Aug 27 in Knowledge
There is no such thing as an overnight success... A lesson on patience.
I was watching a video where Alex Hormozi said, "Be patient with outputs and impatient with inputs" and it really got me thinking.
Often times we think that we should see results immediately after starting. Whether it's losing weight or starting a business, we want immediate results. However, this often doesn't match reality, especially if you want long-lasting success. Let's unpack the above quote a little bit and match it with some real-life examples.
What does it mean to be patient with your outputs? This means being okay with doing something over and over again with almost zero results. Zero views on YouTube, zero pounds lost, zero dollars made, etc. The biggest difference between those who succeed and those who don't is those who succeed have a larger tolerance for no results and they are massively consistent when most would quit.
Inputs compound over time but only if you are consistent. When you're first starting out it always seems like you're getting way less out than you are putting in. The key is to do more and get better so that eventually you get more for what you do. Being impatient with inputs means being relentlessly consistent in whatever it is you are trying to achieve. Keep exercising, keep advertising, keep trying to sell, keep doing whatever it is you need to do every single day for an unreasonable amount of time and eventually the results will be massive.
Bamboo is a great example of being patient with outputs and impatient with inputs. When you plant a bamboo seed, you need to water and fertilize it for weeks and sometimes months before it breaks through the ground. If you stop watering it, it will not grow. It seems like an unreasonable amount of input for such little output. However, when the seedling finally breaks through the ground, its growth is massive and can often grow dozens of feet tall in a few short weeks.
There are great business examples of this idea as well. Most YouTubers take at least a few months to a year or more before their channel can be monetized. Often they need to put out 50+ videos before they make their first dollar. Can you imagine if Mr Beast gave up after 20 videos because he didn't have a million views? It took Mr Beast 4 years to get to 1000 subscribers. Now he is positioned to become the first billionaire YouTuber.
Most startups take 2-5 years to become profitable. That's working day after day, doing 100hr weeks for years until all of your hard work starts to pay off. When Howard Schultz was trying to get Starbucks off the ground, he pitched 274 people. Over 200 of those people said no. What would have happened if he stopped after 20 people said no?
Are you being consistent? Really consistent? What do you need to spend an unreasonable amount of time doing in order to get the results you want? Comment below and lets hold each accountable!
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There is no such thing as an overnight success... A lesson on patience.
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