Rome Wasn't Built in a Day, But They Were Laying Bricks Every Hour

Rome wasn’t built in a day, but they were laying bricks every hour.  The problem is that it can be really easy to overestimate the importance of building your Roman empire and underestimate the importance of laying another brick.

Of course, there’s nothing necessarily impressive about laying a brick. It’s not a fantastic amount of work. It’s not a grand feat of strength or stamina or intelligence. Nobody is going to applaud you for it.  But laying a brick every day, year after year? That’s how you build an empire.