I am just in the middle of watching a “reality show” one of the perhaps millions that are out there. I will not tell you what the name of it is, but I will tell you that it is not of models or of losing weight or of singing. It is a show where physical and mental strength are valued but sometimes strategy is more important.

Today three people had to face a very tough competition. It consisted of carrying a ball and a chain throughout different obstacles, and as I sit here watching I think, it can’t be fair that a woman that is a real delicate girl have to compete against two huge men. Somehow I think that the people that chose the type of competition did not try to make it more balanced for the three competitors. But then I also thought that maybe they have a database of available contests and they randomly choose one. If the second is the case, the poor girl was doomed before the beginning of the competition. Which for me is very sad. However, she is giving a battle, she is trying with all her might and she will give them a run for their money.

Now why did I bring this topic today, because sometimes in life we are faced with challenges that are far above our own capabilities, but despite our knowledge of the difficulties of the task, or the lack thereof, we must face our tribulations and start working on them.

Here is a simple way of doing so:

Daunting tasks are always composed of smaller burdens that can be broken down into tinier chores. And those chores will be broken down as well, so the advice is, take things one step at a time, try to break down those impossible tasks into small chores, divide them into their smallest parts and start overcoming what seemed impossible at first.