Be patient

Be patient:

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Be patient.

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Stop wanting time to speed up.

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Stop wanting to be at your goal today.

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Stop rushing through life.

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You need to be patient.

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Work in the micro, think in the macro.

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Work today, think tomorrow.

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It’s ok to have dreams.

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To have goals.

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To have things to strive for.

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They’re important.

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You need them.

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But don’t let them consume you.

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Don’t let them destroy you.

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Don’t let eat away at you.

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You wanting the moon is not going to make the moon come any closer.

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Day-to-day actions will.

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It will get you one step closer.

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But it may never get you there.

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You may never reach your goals.

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That’s ok.

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Having them is still important.

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It’s something I recommend to everyone.

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But don’t rush.

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It takes time to get there.

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Rome wasn’t built in a day.

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Anything great wasn’t built in a day.

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It was built over a long career.

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Patient actions.

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Done again and again for long periods of time.

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Listened to a podcast today that has been one of my favourites in a long time.

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A chat with Tim Ferris and Hugh Howey.

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An author who has conquered the book world.

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But did it in his own way.

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A man who published many novels with no fanfare.

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He published 6 full-length novels before his 7th got picked up.

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6 books with no traction.

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That’s dedication.

That’s work.

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That’s real effort.

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Searching to write not for the outcome.

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But for the writing itself.

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He said he gave himself 10 years.

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Write 2 novels a year for 10 years and see what happens.

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That’s a big goal.

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That’s a long-term goal.

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That’s a patient goal.

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He wasn’t looking to be there tomorrow.

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He wasn’t looking for the outcome.

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He wasn’t looking to become an award-winning author.

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He just wanted to write.

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To share his stories with the world.

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To create something that he wanted to see out there.

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Like he said, create something one person absolutely loves.

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If you do that, everything else will come.

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It was a needed reminder.

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I want to create the largest independent media company in the world.

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I want this media goal yesterday.

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Some days, it feels like I’m behind.

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But I’m not.

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I’m working at something every day.

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I’m writing every day.

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I’m always thinking and moving forward.

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That work will pay off.

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I know it.

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It already has.

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Even if nothing comes out of all this writing, that’s fine.

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It’s the best thing I ever did.

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Got a message today from a work friend.

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He said ‘great poem today. I needed it.’

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Even though I wrote it 2 years ago.

That’s why I do it.

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Do it for one person.

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Make that one person you.

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All the outcomes will come.

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Stick to the work.

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Be consistent.

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Write.

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Everything else will fall into place when it does.

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Till then…

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Be patient

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