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Chris Evergreen here. Welcome to your daily goodwill

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for Thursday, January 29th. You know that thing

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where you've been working on something for a

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while and it still feels like you're getting

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nowhere? Maybe it's a skill you're building.

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Maybe it's a habit you're trying to lock in.

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Maybe it's just trying to keep your kitchen counter

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clear for more than six hours. And then today

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you notice something small. A tiny shift. Like

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your hands knew what to do without you thinking

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about it. Or you caught yourself doing the thing

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automatically. Or the counter stayed clear until

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noon. Those are the hidden wins. The ones that

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don't announce themselves with confetti. Here's

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today's advice. Stop measuring progress by how

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far you still have to go. Start noticing what's

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different from two weeks ago. From last month.

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From when you first started. Progress doesn't

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always feel like progress when you're inside

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it. It feels like you're just doing the thing.

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Again. Like always. But that's actually the point.

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When something starts feeling normal, that means

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it's becoming part of you. Think about something

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you do now without effort. Maybe it's parallel

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parking. Maybe it's making coffee the way you

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like it. Maybe it's knowing which route to take

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home. You weren't always that smooth at it. There

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was a version of you who had to think hard about

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every step. The gap between that version and

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now, that's hidden progress. So today, look for

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one thing that's easier than it used to be, even

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if it's still not perfect. Even if you're still

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figuring it out, that little bit of ease, that's

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your proof. And your goodwill move for today.

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Tell someone about a hidden win you noticed in

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them. Something they might not even realize they've

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gotten better at. The way they handle a tricky

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situation now. How they stay calmer than they

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used to. How they remember the thing without

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being reminded. Name it out loud for them. Sometimes

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we can't see our own progress until someone else

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points to it. That's your daily goodwill. for

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Thursday, January 29th. The winds that matter

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most are usually the ones that stop feeling like

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winds. Talk soon.