Cheerleaders – take small steps toward your goals
Cheerleaders and good cheer coaches know that it’s important to have goals and it’s also important to have patience as you move along the ladder towards those goals. Big goals can be daunting if you ignore the many small steps along the way.
Today I was enjoying a lovely bike ride here in Maine. (I’m visiting friends who live in a pretty rural area of Maine – the foothills of the White Mountains.) At a certain point, there is a hill that goes for about 1/4 mile. If I had focused on the top of the hill only, I would have gotten discouraged quickly. Instead I “tricked” myself by focusing on a rock in the road 10 feet in front of me and told myself, “You only have to get to that rock.” Then, once I got there, I told myself, “You only have to get to that puddle 12 feet ahead.” By setting up small goals, I managed the hill with no problem. (That’s not to say I wasn’t huffing and puffing – but I did it!)
Think of your BIG goal as being at the top of the staircase. There’s no way you can reach it in one step, is there? Nope – but you will get there step by step.
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