Get Ahead By Getting Started

How many times have you wanted to achieve something or accomplish a goal but make excuses not to do it today? You may give yourself so many reasons why it's not a good time to do it: other things are more important, you're too tired, it's too difficult to do, you don't have the extra time or money. We've all had those moments of procrastination (noun: habit of putting off or delaying something).

A famous saying by Mark Twain is, "The Secret to getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one."

I truly believe in this as we oftentimes get too overwhelmed or frustrated with how much work it takes to get ahead, but if we break things down into smaller things to focus on, we can achieve it step by step.

For the longest time, I've said that I wanted to learn Photoshop but kept making excuses not to do it: my computer is too slow to install the program, I don't have the time to learn it, I can do the same thing in other programs that are easier to understand. I made a lot of excuses! But once I got started step by step, I realized it opened up so many new opportunities for me.

If I hadn't started, I would never be where I am today, which allowed me to realize my potential for many other things. So don't make excuses. Get started with your dream or goal today!

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