Overnight success is a myth sold to you by people who want your money. The truth is slower, like slow-cooker slow, and way less sexy.
I have made friends with a number of writers on Typeshare. It is a community of people I never expected to connect with, but I am so glad that I have.One of them, Nile Gomez, wrote something that stuck with me. He said, “You can’t microwave greatness.”
Great things take time (and yes, in my opinion, that even means for food). Not shortcuts. Not magic pills. Not being handed the answer key.
Just like microwaving food leads to terribly bland, soggy food that burns your mouth, attempting to microwave greatness may lead to something that is ready on the surface, but still frozen at the core.
“Change comes most reliably not from heroic willpower but from the small decisions we repeat until they become automatic.” - Wendy Wood
“Champions don’t do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they’ve learned.” - Charles Duhigg
“No great thing is created suddenly.” - Marcus Aurelius
“It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.” - Tony Robbins
“You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger
Slow cook your way to greatness because microwaves are crap.