Lenny Rachitsky: belief

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…When I was younger, I really was ... I've always been motivated. But like, "Oh, I have to get this thing right now." Whether it was in my career, or I was an athlete growing up. I really wanted to perform and do well in things. And I just put a ton of pressure on myself. But I recently got, or not recently, in the last maybe five years, got this motto of consistent pressure over time as being more of my motto. And taking some of the pressure off of having to do things immediately, or get to a certain place too fast. Maybe it's more of like Atomic Habits, or things like that. But I'm just much more in this mode of like, "You're not going to get everything done. It's a startup. But career, whatever, it's not going to happen immediately." You just have to keep working at it, and not giving up. And having that grit to keep going and keep pushing over time, is way more important than any immediate accomplishments. That is so good. I just added this question to lightning round and these answers are so good each time. Consistent pressure over time. I so get that. Reminds me of how I think about the newsletter. It's just like, "Keep at it, keep at it. It doesn't have to be the best thing ever, every single time." Just don't give up.…

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