Consistency Beats Genius

Today, I sent Issue #20 of Weekly Nuggets. 🎉

That means I’ve now curated 100 bite-sized ideas, tactics, links, tools, post recipes, and quotes—each one meaningful to me as an independent consultant.

A friend recently called this newsletter "meaty"—no pun intended—and asked how I’ve managed to keep it going for five straight months without missing a week.

Here’s how:

Years ago, I stumbled upon this idea: We tend to overestimate what we can do in the short term, and vastly underestimate what we can do over the long term.

That simple thought has quietly shaped the last decade of my career.

Angela Duckworth calls it Grit: the power of passion and perseverance. She showed it’s a stronger predictor of success than IQ, good looks, or social intelligence.

Just showing up every day, and making incremental progress towards achieving your goals over the very long term.

So if you’ve got goals, remember this: consistency beats genius.

Write the next newsletter.

Record the episode.

Post the video.

Send the DM.

Whatever your thing is—just. keep. doing it.