your customer’s problems, but given enough time, you will make it better.
The first step puts you in a strong position to accelerate progress. But for your small wins to compound in your favour, you have to be consistent.
Jack Welch was right, “You can’t grow long-term if you can’t eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is.”
The key to success lies in achieving many small wins instead of trying to reach one big accomplishment. This principle is called “chunking” and…
