
you are going to get depressed if you expect results in tandem with action. it is only months or years later that the previous work we have done shows results.

Do you understand? I hadn't written anything good. It might be years before I would, if I ever did at all. That didn't matter. What counted was that I had, after years of running from it, actually sat down and done my work.
Steven Pressfield • The War of Art
“The world belongs to those who can keep doing without seeing the result of their doing.”
Alex Hormozi • $100M Leads: How to Get Strangers To Want To Buy Your Stuff (Acquisition.com $100M Series Book 2)
Your outcomes are a lagging measure of your habits. Your net worth is a lagging measure of your financial habits. Your weight is a lagging measure of your eating habits. Your knowledge is a lagging measure of your learning habits. Your clutter is a lagging measure of your cleaning habits. You get what you repeat.
James Clear • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
