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Margreet de Heer's avatar

What happened in the past months to give you such a boost? And to answer your question: I'm working on a new comic for my Substack :D

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Glad to hear it! I’ll be keeping an eye out.

I think I had a few Notes do very well which really picked up my following.

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Alexa Palermo's avatar

Building an audience to expand my business!!

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Keep it up Alexa!

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Sophia Lapadula's avatar

I think we've got a points in our culture where success in a specific goal is that much quantifiable that we expect a linear result in terms of our effort. You explained how much of the myth it is in such a visual way. Loved the article.

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Thanks Sophia, glad you liked it!

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Chris Anselmo's avatar

I'm currently working on a book. Definitely in the pre-work phase, which can be frustrating sometimes. But I'm looking forward to seeing it come to fruition and leading to growth. I just have to stay consistent.

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Well said Chris — sometimes you just need to power through that phase to reap the rewards on the other side.

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Chris Anselmo's avatar

🙏🙌

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John's avatar

Very true! You hear time and again from the greatest athletes of all time that us spectators only see the end result of the athlete’s relentless work. No one sees the hard work and we don’t understand all that it took for them to get to the point where performing at a high level looks easy.

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

100% John!

We rarely get to see what goes on behind the scenes — and often the better the athlete, the more effortless they make it look.

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MustReadBlogs's avatar

Great article ✨

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Thanks Rachit!

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Jessie M's avatar

Great write up. I’m saving this to refer back to regularly as a visual pep talk!

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Glad to hear it Jessie!

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James S Lau's avatar

Thanks for the encouragement!

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Keep up the great work James 🙌🏼

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

This is a great reminder that consistency and small steps lead to big results over time. Too often, we become impatient when things don’t happen fast enough and give up far too soon.

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

I’ve certainly fallen victim to that in the past.

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Bette A. Ludwig, PhD 🌱's avatar

I think we all have at some point Lewis! :)

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Fabiana's avatar

I have this book on my reading list 😍

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Let me know your thoughts!

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Fabiana's avatar

Sure thing!

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Rafa Páez's avatar

Impressive chart! Yeah, progress (and success) is not linear!

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

It rarely is Rafa!

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Dave Gray's avatar

Wow, that graph really tells a story!

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

It sure does Dave. Success rarely happens in a straight line as I’m sure you’re aware!

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Dave Gray's avatar

For sure. It must be so fulfilling to see that line going up. I remember when I was starting XPLANE, it felt like it was moving so slowly, like a plane on a runway, and then one day I felt the wheels leave the ground. It was exhilarating.

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Bobbi Sizemore's avatar

Great article! Thanks!

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Bobbi Sizemore's avatar

It’s really good! I think it’ll help a lot of us to keep going, even when it seems like we aren’t making progress.

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Appreciate that Bobbi.

Glad you liked it as I’m waiting on a new laptop delivery so had to pull a visual from the archives 😅

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Kacy Maxwell's avatar

The hockey stick takes preparation

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Lewis O’Brien's avatar

Definitely does Kacy!

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Ashley Winston's avatar

Great article, Lewis! It sounds similar to what I've heard referred to as the flywheel effect. Have you come across this? (And I'm using this as inspiration to keep posting on Substack... to my 22 subscribers. :-))

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