Step by Step

E. L. Doctorow once said that “writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” You don’t have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the away. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice about writing, or life, I have ever heard.[*]

Relieve your frustration at the enormous task of changing an organization by taking one small step at a time toward your goal.

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You are an Evangelist(144). After applying Test the Waters(237) and Time for Reflection(240), you realize that there is ...

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