Your September career reset part 5: how to maintain your momentum

The power of marginal gains in reaching your goals for the year

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“It’s a marathon, not a sprint”

How many times have you heard these words and groaned inwardly at yet another cliche spouted to make ourselves feel better about our progress?

Plenty is the answer!

But as with all well-worn cliches, there’s always a fundamental truth in there somewhere. And when it comes to your career, the truth is that your development as a leader has a lot more to do with regular and repeated practice (of your leadership practice!) and the power of marginal gains and small wins that start to add up to something great.

We rarely get our movie star overnight transformation from shy worker bee into confident leader that can change lives! But we can work on it every day.

And that’s what today’s newsletter is all about - the power of marginal gains, small wins and incremental progress.

Not so sexy I know! But a brilliant way to cultivate a sincere, effective and sustainable leadership practice.

Today we are once again taking inspiration from James Clear in his book “Atomic Habits” - it’s often top of my list for a reason.

So let’s get into it - how can embracing marginal gains get you closer to your career and leadership goals by the end of 2024?