TEDxIzhevsk

The term “microneer” is a made up word that celebrates people with a pioneering spirit, who are good at taking small micro steps, and achieving micro wins in pursuit of a larger goal. Microneers are small scale pioneers, catalysts who create a butterfly effect in society. The reality is that nearly everybody procrastinates. Most people never even get started in achieving their goals because the effort seems too large in their mind. They feel overwhelmed by the details, worried they will fail if they don’t perform every step in the right order, and with perfection. In reality however, everybody who ever achieved big things always started with small steps. They made mistakes. They corrected their mistakes, and they kept moving forward, learning from their failures through trial and error. In the words of the famous author, John C. Maxwell: "The next time you find yourself envying what successful people have achieved, recognize that they have probably gone through many [failures] that you cannot see on the surface. Therefore, fail early, fail often, but always fail forward." Microneers, therefore, are people who excel at dissecting big problems into actionable steps. Instead of asking themselves "what are ALL the things I need to do?”, they instead ask “what is the smallest thing I could do right now?” They turn difficult, unimaginable problems into bite-sized, achievable things. They pioneer a way forward through a series of small steps and small wins.