evidence: Mark Twain put it another way: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." [...] It was the author and wit Sally Berger who said that ‘the secret of getting ahead is getting started’. [...] Not only was Dame Christie creative and clever when it came to hiding who done it, she was also a smart old gal when it came to life. One of her best quotes (especially for procrastinators like me) was: "The secret of getting ahead is getting started."