Progress via the Power of Small Wins

We overestimate what we think we can get done in a day?

We underestimate what we think we can get done in a year?

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• Did you manage to complete your ‘to-do’ list yesterday? ?

• If so, congratulations!?

• If not, any feelings of failure or frustration? Or perhaps you’ve normalised it as standard practice??As a consequence, have you committed to avoid burdening yourself today with such an overwhelming and anxiety-ridden mountain of tasks? Thought not.?

Look for the SMALL WINS?

Incremental victories are absolutely the true driving force behind sustained achievement, maintaining motivation and long-term progress. During the course of our work at ICC, we've witnessed firsthand how celebrating small wins can transform a team’s daily productivity, their achievement rates, morale, and overall trajectory towards high-performance.??

Yet, when glancing at your list of activities, we bet that most of them are Urgent, all of them are Important and some of them are Huge! ?

How you navigate your way through these responsibilities will dictate your success outcomes and determine your mood?

Understanding and leveraging the power of small wins can be a game-changer for anyone looking to make meaningful progress when attempting daily high-performance. Here are our top tips on how to leverage the power of small wins, every day:??

• Break down your larger goals into visible, manageable tasks?

• Prioritise your to-do list: Urgent = deadline (set and manage expectations); Importance = consequence (schedule it in or it won’t get done)?

• Learn from yesterday: Be realistic about what you can achieve in the time available?

• Look for the distractions: Observe where your time is hijacked?

• Know yourself: When are you most focused? When are you most productive? When are you most creative??

• Celebrate successes, however small?

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“Success is not just about reaching the destination, it is also about enjoying the road-trip, the view and the playlist”?

So, we encourage you to inject some discipline into your daily responsibilities, individually and as a team. Embrace and celebrate small wins this week and let us know the progress you make towards achieving the larger goals.?