Aaron Garcia

What Comes After Ordinary Check out this great listen on Audible.com. Discover how ordinary persistence can lead to extraordinary change in What Comes After Ordinary. This motivational guide explores how small steps, consisten...

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The regret of not trying is way worse than the pain of failure. When you look back, you won’t remember every little failure, but you’ll remember every big risk you didn’t take.

This one’s going to sound backwards, but failing can actually boost your confidence. No, really. Hear me out. When you fall flat on your face and get back up, you realize something important: the fall didn’t kill you. And when you know you can survive failure, you stop fearing it so much.

Surviving failure gives you stories to tell. You won’t be sitting around the campfire talking about all the times everything went according to plan. No one ever said, “Remember that time when I did everything perfectly and nothing went wrong?” Exactly. It’s the missteps that make life interesting.

The fear of failure is always worse than failure itself. Think of it as ordering a ghost pepper taco. The anticipation might make you sweat, but by the time you’re halfway through, you realize—yeah, it’s spicy, but you’re handling it. And by the end, you're a little proud you made it through.

Failure looks like a dead end, but it’s really a detour to somewhere unexpected and often better.

Some of the best things in life started with failure. Like the slinky—that coiled piece of metal you might have walked down the stairs as a kid. It wasn’t supposed to exist. It was meant to stabilize instruments on ships.

Failure isn't the end; it’s just the middle of the story, the fuel that keeps the plot moving. Every misstep is a clue, a nudge, a "hotter-colder" game life plays to guide you toward the answer.

Failure has a bad reputation. We've been taught to fear it, dodge it, and treat it like some kind of contagious disease. But what if I told you that failure is not the villain of the story—it’s the plot twist that changes everything?

The path to greatness is built on a foundation of small, consistent efforts.

Success is not about massive, earth-shattering victories. It’s about the accumulation of small wins that create momentum and lead to big change. Focus on making progress, one small step at a time, and celebrate each win along the way.

Remember that progress is progress, no matter how small. If you only celebrate when you achieve the big goals, you’ll miss out on the joy of the journey.

There’s a difference between having a goal and being attached to a rigid plan. It’s good to have a vision for where you want to go, but it’s equally important to stay open to where the journey might take you. Sometimes, what you set out to create isn’t what you end up with—and that’s the best part.

If you don’t learn to celebrate the small wins, you’ll burn out before you ever reach the big ones.

Small wins don’t just add up—they multiply. When you achieve one small goal, it gives you confidence and motivation to achieve the next.

Instead of asking, “How far do I have to go?” ask yourself, “What’s the next small win I can achieve today?”

Success isn’t just about crossing the finish line—it’s about the process, the journey, and the small victories along the way.

A big reason people give up on their goals is that they’re too focused on the end result. If you only measure success by whether you’ve reached the finish line, you’re missing out on all the progress you’re making along the way.

Maybe your goal is to write a book. Instead of focusing on writing 300 pages, set a goal to write one page a day. Instead of starting a business tomorrow, set a goal to research your market for 30 minutes today.

Think about how you could break down a big project or dream into smaller, achievable steps.

If you set goals that are too big and you don’t reach them right away, you’ll feel discouraged. But if you break your goal into smaller pieces and achieve just one of those pieces, you’ll feel a sense of accomplishment that propels you forward.

Every big achievement is the sum of many small victories. You don’t need to leap from where you are to where you want to be in one giant step. You just need to focus on winning the next moment.

What’s the thing you’ve been putting off because you don’t feel ready? The world is waiting for what you have to offer. Don’t let the need for a perfect plan stop you. Just start. And see where it takes you.

What comes after ordinary? Whatever you’re willing to explore. The extraordinary exists beyond the comfort zone, beyond the need for certainty. It exists in the unknown, waiting for you to take the leap.

You are ready. Right now. To take the next step. To start the project you’ve been thinking about. To embrace the unknown and trust that the path will unfold as you go.

You’ll never feel completely ready. You’ll always feel a little uncertain, a little doubtful. But those feelings don’t mean you’re not ready. They mean you’re human.

One of the biggest barriers to starting something new is the fear of not doing it perfectly. We get caught up in this idea that we need to have everything figured out before we begin. But that’s not how progress happens. Your first step doesn’t need to be perfect. It just needs to happen.

When you allow your projects or your goals to evolve, you open yourself up to possibilities you never would have considered if you were strictly following a plan.