Incremental Learning

I used to ride on ambition high

My dreams were skyscrapers touching the sky

Anything less than that I did not care to achieve

It was all-or-nothing, or so I did believe

Much later, with greying hair, I realized

How this approach had been unwise

There were few spheres in which I could excel, therefore

I ended up denying myself opportunities to learn more

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Now that my eyes have been opened, I try

To expand my skills- and I won’t lie

In many spheres I am a learner slow

So I start small, and aspire to grow

At a snail’s (my own) pace, in increments small

I stumble, but not being very high, I do not fall

I do not place pressure on myself to excel

But I am consistent, and committed as well

The results are not immediate but eventually

The sum total of small efforts is there to see