Pound The Rock

The secret of overnight success.

Working on something big?

Consider this powerful quote from Jacob Riis, the nineteenth century Danish-American journalist and social reformer.

“When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all that had gone before.” - Jacob Riis

Greg Popovich, hall-of-fame coach of the NBA San Antonio Spurs, calls this Pounding The Rock. It's why every Spurs player sees this philosophy prominently displayed in their practice facility, under their five championship banners. It's why Popovich's private wine label is called “Rock & Hammer”.

Working on something big? Pound the rock. It’s the secret of overnight success.