Patience may be a virtue but it sure sucks to practice. When things are slow and life’s problems are feel intractable, patience is no easy discipline.
The best I can do is find conviction in my positions and live slowly in the consequences unfolding. The agony of slow progress can make patience feels more like a fool’s errand.
But then there are days when the work of months and even years show themselves and the conviction that was once so hard seems suddenly effortless.
I have had many slow months (even years) where nothing seems to get accomplished. Startups are notorious for their uneven progress. You believe and yet must live with the slowness building that belief into reality.
Patience is no easy virtue. Conviction wouldn’t be impressive if it were.