Commitment

the teams best positioned to endure a bold journey are those in which the benefits from the sensation of progress outweigh the costs of working amidst uncertainty, anonymity, and anxiety. if progress is a sufficient reward, you can be losing for a long time and still win.

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

Commitments become easier when you realize that, after enough wandering, the grass is unlikely to be greener, pursuing novelty has diminishing returns, and continuous optimizing comes at the cost of compounding—and nearly everything great compounds

Why so many people with a startup idea never ship ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FDmPWuDXMAATReV.jpg... See more

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.

99.99th percentile is just showing up every day

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

The Effort Paradox You have to put in more effort to make something appear effortless. Effortless, elegant performances are often the result of a large volume of effortful, gritty practice. Small things become big things. Simple is not simple.

The great thing about achieving small things is that you know the big things are just as achievable, they just take more time.

i've seen mediocre people accomplish great things by sticking around and putting in the work