These exact words you’re reading…

They were fresh on the page hours ago.

I didn’t feel like writing this week.

Nor did I feel like anything I did moved the needle.

Everything was a slog.

Creativity with no validation.

Referrals leading to dead ends.

But then, I happened to come across this exact story from Sahil Bloom:

A ceramics teachers split her class into two groups.  One would be graded by quantity of output, the other would be graded by quality of their output.  

When grading day arrived, something fascinated happened:

“The works of the highest quality were all produced by the group going after quantity.  It seems that while the quantity group was busy just taking action, trying, putting out pot after pot, and learning …the quality group sat theorizing about perfection, and in the end, had little to show for their efforts.”

The lesson:  Quantity is a necessary precursor to quality.  You have to keep creating. Trying. Attempting. Fixating until things align perfectly and not attempting is far worse than not keeping the output going.

Whatever you’re battling - Attempting change, building a business, a practice, reaching out to new people, leading others, or fighting through your own personal battles, the reps will eventually count in the end.

“Becoming who you want to be is just like anything else. It takes practice, and requires the belief that one day, you’ll be a natural at it.” -Alison Espach, Author.

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