Micro-Winning

Jadav Payeng, an Indian living at the banks of Brahmaputra River is one of the world’s most phenomenal human beings. Undoubtedly, he is the living embodiment of a philosophy, which says that one man can make a difference. The forest man of India has planted 1360 acres of forest all by himself. For 35 years, continuously, every day, he planted a tree in the barren part of the island. As the story goes, he found few dead snakes on the shore that had perished in the sun, so he decided to act, and turned the desolated land into an oasis. Payeng’s life is a remarkable example of micro-winning and its effectiveness.

Radicalism in the religious and social approach is discouraged all around the world. Nevertheless, human beings often negate the philosophy, when it is a matter of achieving personal goals and self-improvement. Everyone looks for radical changes, immediate solutions and results as if they are making an instant noodle. Mostly, the outcome of all these efforts is disappointment and failure. Some may win at this rapid-fire round, but the effects are not long-lasting. To build a wall, brick-stacking is important, similarly, building a life requires taking tiny steps in the right direction every hour of the day.

Small achievements bring positive energy, which is synchronized with confidence and motivation to go further. Keep winning the trivial battles, be it your professional or personal journey. Take a step forward every hour, for multiple hours throughout your day. Breakdown your voyage into various stopovers, once you reach a layover, take a break, remediate and start again. Focus on steady and incremental accomplishments, stack them over and over again. Keep evolving, evolution is the key to sustainable growth, a revolution will surely bring a change, but you are not a democracy in the end.

Plant a tree of good habit every day, be like Jadav Payeng, learn, act and repeat. Start your day with a plan, be a good manager for an hour at work, and continue. Try quitting the bad practice for a day, then replicate the same over a week. Start working on broken relations for a couple of days, build a base, if you succeed, continue, if you fail, try again. Always have a good breakfast, but along with healthy food, have your micro-wins from yesterday at the table as well. Remember! You don’t need a grand plan, you do not need to reinvent the wheel, as a little progress every day adds up to big results in the end. Happy Winning!