Prove that summation is less than 1

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Prove that $m! \times \sum_{n=m+1}^\infty \frac{1}{n!} < 1$

I started proving this by simplifying it to: $= m! \times \left(\frac{1}{(m+1)!} + \frac{1}{(m+2)!} + ...\right)$ $= \left(\frac{1}{(m+1)} + \frac{1}{(m+2)(m+1)} + ...\right)$

I'm not too sure how to show that the last step sum is less than 1.

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If $m\ge 1$

$m!(\frac{1}{(m+1)!}+\frac{1}{(m+2)!}+\frac{1}{(m+3)!}+...)=\frac{1}{m+1}+\frac{1}{(m+2)(m+1)}+\frac{1}{(m+3)(m+2)(m+1)}+...\le \frac{1}{2}+\frac{1}{2^2}+...=1$