In this life, I have been able to outrun my challenges because I'm slow.
Read that again and again and again.
Oftentimes, slow is not slow, but a facilitating speed in another dimension.
Read that twice too.
Like the tortoise, I have never concerned myself about my pace but what I learn through every step I take.
This is because the root beneath the ground is more important than the widely stretched branches.
I like to observe things. I take pride in seeing what others are not seeing.
In hearing what others are not hearing, no matter how tiny or faint.
I’m more concerned about getting to my destination safely than getting there fast.
This is how I build. No rush! Patiently, carefully, attentively, with utmost calm. calculation, and precision.
Amazon which is now the largest retailer, made losses in their first 13 years.
Facebook ran for seven years without selling anything to anyone. For seven years they did not make any money.
There are many other companies like Facebook and Amazon. It took almost 30 years to build Apple.
Now, what’s most interesting is not that these giant companies held on to their dreams but that people were funding them for all these years even when they were not making money.
They saw the future and believed it, and they understood that pigs give birth every 3 months but Elephant's pregnancy lasts for 22 months. But a fully grown Elephant weighs about 14,000 pounds while a fully grown pig weighs about 700.
Patience, slow, is a fast strategy that only slow people see as slow. Read that again.
