That summer, Xiao Pang and his father went to visit his grandparents, a journey that required walking three miles and climbing a high ridge. After walking for more than two hours, Xiao Pang gazed at the distant destination, but he refused to take another step. His father commanded sternly, "Don't look ahead; look at the path beneath your feet. Once we descend this ridge, we'll be there." Reluctantly, Xiao Pang followed. From then on, instead of constantly staring at the far-off goal, Xiao Pang began to look down at the road, admiring the various shapes of stones and flowers along the way, eventually reaching his grandparents' home without realizing how far he had come.
When you are moving toward a grand goal, you might as well break it down into countless small, visible objectives. The reason is simple: to conquer a long distance, one must first learn to focus on the present.