“So many fail because they don’t get started; they don’t go. They don’t overcome inertia. They don’t begin.”

- W. Clement Stone

A while ago, a friend of mine emailed me a wonderfully inspiring story called the daffodil principle. I won’t repeat the whole story here, because I don’t have the space to do it justice. But the crux of the story is a woman who, over the course of fifty years, managed to plant 50,000 daffodil bulbs.

One day at a time, all on her own, she covered five acres of barren countryside with a glorious multi-coloured carpet of daffodils. (If you haven’t seen the pictures, have a look on the internet). It’s a powerful reminder of the magnitude of what one person can achieve, with the will and determination.

The point is, she didn’t let herself be overwhelmed by the overwhelming prospect of planting 50,000 bulbs over fifty years. She just started. She just did what she could, ever day. And that’s the secret behind every great human achievement in history.