Triumph Requires Learning How To Wait
High achievers are impatient. The highest achievers aren’t.
Dan Lok says one of the three signs you’ll be rich is being impatient.
“High achievers are impatient,” are his exact words.
Maybe they are. But the highest achievers aren’t. The highest achievers can take fast decisions, but they can also wait for the results of their decisions for years, even decades.
Warren Buffet said that “No matter how great the talent or efforts, some things just take time. You can’t produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant.”
Emerson said, “Patience and fortitude conquer all things.”
Even Julius Ceasar noticed that “It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”
Let me update this last one: it’s easier to find people who will jump in multiple businesses looking for instant success than it is to find those who are willing to work hard and wait.
When I hear someone calling themselves “serial entrepreneur”, my eyes roll so far back in my head, I can see my ears.
