# Shane Parrish - Brain Food: Seizing The Moment (Highlights)  ## Metadata **Review**:: [readwise.io](https://readwise.io/bookreview/20534201) **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[Shane Parrish]] **Full Title**:: Brain Food: Seizing The Moment **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **URL**:: [kill-the-newsletter.com](https://kill-the-newsletter.com/alternates/xnbq5h1hpqm5tn3i.html) **Host**:: [[kill-the-newsletter.com]] **Highlighted**:: [[2022-11-09]] **Created**:: [[2022-11-17]] ## Highlights - Not all progress is visible. Don’t beat yourself up when things aren’t visible. One workout won't make you fit, but it is better than no workout. A small deposit in your bank account today won’t get you to your goal, but it moves you closer. The daily grind is part of the process. ^411964650 - Consistently doing boring things well leads to extreme outperformance. Most of the time, we know what we need to do. The problem is because we don't immediately see the results, we stop. It's as if we tell ourselves, "I ate healthily and went to the gym all week, and I'm still not as fit as I want, so what's the point?" ^411964651