Introduction
Every individual has an opportunity to do Great things in life. We think that we can make it big, everything is well planned and success is very near. But, very often people get discouraged with little failures and discontinue the efforts thinking that they are wrong instead of taking it as a learning. You can always build big thing by starting small. Big things take time.
It is said that dream big so that you can achieve big. It is absolutely fine and good to have such motivation but the reality isn’t that easy of dreaming. If we start big we set a high bar for self and keep struggling to achieve it.
We will come across some best examples of people / business which started with very less investment and today they market giants.
Let me share the Benefits of starting with Small Things:
1. Less amount of Risk
You may be the master at certain things but you will have no idea how does any industry perform in the beginning. There are many factors to be considered like Environmental, Political, Social and so on which you might not be expert at.
It is easier and fast to make decisions over doing small things. You do not consume much of your time, energy and Money over it. It is still good to go with certain amount of risk since you can sustain over your small failure.
The Higher you invest there is high risk and you might have the possibility of success starting with big but you need to be prepared for such risk.
2. Learnings & Experiences
Failures are said to be stepping stones for success and it only comes because of learning and experience at every level of your failure. Having it small will keep you energized to keep going even after your failures.
“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” this words of Thomas Edison still has the power of winning over failures.
3. Small success builds your confidence
At every level of you succeeding, you start building confidence in you. This helps in moving towards your goal at a good pace. If you introspect in your entire life and observe any such thing that you have won and how it built your confidence and brought the happiness you want. Every step that you succeed and when you look back you will see how close you are getting towards your Goal.
4. Staring small is the Beginning of Great Things
Let me ask you a question, have you ever seen the history of people with Great Things. Failures and struggles have been part of their initial journey. They have started with small things, failed and learned the great ways of doing things and eventually are great things.
Let me share great examples for you:
Amazon : Jeff Bezos (Source Wikipedia)
Jeff Bezos worked as VP for one of the “Wall Street Firm”, but he believed that he can do much better with what he was and this is where he left the company and started to work on business plan. Later incorporated an Internet Business by selling through Online which is now called as Amazon. It all began and was operated in a Garage of Jeff Bezos. This started in the year 1994 and you can see the big thing now.
Ali Baba : Jack Ma Yun (Source Wikipedia)
After completing his graduation in 1988, he applied for 31 odd jobs and you must be aware he was rejected by everyone. What could be a disappointment bigger that this and people tend to lose any hopes with such of rejections. Since 1995 he build different small business of which some made good and some did not perform. Later, after 4 years in the year 1999 he incorporated Ali Baba and you can see the big thing now.
Can you guess the pictures below. These are the beginnings of Top Companies you know today.
I believe most of you got this right. However, see below to view the companies.
So now you know that even the great leaders have started small, it is indeed known to be a Success Cycle.
Here, I have piece of advice for you. Doing small things might seem low for you when comparing to your big Goal. But remember, Small things are for today and your today is a preparations for a big Tomorrow. Each Day, Week, or month you have to improve and such contributions taken each moment will eventually build something big.
Conclusion
So, is it bad or not right to start big???
Well, there will be such Success stories as well. However, every person is different and each person have different level of abilities, experience and background. The only thing you need to know is whether you can sustain over your failure or not. If you do not have any answer to this then it is advised to start with small things and later hustle to grow big. This will definitely produce significant results.
Remember, “Small achievements leads to a big Success.”
