. . . you have to take the stairs!This anonymous proverb embodies the rather timeworn idea that there are no shortcuts to achieving a goal; you have to get there step by step. We all know that isn’t true 100% of the time; once in a great while there’s a so-called “overnight” success. (Including, I guess, viral videos.)
I’ve been thinking for some time that there seems to be a paradox about what produces achievement. The boring, repetitive actions, followed consistently day after day, tend to produce great results, while the dramatic actions often produce . . . nothing much.