• Pursuing your goals is much like putting together a jigsaw puzzle.
• While you ultimately seek the final outcome, you still have to work piece by piece.
• Since you will spend most of your time trying to make progress, you must enjoy what you are doing in order to finish.
• Take joy from the process, and use the small successes to fuel
  your continued efforts.

Life satisfaction is 22 percent more likely for those with a steady stream of minor accomplishments than those who express interest only in major accomplishments.
Orlick 1998