{"id":150961,"date":"2011-08-09T23:52:26","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T20:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/focus-on-the-first-step\/"},"modified":"2026-02-13T08:45:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T06:45:19","slug":"focus-on-the-first-step","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/en\/focus-on-the-first-step\/","title":{"rendered":"Concentrate on the first step"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote data-path-to-node=\"4\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,0\"><i data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">\u201c<span class=\"citation-2243 citation-2244 citation-end-2244\">Fret not where the road will take you. Instead, concentrate on the first step. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,0\"><i data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-2243 citation-2244 citation-end-2244\">That is the hardest part and that is what you are responsible for. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,0\"><i data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"><span class=\"citation-2243 citation-2244 citation-end-2244\">Once you take that step, let everything do what it naturally does and the rest w<\/span><span class=\"citation-2243 citation-end-2243\">ill follo<\/span>w.<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,0\"><i data-path-to-node=\"4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"> Do not go with the flow. 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