Be Boring

Consistency leads to greatness

May 12, 2025

"Do not let someone with half your talent beat you because they're committed enough to show up every day and brave enough to ask for what they want. Laziness and cowardice are the ultimate dream-killers. Reject them every time they try to control you. Eventually, they'll be so weak that you almost never have to worry about them again"

We tie “greatness” to moments more than habits and that’s where we go astray.

You see Tom Brady win a Superbowl, but you don’t see him watching hundreds of hours of film. You watch a PhD student walk across stage at graduation but don’t experience the endless hours in the library. You see a friend finish a marathon but aren’t awake for the early morning runs.

If greatness was just showing up for the big moments, we would all do it. But it’s boring. It’s early mornings. It's staring at textbooks and clicking through film.

Do the boring thing today.