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The Amazon Prime culture we live in has made us scapegoats for instant gratification. Blink and you have it. As someone said, instant gratification takes too long.
What you sow or will sow is in your control. Showing up consistently with authenticity and shipping out your work or art for the minimum viable audience that you cater to is in your control. Planting the seeds and letting it grow beneath the invisible surface is in your control. And the rewards that you end up seeing, a lot of times unexpectedly, makes it all the more worth it. Yes, they may not happen overnight or in an instant, but this kind of magic happens all the time.
This runs counter to the Amazon Prime culture that we live in. We crave quick, tangible results, delivered right to our doorsteps in 2 days or less. But the ground reality hums a different tune. And most certainly it is not linear to be given a cause and effect label. It is mostly chaotic. And a lot of times invisible. The silent, diligent work you do, the relationships we establish, without any expectation of outcome or returns, the value we provide seamlessly often are the triggers for the defining moments that we get to gratefully encounter much later.
Sowing the seeds without the expectation or the understanding of when, how and if they will sprout is an endeavor worth investing in. Trust the dynamics, the slow, invisible growth that are happening below the surface. In doing so, you open yourself up to the magic of unexpected outcomes. The pleasant surprises that silent followers and admirers bring in. And the significant impacts that you never saw coming.
“The ability to discipline yourself to delay gratification in the short term in order to enjoy greater rewards in the long term is the indispensable prerequisite for success.”- Brian Tracy