We all suffer from this syndrome, myself included.

You want something, anything, and you want it now, this minute.

Or, because you know it will take time, effort, maybe money, to achieve that, you get impatient.

Or worse, you look at the long journey ahead, the miles and miles, that lay before you, and you fail to even begin.

Now, for you those ‘miles’ may take the form of pounds, inches off your waist, a dress size, or 4, or money, or time, or whatever it is that you are working towards improving.

But the feeling is the same. It just seems like it’s too much, too long, and too hard to ever get to that final goal.

Now, what if we look at this a little differently?

I like to use exercise as an example for this, part of my routine, and I’ve used this technique in various forms for years with great success.

Now, let’s say you want to get in shape. Body weight exercises are great for this, but you try and you can only do 1 pushup, and 0 situps (okay, maybe that was only me? 🙂

Your goal is to get to 100. How many people do you know that can do 100 pushups? 100 real pushups? 100 really good pushups?

What if I told you right now, that in 60 days or less you could be doing 100 really good pushups? Think it’s too hard?

Do one pushup today, and add one every day. That is: Monday=1, Tuesday=2, Wednesday=3, etc.

Come on! You can do one more pushup each day, can’t you?

Of course you can. It’s only one more. Just one.

In 30 days, almost anyone can be doing 30 pushups, no problem.

For the next 20 days, add 2 each day just as above. After 20 days (50 days total) you’ll be at 70 pushups a day. Your strength and determination will be growing which allows you to raise the rate of increase to 2 per day.

Believe me, this is easier even than it sounds, and though you may be tempted to raise the numbers more quickly, be careful and don’t overdo it.

Then, for the last 10 days, add 3 each day in the same manner as before, and when you hit the 60th day, you will be able to do 100 pushups.

Try it. It really works. You can do this. Almost anyone can. It’s so simple, it adds only a little more to the workload every day, and that helps in preventing your subconscious from sabotaging you with doubts before you ever really get going.

And the best part is, you can use this ‘little bit more’ technique for a lot more things than just pushups.

This can be used for improving/increasing productivity, sleep time, decreasing smoking, drinking, or other areas you are trying to improve.

Think about it. Where can you apply this technique?

Now, get out there and do it!