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What does it mean?
Long journeys are completed through small, steady steps.
In plain terms
Take one step at a time.
What can you take from it?
Consistency leads to great distances.

Where it applies

  • learning skills
  • fitness
  • career

Putting it to work

  • break goals into steps
  • keep moving forward

Questions to consider

  • What is the next small step?
  • Are you rushing the process?

Another view

Sometimes speed is needed over steady progress.

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