I WAS looking at my desk calendar and noticed
a nice quote by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.
Gogh drew as a child but only started
painting when he was in his late twenties.
The quote is: “Great things are not done by
impulse, but by a series of small things done together.”
When it comes to learning skills in writing, producing
music, painting or even mathematics, nobody becomes successful “on impulse”.
Those who master skills in those subjects (or
areas) took the time to be consistent and committed to do the “small things”
every day or every other day until they became so good that others thought
their achievement was “on impulse”.
May you all learn.
I urge you to keep the little time you commit
to mastering a skill a priority - be committed to it, from day to day, week to
week and month to month.
At the end of the year, the hours and days
you have spent on the “series of small things” could be “a great thing” and win
you an award or prize.
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