Growth Requires Patience & Success Comes In Layers

Feb '23 in General

I started writing on Twitter back in June. It was easy to get discouraged at that time because no one was reading anything I put out, but looking back that allowed me to focus on building the habit of writing consistently.

It's important that people go through this step because they get comfortable putting their ideas out into the world -- independent of a dopamine driven feedback loop.

In June, I published 154 tweets and gained 11 followers.

To build, scale, and compound an audience takes patience. You need to build trust, authority, and quality.

In August, I published 95 tweets and netted -2 followers.

At a certain point it can become discouraging, but success comes in layers. You can't have an audience like

@Andrew Kirby

's because you don't have the system in place to succeed long-term.

Overtime, you build the necessary components to scale. Your workflows start to mold into something that allow you to proceed content that resonates with your audience.

After 8 months of publishing on Twitter here's what my growth looked like:

Jun: 11 followers
Jul: 11 followers
Aug: -2 followers
Sep: 76 followers
Oct: 530 followers
Nov: 126 followers
Dec: 165 followers
Jan: 2,240 followers

Just be patient and say consistent. Experiment with different ways to package up your ideas and find the systems that allow you to do that in the most effective way. Success comes from layering on these iterations to enable your creativity.

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