I often say that there are no shortcuts in life. But that’s not quite true.

Compounding is a shortcut.

As you progress, each unit of input produces a larger unit of output, because it benefits from all of the units of input that came before it.

It’s a shortcut in the realest sense of the word—but you have to be willing to keep showing up, because the moment you stop, the shortcut disappears.

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