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Progress doesn’t require giant leaps.
It requires movement, however small.
Small steps are still steps.
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Picture your dream ‘destination’.
Perhaps it’s a particular career achievement, an entrepreneurial milestone, or a relationship goal.
Whatever the aspiration, if I told you that you would get there, you’d take it, right?
It’s not about how many steps to get there, it’s the fact that you got there that you’d be celebrating.
So focus on putting one step in front of the other and making progress, because small steps are still steps.
Little by little, a little becomes a lot.
This simple truth cuts through our obsession with instant results.
Growth is rarely explosive. It’s typically incremental.
And that’s not a weakness; it’s how real change lasts.
We often tell ourselves that change needs to be dramatic to be effective.
A complete overhaul.
A perfect plan.
A bold, life-altering decision.
And when we can’t do all of that, we do… nothing.
But most progress doesn’t come from big, cinematic moments. It comes from small steps taken consistently - steps that feel almost too insignificant to matter.
Here are three reminders to keep you moving when the steps feel small:
Momentum beats motivation
You don’t need a surge of inspiration - you just need a next step.
Action creates energy, not the other way around.
Small steps reduce resistance
When a goal feels overwhelming, shrink it.
One page. One walk. One honest conversation.
Smaller steps make starting possible.
Consistency compounds quietly
The changes that last are often invisible at first.
But over time, those small choices stack, and suddenly, you’re further than you ever expected.
You don’t need to change everything today.
You just need to take one step in the right direction.
Let’s dive deeper into today’s wisdom with these 3 journal prompts:
Where have I been waiting to make a big change instead of a small one?
What’s one tiny step I could take this week that moves me forward?
How might my life look different in a year if I kept taking small steps consistently?
Today’s resource is Patrick Regan’s upcoming book: Small Steps for Big Change.
In his upcoming book, Small Steps for Big Change, Patrick Regan explores how meaningful transformation rarely happens all at once. Instead, it’s built through small, intentional actions taken day after day.
If you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or waiting for the “right moment,” this book is a timely reminder that change doesn’t start with a leap - it starts with a single step.
And that first step could be pre-ordering Patrick’s upcoming book. You can do so here:
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