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7. One Step at a Time
The title for Anne Lamont’s bestselling book Bird by Bird, about the creative process, takes its name from the advice her father told her little brother when he became overwhelmed with a school assignment classifying birds. “Take it bird by bird,” was the advice. Oftentimes, people give up not because they lack willpower, but because they feel overwhelmed by the enormity of the goal.