“Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn’t…
“Everybody is looking for instant success, but it doesn’t work that way. You build a successful life one day at a time.” Lou Holtz, ND head coach
— from Time
In the book
It only asks what you did with the hours. And it rewards a pairing the impatient never discover: the two most powerful warriors, Tolstoy wrote, are patience and time, for nothing worthwhile is built instantly — real success is assembled slowly, layer on layer, by people willing to wait. Which is why we so reliably miscalculate, overestimating wildly what we can do in two years and badly underestimating what we can do in ten. — Time
The doing itself is unglamorous, and that is most of it. You build a successful life one day at a time, a single day's work laid upon the last, through patience, persistence, and plain perspiration. Self-discipline is the thing that holds it together — setting the goal and then taking the action again and again — and the whole sequence distills to a simple formula: clarity of purpose, a compelling reason to act, a sound strategy, consistent action, and the flexibility to adapt as you go. […] Build a system and prioritize to one thing. Make the system serve the big-picture goal, and narrow your aims to the single most important. Then act — now. Nothing happens until you move; build it one day at a time; and break procrastination by amplifying the cost of not acting. Feed the right fuel. Lean on autonomy, mastery, and purpose; do what you genuinely enjoy; and check that the drive is honestly your own. — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)