The Illusion of Busy
Most people confuse motion with momentum. They mistake exhaustion for achievement. They pack their schedule so full of stuff—meetings, emails, endless tasks—that they never actually move forward.
And that’s exactly the trap.
Success isn’t about working more; it’s about working on the right things. Effort alone means nothing if it’s wasted on distractions, dead-end jobs, or routines that keep you running in circles.
Patience is Key
Look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow, it will split in two, and I know it was not that last blow that did it, but all that had gone before. – Jacob Riis