Stick #23: Step by Step (Moderately Favorable)
欲速则不达其功,按部就班事乃隆。一步一印踏实走,终教攀到最高峰。
Plain reading
This lot warns haste fails. Orderly stages succeed. One footprint at a time up the mountain — at last the peak. Split big aims into weeks; finish one step before the next.
Interpretation
"Step by Step" is a moderately favorable stick. Wanting speed misses the mark — proper order makes greatness. One print at a time reaches the height.
Advice
Break big goal into weekly tasks. Complete each before jumping — no skipped rungs.
Drawn from Analects — "haste makes failure" — and the farmer who pulled seedlings — order brings lasting growth.