Start Small - Keep it real .Don't start Online ventures on the Wrong Footing

byTheCatherine

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2 years ago

In today's fast-paced, impatient world, many people seem to have lost perspective and a firm grasp on reality. They want instant gratification and quick results without wanting to put in the time and effort required to achieve quality outcomes.

There is an expectation of immediate recognition and rewards, even if someone has just started learning a new skill or task. As soon as the basic concept is understood, people think that should be enough to accomplish something meaningful right away. But real growth and mastery take sustained practice, failure, resilience and often years of work.

Meaningful relationships and connections aren't built overnight either. They require vulnerability, listening without judgement, mutual understanding and care. Yet so many seem willing to trade the depth of true friendship for the shallow interactions of social media popularity and vanity metrics.

In the pursuit of success, it's understandable why people may lose their grounding at times. But it's important to remember that substantive, lasting achievement comes from putting in the hours, risking failure and having the patience to see efforts fully realized.

It's true that once people embark on a new project or endeavor, they often lose the beginner's mindset of humility. In their eagerness for progress, they forget to continue questioning their methods, assumptions and direction. Without humility, it's impossible to recognize when one's efforts need revision or an entirely new approach.

Relatedly, impatience replaces patience as the driving force. There is intense focus on speed and hitting milestones, without concern for the substance behind those metrics. Learning takes time and reflection, but people start rushing through the process, thinking activity equals results.

Essential skills like critical thinking, systems analysis and creative problem solving require an investment of deep work over an extended period. But humility and patience seem in short supply today, as everyone is focused on hacking growth and rapid iteration.

The problem is that this pace leaves little room for building a solid foundation, integrating feedback, or ensuring quality beyond a surface level. What gets lost is the understanding that patience allows skill mastery to blossom, while humility opens one's mind to seek continual improvement.

It's humbling to accept that the best work requires a lifetime of learning and fine-tuning. Patience is demanded if one hopes to create anything of lasting significance. By embracing humility and patience as virtues again, perhaps people today can regain the wisdom and perspective needed to achieve substantive growth and change.

"When you see someone who has a lot of knowledge, they learned it over time. When you see someone who has a lot of skills, they developed them over time.
When you see someone who has done a lot, they accomplished it over time. When you see someone who has a lot of money, they earned it over time."
Gary Keller - author “The One Thing”

Overnight successes

Success requires resilience through repeated failure and setbacks. The most accomplished people inevitably face obstacles, rejections, and criticism as part of their path. Their success comes from picking themselves up after defeat and finding ways to improve. Every published author has drawers of rejected drafts. Every entrepreneur has failed ventures and lessons that led to their winning idea. Failure is woven into the tapestry of success.

Lastly, true success emerges from work that speaks to a deeper purpose. Passion and meaning drive people through the hardest challenges. No matter how talented, those focused only on surface measures of success or fame quickly burn out. Lasting achievement comes from a calling and commitment to creating value for others. That is work one can pour years into and emerge an "overnight success."

In the end, sustainable success rarely happens suddenly. It requires intentionally laying a foundation through years of humble growth. The next time we see an overnight success, we would do well to recognize the long hours of unseen work and inner transformation that came first.