Stop looking for that one thing, zoom out, and other reflections on entrepreneurship from my past six years.

Granted, everybody has their own definition of success.Mine was to get my company (web design and engineering agency) off the ground, increase revenue YoY and achieve business and personal financial stability.For years, I felt that there's THAT ONE THING all successful folks out there know - except me. The one thing that keeps me from achieving my goals. My problem was that I wasn't looking for it by doing, I thought someone would hand it over to me.I was bookmarking every business-related article, blog post, tweet, Reddit post, podcast, yt video. I created an endless to-do list with things I wasn't really passionate about, hoping I finally find the answer.But that doesn't work this way.There's no single answer.And let me be honest, such a content consumption treadmill will make you miserable. It's a false productivity trap.The content you consume is helpful, but it's very unlikely that you will find a single piece of content that will turn it all upside down and set you up for your success.Consume whatever keeps you motivated for action. For example, if listening to an interview with Elon Musk doesn't map directly to your business, but makes you feel everything is possible, then it's the right thing for you.By taking action, you learn. These tiny course corrections along the way will compound over time. So now, how do you know whether you're progressing or not?Zoom out. Just think where you were 6 months ago. 1 year ago. 2 years ago. What was your expectation? What did you project yourself in the future? In the majority of cases, you'll end up thinking, "Dang, I'm actually doing pretty good compared to where I was"Now, the tricky part is that to zoom out, you need to be doing it for long enough. You likely won't notice progress overnight. Also, progress is never linear. Nothing is happening for a few years, and then it all happens at once.Don't give up too early. Give yourself a chance to zoom out one day and see how much you went through. Tl;dr1) There's no one thing that all successful people do or know that separates them from you. Stop looking for it.2) Bookmarking every random shit hoping it will help you get where you want will make you miserable. Read, listen, watch things that help you take action. Stay away from false productivity traps.3) If you feel you're not improving, zoom out. However, It won't help at the beginning because the timeline is too short. Do it every couple of months.4) Trust the process. Progress is non-linear. These are just my thoughts and the conclusion I arrived at reflecting on my last 6 years during my time off last month.Not trying to prescribe anything, just thought someone might feel now like I felt when I was starting off.And don't get me wrong, learning is super important. Read, listen, watch a lot. Just don't make yourself miserable by putting too much into your backlog - being unhappy is very inefficient. see hubwealthy.com/wealthy