SIMPLEST Way To ACHIEVE The EXTRA-ORDINARY

"Its easy to say after getting success that I did an extraordinary work and I did this and that, it was a heart rending experience and blah blah blah...but actually we all did nothing extraordinary when you look at it on a daily basis. It was not a special task that we did to succeed but rather a few simple tasks everyday. These few simple things that we did everyday were not at all heart rending."

-Ankit Shukla

We often think that ‘to achieve something remarkable we have to do something extraordinary’. Though this idea might seem plausible to our common sense, but in reality it is somewhat demotivating. The more we think like this, the less enthusiastic we become in our work. This very thought somehow puts a burden on our mind and may lead us to quit. We quit because we are afraid of that extra ordinary effort that is required to reach our goal. What we forget is that the extra ordinary work which we need to do is itself made up of thousands and thousands of ordinary acts. We neglect small looking work because we think what difference does it make in the fulfillment of my goal. We tend to doubt the contribution of those small things in our life.

Small things in life when accumulated over a period of time give big results. So big that you are left completely surprised and astonished. Suppose I am going after a big competitive exam that requires year long preparations it is enough to frighten me to do something extra ordinary. But what I have observed in my life so far, tells me a different story. Rome was not built in a day. History has proved it time and again. When British came to India, they tried to attack many Indian powers all at once, but failed miserably. British learned from their mistake and adopted a piecemeal approach. They fought just one Indian power at a time, and defeated them one by one. And rest all is history.

It takes time to achieve something big. We just need to work with a piecemeal approach. Identify those hundreds of ordinary tasks that are hidden in your so called ‘extraordinary‘ work and when you are dealing with them one by one, just ensure that you hit them hard enough. Face them with complete devotion. I mean immerse yourself into that task as if this is the only task that you ought to do. Do that one particular thing as if without it you won’t even survive. You need to tell yourself everytime that this one small act is enough to change your life. And it definitely will change your life, for sure, no doubt about it. Take these small pieces of work not as a means to an end but rather an end in itself. This is the simplest secret to succeed. 

Successful People didn't do JUST One Special task but rather Hundreds of SIMPLE Tasks.       - Ankit Shukla