Goals Take Time
“Expect anything worthwhile to take a long time.” This is borrowed from the wise and wonderful Debbie Millman, for it’s hard to better capture something so fundamental yet so impatiently overlooked in our culture of immediacy. The myth of the overnight success is just that — a myth — as well as a reminder that our present definition of success... See more
Maria Popova • 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade. Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it 10 years. A long game will compound small gains that will be able to overcome even big mistakes.
Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
“The long way is the short way.” In a cut-and-paste world that celebrates speed, we often mistake convenience for efficiency.