Daily Motivator - January

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January 1

The time ahead

Another digit has rolled into place on the year column of time’s odometer. And the next one is already on the way.

Though it’s really just another day, it’s one that gives you a reason to think, to consider your priorities. You can examine what you’ve recently been doing with your time, and ponder what changes might be good to make.

Looking back, it’s easy to see that every little moment counts. Looking ahead, you can feel inspired and committed to make even better use of time as it comes to you.

The hours and days that make up the coming year will be filled with unique opportunities. Promise yourself on this day of initiation that you’ll work to wring great value out of your opportunities in the time ahead.

As the clock continues to count off the time, you can keep putting forth effort. There’s much goodness to bring to life as the moments march past.

Today is a reminder, so go ahead and make that reminder a bright spot in your awareness. Let it connect you with your purpose, stimulate your energy, and push you into effective action all year long, and far beyond.

— Ralph Marston

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Happy 2025 my sister. May this new month
and new year bring you much peace, happiness,
good health and prosperity to you and your family.
God bless you always for your service and dedication
to this very important and awesome daily recovery
page. Amen.

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Thank you willbe. Happy New Year to you and everyone!

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January 2

The commitment

The commitment is key. Make the commitment, and you find the way.

Your goal provides a detailed, specific objective. The commitment you make, and maintain, and refuse to let go of, is what gets you there.

You’re almost never fully ready to make the commitment. But that’s the whole point of it.

Make the commitment not because you’re ready, but because you’re willing. Make an authentic, irrevocable commitment, and you’ll get yourself ready, then you’ll push yourself into action.

Focus on what matters to you and on what you intend to do about it. Then make the commitment to make it happen, and to never back down.

A conscious expression of faith in your ability will empower and sustain that ability. Make the commitment, and fulfill your purpose.

— Ralph Marston

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January 3

Love life

Let yourself love life. Open yourself more to the positive possibilities of your own existence.

Certainly you have reasons to be concerned about various issues in your world. But there’s nothing you’ll gain by being uptight all the time.

Do your best to address the problems. Put forth sincere efforts to improve the lives of those around you.

At the same time, embrace life as it is. Recognize that although the world will never be perfect, it can be a very good place in many ways.

Take time to be thankful for the life you have. Multiply your blessings by discovering new ways to share them with others.

Exercise your body, challenge your mind, indulge your creativity, spend time in nature, enjoy the good company of those you care about. As each day goes by, find new ways to love your life, and fill the world with your own special richness.

— Ralph Marston

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January 4

What’s done

When you slip up, when you disappoint yourself, make note of it and vow to do better. But don’t be too hard on yourself.

There are benefits that come from being firm about exercising control over your behavior going forward. But there’s nothing to be gained by wallowing in guilt about what’s already been done or not done.

Give yourself a break. Get over it, and take the opportunity to move into a positive frame of mind.

What’s done is done, and you’ve learned from it. So put the lesson to good use.

Look forward and consider all the good you can do. Step forward and take sober, measured, effective actions.

Transform the weight of regret into the energy of determination. Point that energy in a positive, meaningful direction, and get busy doing something great.

— Ralph Marston

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January 5

Investment of this day

Today you’ll invest time, energy, thought, and effort. You’ll use skills, experience, wisdom and insight to do so.

Are you clear about your priorities for that significant investment? Will the benefits to your world and your life be worth the cost?

You have an opportunity today that will never again be quite the same. Give it the respect and consideration that it deserves, that you deserve.

This is a good time to raise your expectations a little higher. Now is your chance to make sure your focus is directed toward the things that mean the most.

Your investment of this day can bring great new value to life. Your unique combination of knowledge, resources, and motivations has the power to make an enduring positive difference.

Pause for a moment and refresh your appreciation for who you are, for what you can do, and for why it matters. Then step forward, confident and purposeful, with your smart and effective investment of this day.

— Ralph Marston

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January 6

Fear of missing out

As long as you’re engaged in what’s useful and meaningful, don’t worry about what you might be missing. That worry will only distract you from the good you’re actually doing.

Sure, there are plenty of other ways to spend your time. But you can’t do everything.

What you can do, though, is give your complete attention to where you now are and what you’re now doing. You can be fully present, richly interacting with the people around you, productive in the moment.

Perhaps it’s not the most glamorous or impressive activity, but so what? You’re present, authentic, and effective, and those are all very good ways to be.

Some of what you’re missing now, you can look forward to doing later. And even if you can’t, plenty of other opportunities are sure to come along.

Let go of your fear of missing out, and let yourself make the most of whatever you’re involved in. Align your thoughts and actions so that were you are right now is the very best place to be.

— Ralph Marston

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January 7

Gray area

It’s tempting to see various issues as either all one way or all the other way. But most things aren’t as simple as that.

Life is a complex affair, and the people who engage in it have widely varying perspectives. Rarely is any problem going to be adequately solved by only taking a single dimension into account.

Every action, every approach has consequences. Some of those consequences can be anticipated, but others cannot.

Almost always, there are many more than two sides to an issue, and that is a good thing. Because when you respect the in-between considerations, you can resolve the issue in a way that benefits everyone.

Certainly there exist straightforward, fundamental truths that cannot be compromised. But in most matters, respectful and honest nuance plays a positive role.

Be sure about what you’re sure about, while also willing to listen. Often you can find more clarity in a gray area than in blinding light or complete darkness.

— Ralph Marston

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January 8

Truly yours

Individual moments in your life are each unique. Treat them as such.

If all you’re doing is checking the boxes, that’s not really living at your fullest. You’re more than a mere spreadsheet waiting to be filled in with the correct answers.

You’re a one-of-a-kind person, able to explore wondrous territory that’s comprised of limitless possibilities. Take full advantage of that situation.

Put your whole self into each moment, into each experience. Give your focus, your energy, your love and purpose to the undertaking.

Refuse to settle for experiences that are just off-the-shelf commodities. Put in the work and diligence necessary to live in a distinctly meaningful way.

In every domain, value what resonates most deeply with you, and act on it. In all you do, make the experience beautifully and truly yours.

— Ralph Marston

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January 9

Seek competence

Seek competence. Create it, make use of it, admire it, learn from it, expand on it.

All kinds of possibilities swirl around in chaos and uncertainty. With competence you can transform those possibilities into concrete value.

Do what you do not just to get it done. Do it also as a way of exercising and strengthening your competence.

For competence pays continuing dividends. Once you’ve acquired a particular competence, you can put it to beneficial use again and again.

When you develop competence in one area, you’ll be inspired, encouraged, and in position to expand it to other areas. With a reputation for competence, opportunities to utilize it frequently come your way.

Competence is worth the extra effort, the diligence, the commitment. Demand competence of yourself, encourage and value competence in others, and find satisfaction in its many rewards.

— Ralph Marston

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January 10

Spiral upward

Put forth some focused effort, and you position yourself to give even more effort. Reach a particular goal, and you’re highly motivated to work toward an even higher goal.

Give your love, and you’ll open up opportunities to give even more. Learn something new, and you’ll be able to access even more to learn.

Start with a small positive step right now, where you are. By so doing you can put yourself into an upward spiral.

Take a little bit of initiative. Keep it going and you transform it into powerful momentum.

Every moment builds on the moment before. Though apathy and carelessness are always there to pull you down, you can actively push yourself away from them.

With one positive effort and then another, spiral upward. Discover that there’s no limit to how high you can go.

— Ralph Marston

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January 11

See the goodness

Your bitterness is real, is justified, but it does you no good if it remains as bitterness. Welcome the energy it gives you, then point that energy in a positive, productive direction.

Your anger, resentment, and frustration all have their roots in the past. Learn from what they can teach you, and apply the lessons in ways that benefit the future.

Don’t fall into the trap of needing to prove how mistreated you were. See it as an opportunity to discover how resilient you can be.

Events often go in a negative direction, But you never have to use your own time and efforts to continue in that direction.

What you’re focused on is what you empower. Focus on a hopeful future, not on a difficult past.

From here, go forward, not backward, looking for what can help, not obsessing over what has hurt. See the goodness, live the goodness, and make more of it.

— Ralph Marston

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January 12

Live with richness

Today comes to you with multiple opportunities for richness. To see those opportunities, look around with an open heart and an open mind.

There are people in your life whom you see all the time but you’ve barely even met. Get to know a few of them better, and you’re likely to find yourself with some interesting and enriching new friends.

There are places you hurry right on past every day without even noticing. Make it a point to stop and explore some of them, and find treasures you never even knew existed.

Ask yourself, what things interest you that you’ve never fully explored? Make the effort to discover and fulfill your passions, and give yourself the opportunity to add new dimensions to life.

Living richly has very little to do with how much money you have. It has everything to do with how deeply and sincerely you appreciate the unique potential that is your life.

You never have to let the little things get you down when you have so many real and meaningful things to lift you up. Make the choice today, and every day, to live with richness, because you can.

— Ralph Marston

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January 13

Your best choice

If the end is in sight, keep going. When the end is not in sight, keep going.

Sometimes events will break in your favor. Use those times to consolidate your gains and raise your expectations.

Other times, there may be long stretches when nothing goes your way. During those times you can grow stronger, more experienced and determined.

Even when nothing else is acting on your behalf, you can act on your behalf. You can make the choice to keep going, and it’s always your best choice.

Time will pass, conditions will change, various issues will come and go. Through it all, keep going.

Today is an opportunity to do what you’re able to do, and that will make a difference. Today, and every day, keep going.

— Ralph Marston

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January 14

The honest option

Honesty works better than any alternative. Be honest with yourself, with others, and you’ll always have something useful to offer.

It’s easy for your thoughts to become twisted and clouded by doubt, ego, envy, and so much more. Honesty enables you to break right through all that.

Seek to be honest and you don’t have to second-guess anything you say or do. You don’t have to be perfect when you’re able to be true.

Honesty resonates well, even when it’s not elegantly expressed. Honesty offers substance and value, and those are easy to welcome.

The option to choose is the most honest option. It may not be the easiest choice in the moment, yet it will be the most effective choice in the long run.

Deception can be highly enticing, but its gains eventually ring hollow and cold. Honesty puts you on the side of truth and life, and that’s a powerful place to be.

— Ralph Marston

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January 15

Shine a light forward

Even when you’re in a bad place, you can choose to head in a good direction. That will make all the difference in your perspective, your energy level, and your outcome.

You know where you are, what your situation is. Put your focus on where you intend to go.

Some particular action right now will point you in your desired direction. Take that positive step, then prepare for the next one.

You can quickly make a difficult situation more tolerable by heading in a good direction. Though it won’t immediately improve your reality, it will immediately improve you.

Zero in on an objective that gives each action positive purpose. Shine a light forward that brightens your future in specific, meaningful ways.

Point yourself in a good direction. Then put all you have into moving solidly and persistently toward what you’ve chosen.

— Ralph Marston

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January 16

Growing set of tools

Capability, and putting that capability to use, gives you ownership. It gives you ownership over your own life and over your own corner of the universe.

Living well is a matter of successfully dealing with reality. That means having a positive impact on your environment, on your circumstances, and on the people around you.

Seek out new challenges and you compel yourself to develop new capabilities. Apply those capabilities and they become more robust, informed, and effective.

Imagine what capabilities could be helpful in the future, in the event of some particular set of likely circumstances. Work to develop those capabilities so you’ll be well practiced in them when the need arises.

Give yourself a growing set of tools for transforming various situations into positive, fulfilling outcomes. Then eagerly put those tools, those capabilities, to use.

Already you are highly capable, and able to become even more so. The more you invest in your capabilities, the more life’s various twists and turns will turn out in your favor.

— Ralph Marston

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January 17

Break the pattern

Frustration will cause you to make foolish mistakes. Let it go, calm down, and become more effective.

You have multiple reasons to be frustrated by all the inconveniences and annoying interruptions. Unfortunately, that frustration accomplishes nothing other than making your situation worse.

What if, instead of being frustrated, you decided to be amused? It’s just as easy to laugh as it is to curse, and it’s a whole lot better for your spirit.

Rather than letting some minor annoyance consume you with major frustration, let its absurdity lift your spirits. You can choose to be a relaxed observer instead of a fretful victim.

Stop, break the pattern, take a breath, and smile. Discover how good it feels to regain control of your perspective.

There are plenty of things that can frustrate and disturb you, but most require your cooperation. Decide not to cooperate, but to stride peacefully and intentionally forward, and live the moment at your best.

— Ralph Marston

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January 18

Within you

Within you is the confidence to let go of all that does not lift up life. Somewhere within is the patience to understand, to respect, the wisdom to forgive.

Inside you is the strength to love when love doesn’t seem to do any good. Find that strength, use it, do it.

Discipline, perseverance, tolerance, kindness, commitment, acceptance are all there too. You’ve earned this great store of treasure in all the experiences you’ve made your way through.

Though the world’s bright shiny things can be compelling, always keep this in mind. Inside is where value lives, and you can call on that value in any situation.

Everything that matters to you, matters because of the way you feel inside. Within that reality is power to do just about anything you can imagine.

Somewhere inside you is the will to get up, get started, to keep going and to prevail against all odds. It’s as close as your next thought and as powerful as you choose to be.

— Ralph Marston

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January 19

Light the way ahead

Even on the most challenging days, there’s something to be thankful for. Find it, focus on it, and give yourself added energy to get through the challenges.

Gratitude might feel weird while in the midst of trouble and difficulty. Yet that gratitude will shine a positive, empowering light on the situation.

From a perspective that’s overwhelmed with negativity, all you can see are the problems. Choose instead to find something for which to be thankful, and open your awareness to all the many good, positive resources available to you.

The most valuable opportunities often appear within the most difficult situations. Gratitude helps you to see and understand those opportunities.

Somewhere, somehow, a positive aspect can be found. Always, something exists for which you can be genuinely thankful.

The more challenging the situation, the more valuable it is to have something positive you can hold on to. Identify what you can be thankful for, and light the way ahead.

— Ralph Marston

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January 20

Living with the challenges

There’s something you can be sure of, once you work through a problem. You’ll encounter another problem.

It’s a fantasy to think you’ll ever be completely free of any challenges. But that’s no reason to give up, or to let the challenges overwhelm you.

Because you can be just fine in a world of continually appearing problems and challenges. You have the experience, the strength, and the purpose to live successfully among those challenges.

A few of your life’s problems you’ll be able to eliminate completely. Yet there are others you’ll have to learn to live with and to manage.

That’s not giving up. It’s acknowledging and dealing with reality, and it’s something you’ve been doing your whole life.

Be honest with yourself about which challenges you can get fully beyond and which ones will demand your continued vigilance and effort. Then persist in taking the effective actions that enable you to live a fulfilling life, no matter what the challenges may be.

— Ralph Marston

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January 21

Beyond hope

Hope is a great place to start. Yet for hope to bear fruit, it must inspire action, commitment, and persistence.

A new opportunity, an improvement in circumstances, a fresh revelation, a restored connection, all can bring on hope. Let the energy of hope soak in, then utilize that energy to go beyond hope.

Whenever there is even the slightest reason to be hopeful, you have the obligation to act on that hope. See what can be, hope for the best, and give your best to make it happen.

As powerful as hope feels, it is only a feeling. Your job is to transform that feeling into reality.

Allow hope to guide you and inspire you. Call upon your strength and skill to follow your hope all the way to its promise.

Beyond hope is where hope is actually fulfilled. Do the good work to get there.

— Ralph Marston

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January 22

Act quickly

Deal with problems in a timely manner and you can prevent them from causing other problems. Seize opportunities in a timely manner and you enable them to spawn other opportunities.

The sooner you act, the more leverage your action has. Today is preferable to tomorrow, and tomorrow is preferable to next week.

As long as you’re making the effort, you might as well get the highest possible value from it. The earlier you start, the better.

Procrastination not only dilutes the effectiveness of your work. It also prolongs the time you have to spend knowing the work must be done.

Dispense with that negative dynamic and act quickly. Enjoy the positive benefits of making good, prompt use of your time.

When you identify something that must be done, get going on it. Gain the most from what you do by doing it in a timely manner.

— Ralph Marston

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But don't forget to give time,
Time. Amen.

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January 23

Opportunity of now

Within arm’s length of where you are right now, exist limitless opportunities to create value. Breathe deeply, smile lovingly, and just do it.

The moment you’re in offers more than enough. Wherever you find yourself is an ideal place from which to move forward.

Instead of punishing yourself with regret, delight yourself with the possibilities. Get busy creating and living the beauty and opportunity of now.

Yes, you are ready to be your best. Let go of the doubts and let it happen.

You can create your very own future, and indeed you’re already doing so. Take this opportunity to fill it with what you know to be good and valuable and meaningful.

There is immense beauty in you that you have not permitted yourself to see. Let it come to the surface, share it with the world, and live the joy of discovery as that beauty continues to unfold.

— Ralph Marston

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January 24

What and why

When there’s something you really want to do, you’re sure to get it done. Indeed, you’re likely to do it relatively quickly and effectively.

The trick is zeroing in on what you really want to do. Also important, believing you can do it and convincing yourself to go ahead with it.

So ask yourself, and be brutally honest. What do you truly desire to accomplish in the days that stretch ahead?

Consider your answer, then ask another question, again demanding absolute honesty. What’s the reason you want it, and what’s the deeper reason behind that reason?

Forge a solid connection between your specific objective and your deepest purpose. Do it sincerely, and you cannot help but find the means and the energy to get it done.

You already know what can make significant improvements in your life and your world. Bring that knowledge to the surface, keep it connected with the truth of who you are, and make it happen.

— Ralph Marston

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January 25

Genuine enjoyment

Your enjoyment of life does not take anything away from anyone else. There’s nothing served by feeling guilty about feeling good.

Indeed, your own enjoyment has a positive impact on other people. So go ahead and enjoy.

On its own, your joy will not solve the world’s problems. Yet it can push you to be more effective at everything you do.

Joy connects you to what’s meaningful and beneficial. The more you enjoy your life and your world, the more inspired you are to make positive contributions.

Enjoyment does not require any elaborate setup, does not deplete scarce resources, is not a waste of time. Mostly it’s a choice to be thankful, positive, and optimistic about your situation and those who share it with you.

Bring a little joy to the surface, then act on that joy and spread it around. Give the gift of genuine enjoyment to yourself and to all the people you encounter.

— Ralph Marston

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January 26

Life well lived

You have the time. Do the work.

You have the opportunity. Fulfill its promise.

You have the knowledge, the skills, the resources. Bring about the achievement.

You have the understanding, the sense of purpose, love, kindness. Create new, life-enhancing value.

You have the potential. Transform it into richness, into beauty.

With your time, make meaning. With your actions, speak the truth of life well lived.

— Ralph Marston

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January 27

Consider the consequences

Your choices have consequences. Learn them, anticipate them, respect them, and fully take them into account.

Destructive, poorly thought out actions bring unwanted results. Productive actions bring beneficial results.

Consequences surely and automatically flow from whatever you choose to do. The way to bring the best consequences is to make the best choices.

Before you commit to a particular behavior, consider the consequences. Before you lock in the consequences, make sure they’re consequences you can live with.

When you attempt to cheat life you end up cheating yourself. Any time you fail to take the consequences into account, they’re not going to be to your liking.

With every action, and with every failure to act, you bring about specific results. Thoughtfully arrange your actions so they give rise to those consequences that make life great.

— Ralph Marston

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January 28

Goodness you can create

The way forward is to focus on what you can do. Dedicate yourself to the good things that matter most to you.

Self pity is not an effective strategy. Anger, resentment, envy, retribution, none provide any chance of creating value.

Your best option is commitment to a meaningful and significant objective. All kinds of good results become possible when you activate the power of your intention.

It’s beside the point that life has been unfair and unreasonable, and will continue to be. What counts is that you can do something positive with whatever situation confronts you.

It’s great when you receive recognition, encouragement, and affirmation for who you are and what you’re doing. But even in the absence of those, you can make the choice to follow a path every day that you know is right for you.

Give your time and energy to what matters, and act to make the kind of difference you wish to see. Focus on bringing to life to goodness that you are here to create.

— Ralph Marston

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January 29

Desirable destination

How do you energize yourself in the present? Take action that’s oriented toward improving the future.

How do you sustain that elevated energy level? Continue focusing and acting to create a better future.

Without the vision of a positive future, it’s difficult to get yourself to do anything. But when you’re immersed in the very real possibilities and in bringing them to life, you can develop unstoppable momentum.

You don’t ever have to be stuck where you are. Because you can always be working and living in the service of your vision for the future.

What’s even better is, there’s no limit to what that vision can be. So you’re free to craft the specific vision that’s most compelling to you.

To successfully move forward, first clearly look forward and see all the details of where you most want to go. Create a powerful, desirable destination and you’ll have more than enough of what it takes to get there.

— Ralph Marston

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Amen

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January 30

Seek clarity

In realms of confusion much becomes hidden, intentionally and not. Clarity, on the other hand, strips away deception, forcing truth and reason to the forefront.

When your purpose is clear, you make real and rapid progress. When your aims are clear, when your values unambiguous, enduring goodness springs to life.

It can be all too tempting and easy to obscure what you think, and say, and do. But that just keeps you stuck where you are, or worse.

Challenge yourself into clarity. Specifically what do you want, specifically why, to what real, detailed, meaningful end?

Abstractions have their place. Yet you must live and breathe and thrive in the real world, constrained and supported by hard, fast truths.

From yourself, from others, seek clarity, and offer clarity. Break through the noise, the deception, the confusion, and live true to your miraculous reality.

— Ralph Marston

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January 31

Respect the details

Don’t take the details for granted. Pay close attention to them, confirm them, double check them to make sure you have everything right.

The details matter. They may not be exciting or enticing, but they are often crucial.

The big picture is important too. Yet that big picture at the granular level is composed entirely of small, vital details.

When you have the details carefully in place and aligned, they give great support to your intentions, your perspective, and your purpose. Any time the details are ignored, you’re sure to have trouble that leads to ineffectiveness or worse.

Never presume that the details are beneath you. For the details are what enable everything you do.

Do the work to get the details right, and maintain the awareness to keep them right. Respect the details, and leverage their power into positive, beneficial experiences.

— Ralph Marston