Kaizen is a Japanese concept, of continuous improvement. It encompasses the idea of making changes, monitoring the results, then adjusting accordingly. A good concept to keep in mind on a goal quest. Great things can be achieved through the accumulation of tiny changes. I’m losing a few pounds a week toward the stated goal of fifty pounds… along the way I may adjust my exercise program or my diet, and probably will adjust my mindset many times between here and there.
I didn’t one day decide to become a successful internet marketer, then waved my magic goal stick and became one… I’m learning a little more every day, putting marketing campaigns out there, tweaking them, monitoring them… trying something a little different the next campaign based on what I’ve learned.
I didn’t pull a black belt out of a hat either. I worked very hard at learning the curriculum, teaching my muscles to move in new ways, developing habits of motion, applying power principles, monitoring the result and then adjusting. It took me a little longer than some to earn my black belt, as I took a year off to have a baby, but in all I chipped away a little bit every day for roughly six years before I was ready to test for my black belt.
This is one reason for keeping your goals measurable, i.e. so that you can measure as a starting point, and then periodically measure to see the affects of cumulative change over time.
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