patience
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hi guys- so i think im back to writing these again but totally not in a new-year-resolution kind of way but in a let’s-see-how-it-goes kind of way.
what’s the catch? there’s only one way to find out :) let’s get into it!
so recently I wrote about compounding effects and the power of consistent micro-events that end up forming major impacts.
while all that is true, however, it’s incomplete. i forgot to add one part.
the subtle art of compounding effects only works if one thing is present- patience.
H.Wells from The Flash said multiple times “patience can do a lot of things. if a string is tied in a knot. patience will untie it. patience can do many things. have you ever tried it?”
good things take time is a popular catchphrase but why?
why must something take so much time just because its good?
before i answer, let’s address something
with the rise of speed and convenience in our daily lives, it’s very easy to confuse the arrival of an experience for the inception of such experience.
cue the montage for s second.
amazon prime can get items shipped to you as early as same day.
that’s one of the craziest advancements in last-mile delivery.
in the 90s, you had to wait months for things to get delivered to you.
gosh online shopping/delivery was a high hanging fruit for many.
today, netflix can hook you up with your next show as soon as you’re on the platform.
a couple decades ago, that favorite show of yours only came in the mailbox.
today, you can email someone and they’ll get it before you leave the app itself.
several decades back, it took days and months for your friend to get that thank you note.
my point is this- amazon prime, online streaming, and instant messaging all share something in common.
they make our lives easier. they’re good things, relatively speaking. and they don’t take as much time as their predecessors used to.
but don’t confuse the arrival of these experiences for their inception.
it took 10+ years after the inception of amazon before they launched prime
it took netflix 10+ years to get to where it is today
but the fact that it took them so long doesn’t make them bad.
they’re still good things- only that it took some time to deliver the good experiences.
while good things take time to form, the good experiences they offer take less time to enjoy.
it’s like a well. what took a well years to fill up, takes a few minutes to consume.
but that’s only because the good things power the good experiences.
the bridge between good things and good experiences is something you’ve heard many times.
in fact, it’s the reason you’ve read this piece this far despite my unorthodox choice of writing (lowercaps and all that, if you don’t follow.)
my point is you’ve been patient.
patience is the bridge between good things and good experiences.
if you’re not patient enough for good things, good experiences won’t happen.
back to compound efforts- micro efforts » major impacts thing, yes.
patience sits at the core of compounding efforts.
patience helps you see the reasoning behind compounding efforts.
patience can do a lot of things- what’s another word for “a lot of things”?
humor me pleaseee- compound interests :))
when you’re patient, each setback is a setup for something different- something better.
there’s nothing like a patient angry man.
there are just people who are impatient and angry.
no argument starts with two people being very patient.
if you let patience have its perfect cause, you shall be complete lacking nothing.
patience can do a lot of things have you ever tried it?
i know what you’re thinking- i could have just gone straight into the main point from the first line.
but that won’t let me remind us of the importance of patience- cue the irony, i know.
alright, people- let patience have its perfect course and you shall be complete, lacking nothing.
patience, someone said, can do a lot of things. have you ever tried it?
as you subscribe to those gym memberships for your new year resolution, consider a free subscription to patience in the new year.