Don't overestimate the small things

We overestimate the big things and underestimate the small ones.

We wait for the change to happen, the retreat, or the perfect moment to start.

But the leaders who actually build momentum are doing something much less impressive.

The same small thing, over and over, when no one's watching.

The 1:1 meeting that actually happens every week instead of getting bumped.

The decision made on Tuesday instead of "let me think about it" for the third time.

The follow-through on the small promise nobody would have remembered.

Momentum isn't a burst.

It's a rhythm.

Big gestures might make you feel like the leader for a moment.

It's the small, consistent ones that make you one in the eyes of others.