Stand in a wide city square and you feel how small one person is. The towers are tall, the crowds are busy, and your plans can seem very modest.
Small is where everything begins. Every large company, every great book, every lasting friendship started as one small and unnoticed act.
You do not need to match the scale of the world around you. You only need to match the size of the next step in front of you.
Comparison is a poor guide. The person beside you may be ten floors up, but they are climbing their own building, not yours.
Start with what you can finish this week. A conversation, a draft, a first small experiment. Make it real, even if it is humble.
Small steps are not a lesser kind of progress. They are the only kind that actually happens.
Give yourself permission to be a beginner in a big place. Every person you admire once stood where you are standing.
What small thing could you begin today, without waiting to feel big?
