Compound consistency

The most powerful force in building isn't talent. It's showing up.

Small actions compound. A few hours each week becomes a body of work. Consistent shipping becomes a portfolio. The math is simple: 1 hour per day for a year is 9 full work weeks. On a side project. While having a job.

Stacking layers showing how daily consistency compounds over a year — Most people overestimate what they can do in a week. They underestimate what they can do in a year.

Consistency is boring. That's the point. It's not a hack. It's not a shortcut. It's showing up when you don't feel like it.

The visible parts - launches, recognition - are tips of the iceberg. The iceberg is all the days nobody saw.

Iceberg showing visible success (10%) above water and invisible work (90%) below — What people see vs. what it took to get there.

How to maintain it: lower the bar until it's impossible to skip. Protect the streak. Missing once is a mistake. Missing twice is a pattern.

Tinkering is consistency applied to building. Taste is what emerges from it.

Consistency is the container. Tinkering is the action. Taste is the output.