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The Power of Taking Small Steps🚶♂️🚶♀️👨🦯
How breaking goals down and ignoring the wrong no’s leads to success
Igor Lucic
June 25, 2025
Today’s word count: 640 words
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes 21 seconds
There are so much pure gold stored in this email for you, so we are just going to dive into it. Enjoy!
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P.S. There is a poll at the end of this email. So do not forrget to excerise your right to vote ✌️
Quote 1:
“Don’t take no from the person who did not have the power to say yes in the first place.”
- Eleanor Roosevelt (humanitarian, activist, diplomat, First Lady of the United States (1933–1945) - wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt)
Too often, we let the wrong “no” stop us. We pitch an idea, ask for a promotion, seek funding, apply for a partnership — and the person in front of us shuts us down. But here’s the catch: they were never in a position to say yes anyway.
Remeber: Don’t internalize rejection from someone who never had the authority, vision, or courage to greenlight your goals in the first place. In business, in sport, in life — not all gatekeepers are real. Some are just standing in front of the gate.
Stay relentless. Ask the right person. Knock on better doors.
Quote 2:
“Any goal, regardless how big can be accomplished if separated into small steps.”
- Henry Ford (founder of the Ford Motor Company)
At first glance, big goals can feel overwhelming. Run a marathon. Build a business. Change your career. They all sound massive — and they are. But here’s the truth: big goals aren’t accomplished in one leap. They’re built one focused step at a time.
Remember: action beats intimidation. The moment you break your ambition into smaller, doable pieces — daily habits, weekly targets, monthly checkpoints — you turn the impossible into progress.
Want to launch your product? Start with market research.
Want to get fit? Start with a 10-minute workout.
Want to grow your side hustle? Start with one client.
Each small step compounds. And momentum builds faster than motivation ever could.
Quote 3:
“Paths are made by walking.”
- Franz Kafka (existential, surreal, Prague-born, influential 20th-century writer)
This simple, powerful truth reminds us that progress doesn’t come from waiting or planning alone. The way forward isn’t always clear or paved — it’s created step by step through action.
If you’re waiting for the perfect moment, the perfect plan, or the perfect sign, you might never start. Instead, start moving. Every step you take — no matter how small or uncertain — shapes your path ahead.
Momentum grows when you keep walking. Challenges become opportunities. The unknown becomes familiar.
On a personal note — Reflecting on what I wrote today, I think there is no better evidence of just taking it step by step than this newsletter you are reading right now. At first, I was sure no one was going to read it (and I was right 🥲🥲🥲). But week in and week out, I stuck to it. And the truth is, if you keep at it, eventually the tide will turn in your favor. That being said, we are about to hit 1,000 subscribers, and I am so freaking ecstatic about it!🤩🤩🤩
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Feeling like making moves? — Step by step exercise
Identify the one goal that can be achieved realistically this month.
Identify weekly steps that would bring you closer to that goal.
Now do the same for a daily basis.
Print the calendar out and put it on your wall - write an X on every day that you did the activity that will bring you to that goal.
Now watch how focusing on a day to day execution will bring you to that major goal at the end of a month.
Until next week - share, like and subcribe!
Love you,
Igor
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