Achievements : Amounts, frequency, and goals

A big mouthful of food will make us choke, and a small one wouldn't have enough flavor and nutrients to make us satisfied and satiated.
We need to find our pace. For language learning for example, reading a page, or copying a paragraph in the language we are trying to learn is more than enough.
We redily forget, thanks to our artificially fast-paced environments, that it takes an inordinate amount of time and patience to master any skill. Instead of enjoying every word or sentence we learn, we start comparing ourselves to others and lamenting our slow progress.
We then look at ourselves feeling dejected, concluding from superficial observations that we are not gifted enough, or that we lack certain inborn skills that polyglots have.
Patience and perseverance are all the ammunition we need to achieve any goal. They should be combined with the ability to slightly lose sight of the bigger picture or goal, and focus on the little steps, the little daily victories.

We tend to underestimate the sheer power of small incremental progress. 

We are ill-equipped to gauge progress because our measuring stick changes all the time depending on our moods and energy levels.
We need to show up every single day. 

The length and quality of our performance is of no import, they are a byproduct of us showing up.

Focusing on small task keeps us from giving up when we are most tempted to do so. Small, achievable tasks amount to laudable goals over a long enough period of time.