Don’t Quit Your Compounding Too Early

Most people are not stuck because they lack potential; they are stuck because they keep interrupting their compounding. And one of the most common mistakes that leads people to quit their compounding too early is expecting results to grow in direct proportion to input. But that’s not how compound growth works. That’s the linear growth mindset. And if you don’t understand the difference, you may never commit to something long enough to reach your potential. We’re so used to linear conversions, where you multiply the input by a conversion rate to get the output. I worked X hours; multiply that by my hourly rate to get my income. There are X people coming for dinner; multiply that by the portion size to get the amount of food I should cook. But if you look beneath the surface, so much of life is about building systems – companies, relationships, etc. And systems typically have some kind of self-sustaining nature to them, a kind of momentum where the more they grow, the easier it is to…