When you think of success, like most of the population does, as having a position of authority, money, a big house, a big car, world traveling, etc. When you see people who have these things, it’s easy to identify them with success. And because they have all of these things, it’s hard to imagine them as NOT having success.

However, if you step back and look with perspective at their success, you will find that most of them didn’t start out with the success that they currently have. As a matter of fact, some of them would probably shock you if you knew where they came from in life. Starting out, most of them would not have had anything in common. However, if you look close enough, you will most likely find a common thread between all of them.

What is it? They are good at doing the little things!

Not the answer you might have expected, but true none the less. Most people become successful because they are great at doing the little things. Ralph Waldo Emerson once explained it like this, ‘Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.’

You see, most people never learn how to do the small or petty jobs well enough to outgrow them. If you can’t outgrow the little things in life, you will never be able to move on and do the big things. The little things are usually not very much ‘fun’. But if you want the ‘fun’ things in life you must first learn how to do the not so fun things. Once you have mastered the little things, you are ready to take on the bigger things, which will lead you to success.