you are going to get depressed if you expect results in tandem with action.
it is only months or years later that the previous work we have done shows results.
you are going to get depressed if you expect results in tandem with action. it is only months or years later that the previous work we have done shows results.
Results aren’t everything. Indeed, they’d better not be, because results always come later—and later is always too late.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Similarly, habits often appear to make no difference until you cross a critical threshold and unlock a new level of performance. In the early and middle stages of any quest, there is often a Valley of Disappointment. You expect to make progress in a linear fashion and it’s frustrating how ineffective changes can seem during the first days, weeks, a
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