Being Mr. Kenny

One of the most important lessons you can learn while making progress is learning to recognise the progress you’ve already made. Without realising that you’ve made progress, you’ll get discouraged and stop before you reach your goal.

You won’t make progress in the way that you think you will. Progress comes in from the side, and you suddenly realise that you have taken a step forward without knowing it.

It’s very uplifting to realise that you’re better at something than you thought you were. It’s like seeing the first shoots of a new plant — it’s been growing all along, it’s just been under the surface of the soil.