Alright, let’s talk about this ‘every little step i take mike tyson’ thing I’ve been messing with. It sounds kinda weird, right? Like some kinda workout mantra. But for me, it started because I was just stuck. Completely spinning my wheels on a project, felt like I was wading through mud.
I remember watching some old Tyson clips. Not just the fights, but the training stuff. The intensity, sure, but also the repetition. The sheer grind. Jab, jab, hook. Over and over. It wasn’t one big magic move. It was thousands of small, hard steps. And I thought, maybe that’s the trick. Stop trying to land the knockout punch right away.
Getting Started – The Grind
So, I decided to try it. Forget the big picture for a minute. What’s the absolute smallest thing I can do right now? Like, ridiculously small. Sometimes it was just opening the damn file. Sometimes it was writing one sentence. Or making one phone call I was dreading.
It felt stupid at first. Honestly. Like, ‘Is this it? Is this all I’m gonna get done today?’ My brain wanted to jump ahead, to worry about the whole massive thing. But I kept pulling it back. Okay, just this one little step. Like Tyson focusing on that one jab, making it perfect, making it count.
- Break down the big task.
- Break it down again. Smaller.
- Pick the very next physical action.
- Do just that.
- Then repeat.
The Reality Check
It wasn’t smooth sailing. Some days I’d manage like, five tiny steps. Felt pathetic. Other days, I’d get rolling, and those little steps would start adding up. Like building momentum. You get one done, okay, what’s the next one? And the next?
It reminded me of this time years ago I tried to learn guitar. Bought the fancy instrument, the books, everything. Tried to learn whole songs right off the bat. Got frustrated within a week, guitar ended up collecting dust. Why? Because I tried to take giant leaps instead of focusing on just getting one chord right. One. Single. Chord. Then the next. I didn’t have that Tyson single-mindedness back then.
Applying this ‘little step’ thing now feels different. It’s less about inspiration and more about just… showing up and doing the next small thing. It’s like each step has a bit of that Tyson power behind it. Not flashy, just solid. Inevitable.
What Happened?
Well, that project I was stuck on? It eventually got done. Wasn’t fast. Wasn’t pretty. But it moved forward, step by tiny step. I finished it without completely burning myself out, which was new.
It’s not a magic bullet. Don’t get me wrong. It’s still work. It’s still a grind. But thinking ‘every little step, Mike Tyson’ helps me focus on the immediate action. It makes the mountain look less like a mountain and more like a pile of small rocks I can move one at a time.
So yeah. That’s been my experience. Taking it one small, hard step at a time. Sounds simple. Kinda is. But it works, slowly but surely. Better than standing still, anyway.
