One Small Thing

Two days ago my best friend in office shared about Kaizen, a continuous improvement technique, which aims for one small improvement. 

It reminds me on how tough to celebrare progress. I managed to concentrate well for several periods. But in the last twenty minutes of the day, I was shaken again on the many things that have not been done. 

Instead of celebrating the progress made, I fell again on the tendency to look at how far am I still for the target, which is less helpful than focusing on the next one small thing. 

Worse, when I completed several one small things, I increased my standard whether in terms of the same small thing in terms of streak or in terms of the size of the one thing. So at the end I pressurized myself again. 

But this does not mean the method does not work. It is just a reminder of the reality on how I keep looking holes for increasing the standard. I need to remind myself and keep focusing to do the next one small thing. 

Especially after I pressurize myself, it is hard to continue again. So I need to equally look for opportunities to do the next one small thing.