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The Most Important Thing About Life

They didn’t teach you this at school

Serge Faldin
6 min readOct 9, 2019

Ok. Let’s cut the crap.

I see a lot of young folks doing the same mistake over and over again.

They know what they want to be doing. They know what they should be doing. Then they get anxious and stressed out about it all. And try to fit in 1 day — what is supposed to take years to accomplish.

These kids lack patience. They lack discipline. And, most importantly, they don’t understand the most important thing about life: all great things happen as a compound effect.

It won’t happen in a day. It won’t happen in a week. But if you stick to it long enough, it will eventually happen.

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Serge Faldin
Serge Faldin

Written by Serge Faldin

Honest thoughts. Unpopular opinions. Not necessarily true or smart. | Bylines: The Guardian, Truthout, Meduza, Prospect | Personal essays: sergeys.substack.com

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