Breakthrough come from showing up. Again, and again, and again. “Energy and persistence conquer all things,” says Benjamin Franklin. One small effort, repeated, becomes a force.

Franklin was the 15th of 17 children. He was pulled out of school at age 10 and self-educated by candlelight. He faced early rejection and failure. More than once. His impact came from steady work, curiosity, learning through failure, and staying long enough to improve.

Progress is rarely glamorous. Most of the time, it happens in quiet repetition. The discipline to return. The willingness to keep going.

Eddie Vedder also hits on this in his song, Rise, “Gonna rise up, find my direction magnetically.” Not all at once. But steadily. Through effort and persistence.

Breakthroughs are built this way. In repeats.

Keep going. Especially when it’s not glamorous.