The Law of Infinity

I was having a conversation over lunch with a friend of mine recently.  He asked if I believe in the concept of ‘infinity’ in mathematics.  Since I thought I understood a few infinity-related equations, back in High-School, my answer was ‘Yes, of course!’

So he asked…

If I have to travel from 0 to a 100 meter mark, I have to first past the half way point, 50 meter mark, in order to get to the 100 meter mark.  To determine the half way point, I would simply divide 100 by 2.  Standing at the  50 meter mark, now, if I have to reach the 100 meter mark, I would have to first past the half way point of, ((100-50)/2)+first50meter= 75 meter mark, in order to reach the 100 meter mark. 

Now if the concept of infinity is… legit/valid/true, I would never reach my destination because I will be continuing my ‘dividing’ up to the infinity!

Putting the law of mathematics aside, what I got from my friend’s question is…

1)      If you don’t start your mission, you will never reach your goal no matter how poorly you are doing with your mission.  In my case, it will be Daytrading, or just trading in general.

2)      More importantly, if your goal seems to be un-reachable (like Trading, in my case), almost like an infinity, think about setting sub-goals that will lead  you towards your ultimate goal. Even you may still never get there, but it will at least bring you closer, and closer, and closer, and closer. 

Your thoughts?