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Big Things Take Time: Show Up, Grind, and Stay Committed
Weekly Edition #18: May 28th, 2025
Verse I Like:
“By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in holy fear built an ark to save his family.”
Weekly Dose
Building big sh*t takes time.
The sheer volume and reps required to see results is astounding, and you only understand the amount of work that goes in to large and worthwhile endeavors after having done it.
There’s a reason that most endeavors undertaken our failures. Success requires a lot. Of these requirements, daily practice and commitment to your tasks and difficulties—particularly those that you don’t wanna face—seems to be the only way to increase your odds of success.
In the end, building something truly meaningful—something big—demands time, grit, and an unglamorous commitment to the process. There are no shortcuts, just a steady accumulation of effort through the highs, the lows, and especially the mundane.
The work compounds, but only if you keep showing up.
Quotes I Like:
“Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare.”
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”
“Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.”
Mane Message

The story of Noah building the ark has always stood out to me—not just for its scale, but for what it reveals about perseverance. According to the Bible, Noah worked on the ark for 150 years. That’s longer than the average human lifespan. And since the command to rest on the Sabbath hadn't been given yet, we can reasonably assume he worked on it every single day. Day in, day out. Waking up, picking up his tools, and laboring through years of doubt, ridicule, and isolation.
This image alone is humbling. It forces a shift in perspective. Who am I to complain about having to commit to something for a year—or even a few? Noah’s story isn't just about obedience; it's about sustained faith and the type of discipline that molds a person over time. He becomes, through the work, a vessel himself: a symbol of what it looks like to trust in something larger than oneself, even when the world doesn’t understand.
To me, Noah represents the power stemming from the perfect intersection of conscience and calling. Something inside him told him to keep going, to keep building, even when the reasons weren’t clear to others. That kind of internal compass—that kind of conviction—is rare, and it’s powerful. It speaks to the idea that the very thing you feel compelled to build may not only define you, but ultimately be the thing that saves you.
There’s a strange beauty in that irony. His life’s work became his lifeboat. Talk about purpose. Talk about legacy.
Noah made the proper sacrifices, not in some grandiose burst of effort, but in the quiet repetition of daily labor. And in doing so, he ensured that the world could begin again.
Weekly Ponder
What could I accomplish if I only showed up everyday, regardless of the critics?
Am I willing to commit to something long enough for it to change me before it rewards me?
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