Let’s borrow a tactic from sports.

Divide life into smaller components and you’ll likely see more success and less demotivating failure.

• Set time units to measure success.  One month to judge sales revenue increases not one year.  If you have a bad month, you learn from it and start fresh the next month.
• Smart coaches divide their playing seasons into, say, 10 games in which to judge play.  So a losing streak can end after 10 games without bringing down the entire season even though the standings reflect the losses.
• Small periods of time are more doable for most of us.
• Succeeding for multiple short periods can then be looked at as x number of winning periods in a row.
• Some teams that barely make the playoffs can go on to win the Super Bowl.  It happened to the Giants a few years back.  And teams that go unbeaten can lose the big game.
• Judge excellence in shorter measured time periods to build on strengths and eliminate weaknesses without losing heart.

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