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.
Wendell Berry wrote: there are two muses β the Muse of Inspiration, who gives us inarticulate visions and desires, and the Muse of Realization, who returns again and again to say "It is yet more difficult than you thought."
An epic read on how to do the slow, hard, good work of staying put
Woody Allen said β80% of success is showing up.β To which @howes28 added, βand the other 20% is refusing to leave.β
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.
"Young people run around searching for identity, but it isnβt handed out free anymore β not in this transient, rootless, pluralistic society. Your identity is what youβve committed yourself to."