Quotes About Momentum

Big changes can start with very small steps. Small changes tend to snowball. But this is not the same as saying that change is easy.

big changes come from a succession of small changes. It's OK if the first changes seem almost trivial. The challenge is to get the Elephant moving, even if the movement is slow at first.

Once people are on the path and making progress, it's important to make their advances visible. With

Starting small can help you overcome dread.

The project often feels like a failure in the middle. But if the team persists through this valley of angst and doubt, it eventually emerges with a growing sense of momentum. Team members begin to test out their new designs, and they realize the improvements they've made, and they keep tweaking the design to make it better. And they come to realize, we've cracked this problem. That's when the team reaches the peak of confidence.

Once people are on the path and making progress, it's important to make their advances visible.

By using the miracle scale, you always have a clear idea of where you're going next, and you have a clear sense of what the next small victory will be. You're moving forward, and, even better, you're getting more confident in your ability to keep moving forward.

these were not stories about sudden realizations. These were stories about action.

you need quick wins to get fired up. And getting fired up is super-important.

In his book Unleashing Change, he observed an encouraging dynamic in his change efforts: Once the change started, it seemed to feed on itself.

Small targets lead to small victories, and small victories can often trigger a positive spiral of behavior.

Bullets is okay. Bullets is quick.

For a while, it was a time of comings and

The past is gone. It is now always today.

The Sweet Spot is about shifting the small gears, the ones that rotate relatively easily. And because all the gears are interlocking, when we tweak a small gear, large gears start to move—effortlessly—as well.

These small wins matter more because they are so much more likely to occur compared to the big break-throughs in the world. If we only waited for the big wins, we would be waiting a long time. And we would probably quit long before we saw anything tangible come to fruition. What you need instead of big wins is simply the forward momentum that small wins bring.

By achieving these small goals you can use the winner effect to gain momentum on achieving bigger goals. Essentially you feel more confident.

It is difficult to steer a parked car, so get moving.

History knows no resting places and no plateaus

Weyrother evidently felt himself to be at the head of a movement that had already become unrestrainable. He was like a horse running downhill harnessed to a heavy cart. Whether he was pulling it or being pushed by it he did not know, but rushed along at headlong speed with no time to consider what this movement might lead to.

Launched from tiny ankles, their legs shot up like guided missiles into atmospheres of private height.

Any movement toward solution gathers energy; any movement away from solution depletes energy. Act accordingly.

How much we get done and how well we can do it are the benchmarks of a good day or professional success. The more efficiently we produce, the better we feel. The downside, however, is that continued good feelings depend on keeping up the momentum of doing more. This doesn't come without a cost.

Sometimes you just have to do things, Quentin," Julia said, as he climbed on board after her. "You spend too much of your time waiting.