We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day, and underestimate what we can achieve in a decade. Miraculous things can be accomplished if you give it 10 years. A long game will compound small gains that will be able to overcome even big mistakes.

most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year — and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year — and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!

People often overestimate what they can accomplish in one year. But they greatly underestimate what they could accomplish in five years.

Most people overestimate what they can do in a year and they underestimate what they can do in two or three decades.

10 years or 1 hour. Those are the two time frames worth prioritizing.

10 years is shorthand for thinking longer-term than nearly everyone else and doing things that are really ambitious or meaningful. Most of the deeply meaningful things in life require long time horizons: building a business, cultivating a happy marriage, growing a family, getting in the best shape of your life, etc.

How do you work toward the 10-year things? In 1 hour increments. 1 hour is shorthand for doing things that can be accomplished from start to finish in a single session like a good workout, a good writing session, reading a chapter of a book, going on a fun date, etc. The key is that you finish with something accomplished, not with half-work still waiting to be completed.

If you spend 1 hour working toward a 10-year project—and you repeat this day after day—you're going to end up living a lovely life.

We over estimate what we can accomplish in 2 months and underestimate what we can accomplish in 5 years

We tend to overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term.

At the beginning of a decade it is tempting to look ahead for the next ten years.

Tendemos a sobrestimar lo que podemos hacer en un año y a subestimar lo que podemos hacer en tres años.

Aim to be great in 10 years.

Build health habits today that lead to a great body in 10 years.

Build social habits today that lead to great relationships in 10 years.

Build learning habits today that lead to great knowledge in 10 years.

Long-term thinking is a secret weapon.

With the right people, both leaders and followers. With the right mindset and the right actions, ten years is enough to transform the trajectory of every single facet of this nation, and to have us firmly on the path of a developed nation in perpetuity.

This is hard. This is why I say it takes decades — I’m not saying it takes decades to execute, but the better part of a decade may be figuring out what you can uniquely provide. [10]

You can do so much in ten minutes’ time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.