patience
the art of waiting
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patience
“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter
hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as
much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first
blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that last
blow that did it, but all that had gone before.”
hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as
much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first
blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that last
blow that did it, but all that had gone before.”
A quote by Jacob A. Riis
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/ frustrated, or when your project isn’t taking off the way you hoped.
2. sets a goal unde... See more
this insight from Visa:
when you have a game-changing insight you’ll often have to repeat it for 5-7 years before people start to really get it
Patience. By nature, I’m impatient – with myself, sometimes with others. I like to move forward. I like to get things done. When there’s a problem, I prefer to fix it now . That’s true both professionally and when it comes to interpersonal relationships. When I’m trying to close a deal, I’ll find myself thinking, “What can I do to make it happen fa... See more
Mario Gabriele • Modern Meditations: Kirsten Green
A writing example: when I look back in my notes I realize so much of what I write about today I was ruminating about 2-3 years ago. I always knew what I was going to say. I just didn’t have the tools, I didn’t have the maturity, I didn’t have the language or sensitivity to beauty to recognize what that was. So much of what I learned was latent, une... See more
Nix 🕊 • things that take time
oof this very accurately describes my journey to Sublime. i've had all of the ideas, but I was lacking a strong notion of taste.
VC requirement for SaaS companies to scale to $10M ARR in record time is BS.
UiPath: $500K 10 years in.
Klaviyo: $1M ARR 3 years in.
Lightspeed: $10M ARR 8 years in.
It takes time to nail true customer love.
Be patient, stay lean, remain super close to your customer.
Harry Stebbingsx.comJerry Seinfeld:
"You must master waiting. 'Show's gonna be delayed a half hour.' Fine. Plane's gonna be delayed two hours. Fine. Career's gonna be delayed five years, Fine."