Why You Quit Too Early

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I’ve quit many things in my life.

And the times I regret it boils down to me being impatient.

You probably feel the same way.

Since you and I are playing the same game of solopreneurship, we must remember an important principle.

Patience in the results, persistence in the actions.

It requires us to separate the actions from the results.

Think about a water droplet hanging from a leaf.

The heavier it gets, the more it bounces.

Its goal is to break free to join gravity in its pursuit of the ground.

It knows fighting gravity is a fool’s errand because it defies the laws of physics.

So it only falls by building enough pressure to detach from the leaf.

Separate the actions from the results.

The water droplet hangs, bounces, sways, and builds.

It needs to put in the reps to get bigger, heavier, and denser before it can fall.

If it doesn’t, it evaporates and never reaches the ground.

99% of the time, it’s gathering more water — taking action.

During that time — nothing happens.

And then that last 1% — everything happens.

Nothing happens, then everything happens.

This is a quote from Dan Koe — it holds the truth about how your results take shape.

Many of your goals will evaporate.

Because you don’t see results in the 99%.

You fight the gravity of the market or surrender to your impatience.

You quit too early when you should adapt.

You must do the 99% to get the critical 1%.

Because everything will happen.

And then, after everything happens…you enter the next phase with a whole new set of experiences.

A new baseline.

And a new goal forms.

The droplet on the ground no longer wants to fall.

It has a new game to play.

Nothing happens, then everything happens.

Separate the actions from the results.

If you read this, this is your reminder.

If not, something, somewhere, will find a way to remind you of this lesson.