Newsletter #175

🔊 A Brick A Day

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”

— Lao Tzu

There's a quiet trap in chasing big goals. Everything can start to feel urgent at the same time, and the haste doesn't just come from the work—it comes from the expectation that you should be able to do it all, right now. That's when you start to get overwhelmed, and even simple tasks begin to feel heavy. Big goals stop being inspiring and start becoming intimidating. Building a sustainable career takes time and effort. You don't achieve it all at once; instead, it grows through small, consistent actions that add up over time.

What changed everything for me was narrowing my focus to one goal and actually breaking it down. Instead of asking, "How do I do all of this?" I started asking, "What's the next step?" That shift sounds simple, but it creates clarity where there used to be chaos. When you reverse engineer a goal, you turn something abstract into something actionable. You give yourself a path instead of pressure. Then all that's left is execution—one step, one decision, one completed task at a time. Progress becomes measurable, and more importantly, repeatable.

Think of it like laying a brick every day. You don't stare at the entire building while you're working—you focus on placing the next brick as well as you can. Over time, those individual bricks turn into something solid, something real, something that can actually support you. DON'T try to sprint! Show up consistently, even when the step feels small or insignificant. If you can commit to that level of patience and discipline, the overwhelm starts to fade. You stop chasing, and you start building.

— Jeff Diggs, Jr.

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