The soft droppes of rain perce the hard marble; many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks.

Persistence beats force more often than it should. Nothing about a single raindrop suggests it can mark stone, and nothing about one afternoon’s work suggests it can change a career, but repetition does what intensity cannot. The effect stays invisible until quite late, which is why most people stop before it shows. Steadiness is not a lesser method, it is the one that actually works on hard material.

Choose the thing you keep meaning to make progress on and give it a small, fixed amount of time every day this week. Keep the amount small enough that repeating it will not require willpower.