Small Tasks, Big Wins

You're going to spend most of your working life doing things that don't feel important. Filing reports. Answering emails. Cleaning equipment. Organising data. Making routine phone calls. Following up on details that nobody else wants to handle.

Most people think this is the price you pay to get to the "real work." They trudge through the boring stuff, counting down the minutes until they can do something that feels meaningful. They see mundane tasks as obstacles standing between them and their big breakthrough.

Here's the problem: they're waiting for someone else to hand them meaningful work while proving every day that they can't handle meaningless work well.

Those boring tasks aren't what you do while waiting for success. They are success.

Those boring tasks aren't what you do while waiting for success. They are success. Every significant achievement you admire was built on a foundation of someone doing ordinary work extraordinarily well. The difference between people who break through and people who stay stuck comes down to one thing: their ability to find purpose and pride in work that makes other people roll their eyes.