I was listening to a podcast this week, an interview with Ramit Sethi, and he was talking about the compounding effect of money. If you haven’t come across Ramit, I highly recommend him. He is the person to go to when it comes to understanding money.
But what he said got me thinking beyond money.
The compound effect applies to everything.
Hit the gym every day, and your body will eventually show it. It takes time, but the results show up. Keep eating junk every day, and that shows up too. The lessons you are learning right now, the habits you are building, the work you are quietly putting in, all of it is compounding. Slowly. Invisibly. Until one day it isn’t invisible anymore.
And here is what struck me.
We give up so easily. We stop before the compound effect has a chance to show itself. We put in the work for a few weeks, don’t see the result, and decide it isn’t working. But we never question whether the bad habits are working; we just keep those going without demanding proof.
Why can’t we believe in ourselves the same way?
I want you to think about the effort you are putting in, like laying bricks. Every workout. Every lesson. Every hour you put into your side hustle. Every time you choose the harder, better thing. That is a brick. And you are building a house.
The house will not be a house in one day. You have to lay one brick at a time every single day and trust that they are adding up. The only way the house stays incomplete is if you stop laying the bricks.
And here is the other thing.
Some houses are built faster than others. Some people will seem further along than you. But you don’t know what kind of house they are building, and they don’t know what kind of house you are building. The comparison is meaningless. You have your own blueprint. Your own timeline. Your own house.
Stay in your lane. Keep laying the bricks.
The house will come together. Trust the process.
What I’m Reading
Start with Yourself - Emma Grede ( Starting)
There’s so much conversation around Emma Grede’s book Start With Yourself, and I’m excited to dive into it finally. My review of the book will be coming shortly.
Think Faster, Talk Smarter — Matt Abrahams (Still Reading)
A practical guide to improving spontaneous speaking and clear communication under pressure. I want to improve how I think and speak, so I am trying this highly rated book.
What Else Dropped This Week
Off Script
Why Rama Afullo Walked Away From SpaceX to Build Something Bigger
How Alix Peabody Built Bev After 200 Rejections
Under the Hood
The Dubai Chocolate - FIX Dessert Chocolatier Story
Note To Yourself
You won’t see it today. Maybe not even this month.
But every time you showed up — every workout, every late night, every moment you chose the harder thing — it counted. It is all in there. Quietly compounding and building on itself in ways you cannot yet see.
That is how it works.
You don’t plant a seed and dig it up the next day to check if it is growing. You water it. You trust it. You come back tomorrow and do it again.
So keep going. Not because the results are visible. But because you know the work is real.
One brick. Every day. That is all it takes.
The house is coming.
Be bold. Be real. Be Anomalous.
— Sai Menon
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