Break Down Big Tasks
- We often feel overwhelmed to try something as it appears too big and undoable (like writing a book), leading to us not even starting it.
- Breaking down a task into clean, small doable actions makes us accomplish the same.
- The step by step approach makes work more manageable. Even the climb to Mt Everest is done one step at a time.
- Tasks start to appear less intimidating and easy to do, making us create tight deadlines and experience frequent accomplishments.
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