The Ink-Pot and the Palette

Yes, exactly. As you say, focus is critical, and he used several phrases that indicated to me a clear understanding that there's a mountain to move, and one shovelful at a time is going to be the method of moving it.

It struck me as mature and experienced, his recognition that a monolithic solution doesn't exist, and that hoping for one has kept up paralyzed. "Little mouse-bites," he said. I agree.