$ Winning Long Term Games
If you try to win every day, you’re less likely to win for the year. In other words, thinking that maximizing the day will optimize the year is a false belief.
We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade. Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it 10 years. A long game will compound small gains that will be able to overcome even big mistakes.
Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
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