Good things take time
Reframing expectations about how long it takes to do good work
Good things take time
Sociology professor Daniel Chambliss, who spent years researching the qualities of elite swimmers, on what creates excellence: "Excellence is mundane. Superlative performance is really a confluence of dozens of small skills or activities, each one learned or stumbled upon, which have been carefully drilled into habit and then are fitted together
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"Clarity is the elimination of mental clutter. Agility is the elimination of physical clutter. Tranquility is the elimination of spiritual clutter."
James Clear
“There is no such thing as a quantum leap. There is only dogged persistence – and in the end, you make it look like a quantum leap.”
James Dyson
"Professionals stick to the schedule, amateurs let life get in the way. Professionals know what is important to them and work towards it with purpose, amateurs get pulled off course by the urgencies of life." - James Clear
James Clear • The Difference Between Professionals and Amateurs
How long does it take to write a post/essay?
How Life Sciences Actually Work: 2 weeks non-stop, so around 100-150 hours of combined thinking and writing
How to make friends over the internet: 12 hours over 2 days
A single Quarterly links post: usually 15 hours over a few days
Doing Good Better post: >100 hours over 6 weeks
Why You Should Start a Blog Ri... See more
How Life Sciences Actually Work: 2 weeks non-stop, so around 100-150 hours of combined thinking and writing
How to make friends over the internet: 12 hours over 2 days
A single Quarterly links post: usually 15 hours over a few days
Doing Good Better post: >100 hours over 6 weeks
Why You Should Start a Blog Ri... See more
Blog posts that have resonated at scale
Self compassion
“How did you accomplish that?”
“Same as everything else. Gradually, then all at once.”
“Same as everything else. Gradually, then all at once.”
James Clear • 3-2-1: On the bottleneck to achieving results, the discomfort of growth, and friendship
Self compassion