

Success Takes Longer Than You Think | Ep. 1002
7 snips Oct 10, 2025
Unrealistic expectations can be a major roadblock to success. Anthony shares insights from his climbing experiences that highlight the value of patience and consistent effort. He discusses the importance of setting achievable timelines and how massive content creation often leads to eventual success. By recalibrating expectations and surrounding yourself with high-level peers, you can enhance your journey. Tune in for practical advice on managing ambition and productivity!
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People Quit Too Soon
- Unrealistic timelines stop most people from achieving goals because they expect quick results.
- Giving an effort more time, reps, and consistency usually leads to success over a longer horizon.
Climbing Taught Long Timelines
- Anthony describes learning the long timeline lesson through rock climbing and elite climbers' multi-year projects.
- He learned that projects can take years or decades to progress from single moves to full completion.
Million Words Experiment
- Anthony recounts deciding to become a writer after asking his future in-laws how he'd provide.
- He committed to writing 3,000 words daily to hit a million words and published two novels within a year and a half.