Potential over hype

When we get good and others beat loud drums to affirm it, everything feels right. The applause is earned. We worked hard to get here.

But then, many times, we get stuck, and tomorrow meets us in our celebration of today.

Hype is not bad. But one simple formula I’m trying to adopt is: do, show, next.

Do your work. Put it out. Move on.

If people celebrate what you put out, smile. Acknowledge it. But above all, stay focused on what you’re working on next. It’s great to continue to share from from your past, but not with not with more intensity than bringing the future closer.

There’s so much more greatness ahead of us that we’ve not even started to scratch. But when we linger too long in the celebration of today’s output, we risk getting stuck—while new knowledge, new inspiration, and new momentum quietly pass us by.