Overnight Success Doesn’t Work. Here’s What Does

How to be patient and embrace the tension of the in-between.

“People fail because they can imagine all that ground covered at the end of a year, but they can’t get themselves to see the value in the step they need to take today.” -Nicolas Cole

Today, we live in a world where most of our desires can be fulfilled by the click of a button. You can find love on an app, watch any show at your pleasing and even order almost any meal to your doorstep.

As a result, many people’s brains have become dependent upon quick hit neurochemicals such as dopamine. Hence, they have lost the ability to be patient; they want it all right now.

They want to create one piece of content, make one investment, or go to one practice session and then wake up to be an overnight success.

However, even today, an ancient fact still emerges; success often comes to those who are willing to be patient and embrace the tension of the in-between. As Seth Godin has said,

“Extraordinary benefits accrue to the tiny minority of people who are able to push just a tiny bit longer than most.”