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Success Is Born From Boring, Mundane Consistency. Here’s How To Embrace It.

Nate Anglin
3 min readMay 18, 2022

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Nothing is exciting about success.

It’s a grind. But we live in a world where everybody seeks instant gratification. Instead of squats, people want a butt lift. Instead of losing weight, people accept their cushiness and hide behind convenient excuses. Instead of committing to a goal/craft/skill, people job hop.

We’ve accepted that the best things in life must come to us in no more than two days or via the flick of a finger.

I wanted to hit $100,000,000 and could taste the victory.

But for me, it’s never about the money; it’s about the challenge. So I gave myself ten years. A damn decade! But fifteen years later, I’m still scratching and clawing.

Success is never instant:

It’s a marathon, not a sprint.

In my twenties, I was always in search of successes destination.

Every time I’d make it to the end, I’d quickly replace it with another. I was never satisfied. I built my life around reaching a series of goals. I never celebrated. I never took the time to appreciate the path I took and all the lessons along the way.

Over time I realized the actual journey was in the process of reaching my

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Nate Anglin
Nate Anglin

Written by Nate Anglin

Small Biz Investor, CEO, & helping others improve their performance, profit, & potential w/out sacrificing what’s most important. www.nateanglin.com/newsletter

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