Often we want to see massive change in a short amount of time.

It can feel anticlimactic when growth happens slowly. It can be rather discouraging when for all our efforts we see only small rewards.

Movies don't do alot to help, neither do a lot of success stories. In the movies and in most success stories, the story quickly moves from a low moment or rock bottom, to success.

Obviously stories are told like that for dramatic effect and in the interest of time.

In real life however success can sometime take what seems like ages. Progress is most often made really slowly. The beauty occurs when you take a step back, when you zoom out.

You may be surprised to see that what you thought was little progress was actually pretty big, when compared to where you started.