Even if this suggestion sounds way too simple, which maybe it does, try it anyway. Because, really, what have you got to lose? Here's a tool, costing nothing and lying right in your lap, which you can use to pursue any goal or dream. However grand it may be.

If you're sure it's a true dream for you, just do one thing—take even a single step—and start working toward that dream. Maybe map out some steps, if those would help you stay focused.

Change a habit or develop a new one. Lose weight or get your finances under control. Build a new deck or herb garden. Declutter your house! All these you can do gradually (and often painlessly) with small steps. The same small steps that can help you meet other goals, as well—gradually and without uproar.

Herein lies the "magic" of small steps. Even the minutest of these—the smallest increment—can help you do remarkable things. That's the good news. The bad news is that it can be hard to take such steps seriously. Lacking the grand sweep of dramatic gestures and bold acts, they seem somehow...pedestrian, inconsequential, boring.

So much so that many of us don't "do" small very well. We forget that great dreams can often be achieved through modest actions. Thus, we can stall ourselves along the path—or even at the starting line. And there we might stay, unless we can somehow yank our feet out of the quicksand.

Don't let that happen to you. Take the first step instead: just do one thing to move yourself along. Then take another step...and another and another. Pretty soon—shazzam!—you're on your way. That's what you can do with small steps ("turtle-tracks," as we call them here). Click on the link to see such steps working in real life: just do one thing.

The great thing about turtle-tracks is that you can apply them to all manner of goals and quests. However grand or modest those may be matters little—if you keep taking the steps.

So, why just cross your fingers and hope for the best? Go after what you want instead. And do it in stages, at your own pace and on your own terms. How cool is that?

But maybe you think it’s too late for you. That you're too old, or you’ve waited too long for “do one thing” to work. In that case, let me ask you this: are you still moving and breathing? If the answer's yes, then it ain't "over" unless you let it Be over.

You can still set audacious goals. You can still make changes—IF you harness the power of small steps, and IF you take those steps consistently. Just do one thing...

Sometimes it’s nice to have a little support, though. If you could use some of that yourself now and then, have a look around. Everything at this site focuses on getting to your goals and dreams—all pretty much with turtle-tracks. You might find that approach effective yourself; in fact, maybe you should just go for it! (Click here to read more about the just-one-thing approach.)

Not totally clear about what your goals and dreams are? Then, check out our free online (and self-directed) course: "What do you Really want?" You'd hate to waste those turtle-tracks on the wrong target.

Or, maybe just read a few more pages to see if this feels like a good place to visit from time to time. Which we hope it does, because the turtle loves company. Thanks for dropping by!

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