Thoughts of the Week: April 4, 2025
Will you win the day?
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Success doesn’t come from one big, single leap. Success is built. Those massive, lifelong goals? The long winding road that leads to them? They’re traversed and reached one step at a time.
The endgame is often what everyone looks at, but it shouldn’t be all you see.
Work smaller. Win the day.
Smaller than landing a client, securing a deal, or getting a promotion. Break it down. Go down to hours, the next five minutes. Win that.
How you show up, how you react, how you push through: these moments determine how you get everything you want. These are the steps that will take you down your path.
So, make your next choice the *right* choice to take that next step forward.
Focus up when you feel your attention waning.
Speak up when you have something to say.
Take action on an idea—now.
Keep doing this? Before you know it, those small steps will have taken you to the top.
Win the next five minutes. Then the next. Then the next.
You want the big wins? You’ve got to secure the small ones. Win Today.
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