3068: The Unsexy Way to Make Massive Progress Toward Your Goals by Michael Mehlberg on Incremental Achievement

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3068: Michael Mehlberg of MichaelMehlberg.com draws parallels between a kids' baseball game and achieving life goals, emphasizing the power of small, incremental achievements. He advocates focusing on small, consistent steps, explaining that while they may not be glamorous, they are essential for making significant progress towards larger ambitions. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://michaelmehlberg.com/blog/2019/9/23/the-unsexy-way-to-make-massive-progress-toward-your-goals Quotes to ponder: Michael Mehlberg of MichaelMehlberg.com draws parallels between a kids' baseball game and achieving life goals, emphasizing the power of small, incremental achievements. He advocates focusing on small, consistent steps, explaining that while they may not be glamorous, they are essential for making significant progress towards larger ambitions. Episode references: Michael Mehlberg book: https://michaelmehlberg.com/homeearly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Optimal Living Daily episode 3068, the un-sexy way to make massive progress towards your goals.
0:08.5	By Michael Melburg of Michael Melburg.com, and your narrator Justin Molick reading you blogs every single day of the year including holidays.
0:16.0	And let's get right to it as we optimize your life. The Unsexyexy Way to Make Massive Progress Towards Your Goals
0:28.0	by Michael Melburg of Michael Melburg.com
0:32.0	What a kids baseball game teaches us about winning big by aiming small.
0:37.0	They finally got three outs. After 45 minutes of disappointing hit after hit,
0:42.0	the opponent's pitcher finally ended the inning by picking off our
0:44.8	third-base runner. The runner wasn't upset. Our team of 10 and 11-year-old boys had scored an impressive
0:51.4	15 runs in the bottom of the third inning completely
0:54.4	dominating the opponent and going on to win by eight points. Two things about
0:58.9	this score were surprising. One we lost against the same team in a walk-off hit just an hour earlier, and two, out of
1:07.1	17 plays that inning, only one was a home run. Celebrating big achievements. Our kids celebrated the
1:15.4	half of that Homer. The entire team ran out to home played and bounced in
1:19.6	unison chanting the player's name as he rounded third.
1:23.0	When he finally touched home, their collective cheer must have scared away the local wildlife.
1:27.0	It was awesome, and it's exciting.
1:30.0	Even us parents cheered for the team.
1:32.0	Big achievements like a home run deserve celebration. Even us parents cheered for the team.
1:32.5	Big achievements like a home run deserve celebration.
1:35.8	When you're a kid, it takes a lot of effort to put a ball over a 10-foot ball fence over
1:40.2	200 feet away.
1:41.9	When you're an adult, it takes a lot of effort to get a promotion,
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