I have a friend who wanted to book the concerts for the county fair so he volunteered to work the shows and do the behind-the-scenes, day-of-show grunt work — for 15 years. He was finally hired to do the booking.
Another friend wanted to write a book so she started writing. It involved one hour at a time, early mornings, restarting, and lots of edits, but she kept at it, and is now a published author — 10 years after she wrote her first page. I
A community member had a vision for how a recreational space could become much more than that and be turned into a regional tourist destination — and her dream will be realized 10 or 11 years after she laid out her “crazy” plan.
If you have a big dream for what you can achieve tomorrow, the only way to get there is with little steps in that direction today — and every day for literally years. There is no overnight success story, even if it feels like it happens to others.
