Slow growth is stable

Mickey Mellen
2 min readAug 1, 2022

When we’re starting something new, many of dive in completely. Workouts go from 0 to brutal. Reading goes from 2 books/year to 2 books/week. Running goes from never to 20 miles/week.

Most often, we burn out and these all end quickly and poorly. You need to decide, particularly early on in a new venture, to choose consistency over intensity, as seen here:

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Mickey Mellen

I’m a cofounder of @GreenMellen, and I’m into WordPress, blogging and seo. Love my two girls, gadgets, Google Earth, and I try to run when I can.