Musings on committing and continually showing up to a place, a profession, or a person in an age of endless opportunities + persevering - even and especially when it's hard.
You don't need a new idea
You need the time and resources to stick with the last new idea long enough for it to see some results https://t.co/v7cpg7XcDL
I think obsessiveness is necessary for deep thinking. You have to stay with a vague sense for long enough that more and more of your mind is recruited for figuring it out. And then it's sort of like fishing: a waiting game. You need patience and persistence to catch the big one
An epic read on how to do the slow, hard, good work of staying put
sometimes people ask something like “do you think this could work?” and I sorta waffle around on it
but I realize my truer answer is something like: it’ll probably work IF *you* believe it will work and *you* commit to making it work for 7+ years
Woody Allen said “80% of success is showing up.” To which @howes28 added, “and the other 20% is refusing to leave.”
I think about that a lot when companies run into tough times. So much of long term company success is built on the team simply persisting.