Compounding

Getting from zero pullups to one is a significant accomplishment. Pretty soon you’ll be to two, then three, and then five. And so on. But the most challenging part is the first one. Starting a business is the same as making the first dollar: it takes a foundation of work to get there. It’s much easier to make money with money than it is to get the first pile. Debt works the opposite.

Compounding our problems makes problems worse. However, compounding our good decisions can also scale.