There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

Steady movement covers ground that speed never does, because speed exhausts itself and steadiness does not. Any distance becomes reachable once you stop measuring progress against how you feel today and start measuring it in weeks completed. The same holds for anything that seems out of reach: it is usually not too far, only further than one burst of effort can carry you.

Take the goal you have been sprinting at and failing to reach, and set a pace you could hold for a year. Do the smaller amount every day this week, including the days you are not in the mood.