# Note

> Five prayers a day, three hundred and sixty-five days a year. That is the consistency the religious tradition I was raised in asks of me. I run my company...

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May 26, 2026

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# Note · May 26, 2026

Five prayers a day, three hundred and sixty-five days a year. That is the consistency the religious tradition I was raised in asks of me.

I run my company on the same shape. Small, meaningful, consistent steps every day. Not a hare’s exuberant flash followed by a long nap. A tortoise’s pace, applied tirelessly, for as long as the work requires.

The hare wins races inside television shows. The tortoise wins businesses in real life.

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