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We underestimate the cumulative effect of work. Writing a page a day doesn't sound like much, but if you do it every day, you'll write a book a year. That's the key, consistency. People who do great things don't get a lot done every day. They get something...
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iWe underestimate the cumulative effect of work. Writing a page a day doesn't sound like much, but if you do it every day, you'll write a book a year. That's the key, consistency. People who do great things don't get a lot done every day. They get something done rather than nothing. This is my monthly reminder to stick with something. Don't bounce around like a ping pong ball. Opportunity to opportunity. Opportunity. The opportunity that you have in front of you right now is fine. Please stick with it. What I am reading to you is from Paul Graham, the legendary founder of Y Combinator. In his essay, how to do Great Work, he continues, if you do work that compounds, you will get exponential growth. Most people who do this do it unconsciously, but it's worth stopping to think about. Learning, for example, is an instance of this phenomenon. The more you learn about something, the easier it i
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We underestimate the cumulative effect of work. Writing a page a day doesn't sound like much, but if you do it every day, you'll write a book a year. That's the key, consistency. People who do great things don't get a lot done every day. They get something done rather than nothing. This is my monthly reminder to stick with something. Don't bounce around like a ping pong ball. Opportunity to opportunity. Opportunity. The opportunity that you have in front of you right now is fine. Please stick with it. What I am...
an initial push. Or they grow their audience one fan at a time, because they have nothing better to do. And this last line brings it home. Please. This last line takes it all the way. If people. People consciously realize they could invest in exponential growth, many more would do it. When you start, it's day by day. You're just going up and down and up and down. Months, you flatten out. Years, you start going up and up and up. You're. You're going. You're. Years. Years are going. Well, you're gonna like what yo...
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