How To Eat An Elephant
Question: How do you eat an elephant?
Answer: One bite at a time.

Lesson --- "The most difficult task to complete is the one you never start."

Summary --- This particular lesson about eating an elephant is so important because life can be a gigantic elephant for many of us. If you wanted to eat an elephant right now, would you be able to just walk up and put the entire elephant in your mouth? Of course not! As you think about each moment of your day, I am asking you to make them bite-sized portions. Take your time. Eat the elephant one bite at a time and create success for yourself. Figure out what you can do and do that. Don't focus on the wedding on your first date. That is too much pressure of you. If you are running the marathon next year, there would be no need to be concerned with how many miles you are going to run today, right? What you need to be concerned about is taking the first step, which may be getting out flirting and meeting a few people. Similarly, it might be getting on the treadmill today, for however long you can stay on the treadmill (even if it's only one or two minutes). If cleaning your room is a difficult task for you, then get a timer, set it for 30 minutes and clean a portion of it. Do not think about the entire room… think about a section of it. Walk in and say, "Let me clean this drawer." Do not try to clean all 12 drawers in your dresser at once. Focus on one at a time. Now, what's interesting is that once you start, you have achieved a win! Later, after several starts, the adrenaline begins to flow, and you're able to clean all the drawers, to run the marathon, to do all of those things, because you have had a few checks in the "Win" column.
Saint Frances of Assisi encouraged: "Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible." I know that you can do the impossible because you wouldn't be reading this if you didn't know how many resources are available to you, how powerful you are, and what you have to offer. As people we are already great, and finding ways we can become greater. That is really what it means to Move Out of Your Own Way…you being better!
Action --- Let "One Day" Start Today
Define a particular project or goal you would like to complete. What is it that you need to get done, or what is it that you are allowing to overwhelm you? Think about it, write it down. Develop a simple action plan. Get a process and take the first small step. Figure out today, right now, how you can get one thing done, one day at a time.

Author:
Dr. Cherry A. Collier
Author, Bestselling Book "Move Out Of Your Own Way"
Motivational Speaker and Life Coach , The Fruits of Labor, Inc.
www.TheFruitsofLabor.com