It’s easy to get excited about big, valuable things, but exciting dreams take time to accomplish. The longer or harder the road, the more difficult it is to propagate the excitement for the whole down to the present task at hand along the way.
As you implement a life plan, the meaning you find will cause you to grow stronger and stronger in overcoming any obstacles between you and the outcomes you say you desire that appear along the way.
Each day is the only window we have to work towards or away from joy. Our ability to encounter greater joy in life is completely coupled to our ability to effectively map the big picture down to our daily tasks. In our modern world of ever-increasing complexity, doing so is harder than ever.
Joy comes from meaningful progress on worthwhile goals. Very few goals can be accomplished in a single day. Joy is not obtained by seeking it directly, but by effectively breaking it down into subordinate qualities and goals, eventually culminating in prioritized daily tasks. What is needed is a practical, effective, and easy way to map our overarching purpose through goals down to the tasks we accomplish each day. This mapping is exactly what is provided by the system presented in this book.