The Long Run
on building a new world, slowly with intention
The Long Run
takes 10 years of unseen blood sweat and tears to become an overnight success
One of the hardest and loneliest battles you’ll have to fight as you work to build the life you want is maintaining unwavering self belief that you will make it despite having *nothing* to show for it over a 2-3 year period before you see “overnight” success. You’ll feel like an imposter telling others what you’re building and who you believe you’l... See more
Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect.
Allen Pike • An Unreasonable Amount of Time
An Introduction to the World's Fair Co.
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“Good thing we aren’t penalized for handing in our purpose late. The soul doesn’t know a thing about deadlines.” - Jeff Brown
Every “overnight success” is the result of years of thankless work. Success comes not from great acts of genius but from doing lots of small things consistently
23 Truths I Wish I Knew at 23
Jim Simons: "I’m not an extremely fast thinker myself; I just work hard."
That was all I needed to do—work hard, not fast. A paper I published in '68 took me five years. But it has had 1,850 citations. For a math paper, that’s an awful lot.
There’s too much emphasis on a person’s being able to answer questions quickly."
dreamers addicted to reality instead of realists addicted to dreams.
-Neri Oxman on what she looks for when hiring