Quality is what everyone wants. Quantity is what no one wants to earn. But the truth is simple: quality hides in the repetition.
It emerges in the 9th draft, the 50th try, the 100th rep. Not when you force it. But because you outlasted your own shortcuts.
Patience is more than just waiting. ... See more
Hiten Shahx.comQuality is what everyone wants. Quantity is what no one wants to earn. But the truth is simple: quality hides in the repetition. It emerges in the 9th draft, the 50th try, the 100th rep. Not when you force it. But because you outlasted your own shortcuts. Patience is more than just waiting. It’s staying with the work long enough to become undeniable. Every masterpiece is buried in the pile you almost gave up on.
“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 need... See more