The best way to get gradually to your overarching goal is to break your goals into mini goals and mini milestones. You can't rely on motivation alone.

What distracts you on day-to-day basis? What is holding you back?

Brainstorm some ideas, how you can get around your most frequent distraction and triggers, come up with some tactics to get yourself back on track if you lose your way.

You have to work to keep journey in your mind. Actively thinking about it and reflecting on your motivations everyday will remind you of why you started in the first place.

Maximizing productivity it is crucial to take breaks as is to working hard. Knowing when to step out of the flow to regroup and recharge can also give you bump to your effectiveness.

When you have big goal, It's tempting to think that you haven't succeeded until you achieved it. That anything short is failure, but this over looks the progress and accomplishments along the way.

The point is not to get better than others, It's to get better than the old version of yourself.

When It's not all about goal, you can take it all in( take what you have learned with you) If you reach your goal but then go back to your old ways, have you really gotten anything out of the experience.