Use a step-by-step approach, and keep track of a project's progress.

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We know that we stand on other shoulders and step by step, inch by inch, we make progress.

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So step by step, we're beginning to make progress.

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"People were frustrated by the lack of progress in space, and they decided to step up and make something happen, " says George Whitesides, chief executive of Virgin Galactic.

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Pursuing that aim, rather than judging progress by the numbers of freshly-hatched schools, is the vital next step towards better education.

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