Jeremy Burgess

We all need motivation and inspiration to achieve our goals and our dreams.

And sometimes we even need it just to get out of bed!

There are days when nothing in our dreams and goals seems real or within our grasp. When I start to doubt or feel down about my progress and accomplishments I remember this quote, "Life's a game of inches…." and I watch this clip of Al Pacino's speech from Any Given Sunday.

Take a few minutes and watch this clip:

This clip is a powerful is a powerful motivator for me when I'm facing challenges in life and business. It keeps me grounded and reminds me that my success isn't a sprint to the finish line that can be accomplished in a few days or weeks. My success and continued success is a combination of small steps or inches over a period of time that add up to miles at the end of the day.

Inches count! Every day our inches add up. Celebrate your small successes and inches and regardless of how tired you are, how you feel, or other responsibilities you may have, do just ONE thing that moves you closer to your goals EVERY DAY.

Now that you have watched the clip and read my blog, my question to is, "What are you going to do?"

Make your life uncomfortable,

Jeremy Burgess

The Detroit Market Expert

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I recently read Malcolm Gladwell's amazing book, The Tipping Point about how small things become really big things. Many of the points he brought up with real life examples BLEW MY SOCKS OFF. He defines the tipping point as "the levels at which the momentum for change becomes unstoppable." and "the moment of critical mass, the threshold, the boiling point."

It also brings a really good point that I think many of us miss in life and business. Small things count. Many times, the small things count for more than the "big" things do. It really starts to make sense when you look at real life experiences.

One of the greatest little things I do that yields enormous results every week is blogging. It costs me nothing every week and takes less than 2 hours (usually unless I get a little wordy). This little thing that I do generates more business than the thousands of dollars I spend on more traditional advertising. Blogging also adds value to the traditional advertising dollars that I spend when they find my blog instead of a boring website.

What "small" things are you passing up on to work on "big" things? Are you even working on the big things in your business? What big things are you waiting to do until you have more time or money?

It is time to wake up and forget about the big things until you have done the small things. These small things will create business for you at no or low cost so you can afford the time and money to do the big things in your business.

Read the book and take action. No more inaction because you can't do the big things.

Start doing many small things today and reach your Tipping Point.

Make your life uncomfortable,

Jeremy Burgess

The Detroit Market Expert

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