Even a Long Journey Starts With a Single Step

When we set ourselves a target, it may seem very far at the outset. We take a target which we think is 5 or 10 years down the line. Even so, if the target given is by external party, like when you are in pressure or as a challenge, the target may overwhelm you. But if you look at the consistent working, you will find that the results after a time period will be imaginative. You can look at how the Insurance plans or the SIP's (Systematic Investment Plan) are marketed these days. They do not say that you have to pay Rs. 20000 per annum as fees. Instead they will say that can you not afford to pay Rs. 55 per day for an insurance of this value. 

Or better still they will market the Rs. 500/- SIP as Rs. 17/day expense. But at the end of the year, it will be about Rs. 6500 or so. Instead if you had said, that take a plan of Rs. 6000 or Rs. 60000/- at once, there will be less takers. 

Similarly, when you look at your goal, do not look at it as one figure or single achievement. Break it down. And always keep it in your mind that every long journey begins with a single step. It is only that the steps should continue. But the thought of long journey often puts our mind off the journey and we procrastinate or do not take the step itself. Take that step and keep your eyes on your target. You will be enthused along your journey and will reach it far early than you thought.