It took me a decade to transform my career and life.
Stepping back after the Internet bubble burst in 2000 it wasn’t until tens of thousands of hours later that I felt I had found my way.
Often people tell stories of their journey as though with near-perfect foresight they had it mapped out all along, but that certainly wasn’t the case for me.
It was more like when you wake up in the dead of night and need to go to the bathroom. You don’t want to turn on the light and wake up yourself or your other half, so you just stumble in the right direction.
Sometimes you forget that you had left a pair of shoes lying around or the bathroom door is closed so you trip up or bang your head on a solid piece of plywood, but you keep making your way.
Mine was a long California road riddled with potholes that today I would journey differently.
Back then I was impatient, and like racing a hot blonde in a topless black 360 Modena on Sunset at 2:00am I could have much more enjoyed the ride.
Building something and transforming your career and life can take years, and there is no virtue in patience, only your life.
Patience is a foolish illusion—a way of pretending to be comfortable with waiting—and I suggest stop pretending and love your life.
No matter where you want to get to you will only ever be right here. So you might as well just love being here right now.
When you’re taking deliberate action you have no need for patience. You might still be stumbling in the dark but you’re getting where you want to go.