patience
the art of waiting
sari and
patience
I do not mean passivity, which is frequently mistaken for patience. It is passivity that tells us not to fight for our work. It is passivity that takes “no” for a final answer. Passivity is exactly that: pass-ive. We take a pass on growth on our own behalf. Patience is very different. Patience is not the acceptance of weakness. It is the quiet,
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incredible to see the growth curve of Acquired, one of the most popular podcasts. if it would've been a startup, it would've been shuttered after two years because of slow growth. good things take time.
"Move fast and break things" is outdated advice for startups.
Software ate the world—and there's more competition than ever.
Our startup learned the hard way to ignore this advice, and this is what happened:
Dani Granttwitter.comYou're going to get depressed because your sense of self-competence is overly reliant on FAST RESULTS.
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Pace of Life
richardwiseman.com
- Don’t give up easily . Stick with it. Stick with it not forever, but really give it a chance to get where you’re going.
How many people have that kind of patience, persistence, and confidence?
The Algorithm Behind Jim Simons's Success
100x method —
"the most successful things I’ve done have one thing in common: I’ve done them at least 100 times."
if you want to start a project, commit to 100 iterations.
1. takes you past the dip: the inevitable downturn when you feel stuck/bored/... See more
Boy, I hurried... I hurried for a long time. I'm sorry I did. All the time you're hurrying, you're not really as aware as you should be. You're trying to make things happen instead of just letting it happen. You follow me?
-Bob Dylan
Real things grow slowly