Any motion beats no motion

Starting is always the hardest part. But you’ve already succeeded once you do because you are in motion. You’re doing something, anything!

This was my takeaway from a video via The Blurb on YouTube. Don’t ask me what The Blurb is or why it popped up on my feed but that’s the way content platforms work, things just appear, but I’m glad this one did.

It’s the idea that any movement towards a goal easily outweighs no movement at all, so get moving, little by little.

My recap is essentially:

• Reduce the stakes of your goal, otherwise it’s too overwhelming.

• Don’t promise that you’ll deliver the world, start small.

• 2 minutes is all you need on any task, after that it’s your choice to stop or keep going.

The top one was my favourite though - reduce the stakes.

Go for a daily walk before you run a marathon. Record one podcast episode before you create a media empire. Write on Threads each day before you write a book.

I am guilty of setting big goals and I’m sure you are too. They are great but they are also overwhelming.

“Oh shit I have to transform my life with this task, that’s right, I better make a huge leap in the right direction today otherwise I’ll set myself up for failure.”

That doesn’t scream motivation or confidence to me.

Big goals are great but getting there involves a ton of small reps. Achievable reps. So let’s start there.

It’s quite soothing knowing that you are succeeding with quite literally any motion in the right direction.