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Danny Oak's avatar

Sometimes I feel like the Lion, other times like the Scarecrow, and some days even like the Wizard. But I know that as long as I stay close to Dorothy, I'll find my way down the Yellow Brick Road.

Thank you for being a Dorothy!

I'm super happy for all your recent sucesses, and very inspired by the work you do. 🙂💪

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

Leaning on you being a Dorothy too! Dorothy sounds like a character that should be in SOAK.

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Michelle Elisabeth Varghese's avatar

You are 1% in my eyes! Congrats, huge milestone to be posting weekly for as long as you have! I loved reading this too, it provided such good perspective on the cold start and how to move through it.

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

YOU are too kind.

Honestly the first year was the hardest! Years 2-3 felt a bit more of a breeze

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Zed's avatar

Really enjoyed reading this post. Thank you for sharing. It's a quietly reassuring nudge to keep going. I tend to stop and start projects and I often wonder where I would've been if I'd put in less effort (in the those early stages) and concentrated on being more consistent instead.

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

It’s definitely a lot of work, so I suspect there’s only very few things in life that you can consistently do - and those few things are worth deciding very carefully on. I wouldn’t beat yourself up too much about letting projects drop, maybe their natural time has ended too :)

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Emma Dorge's avatar

You deserve to be in the 1% Best of the best!!

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

AHH thank you <3

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Ines Lee's avatar

Congrats Becky!! So admirable. Great reminder of the three year rule. So simple yet so powerful.

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

Truly! The downside is that it takes SO many weeks to see the impact.

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Linart Seprioto's avatar

Congrats, Becky!! 🙌🏻 Steph Smith once wrote that to be great, you just have to be good repeatedly. I like to think this captures what I admire most about you.

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

Wow that means so much. Thank you, Linart.

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Wohoo! Funny we were just talking about this. Congrats. I'll be curious to see if I get the same message in another 13 weeks.

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

Woohoo! The funny thing is they docked me down to 2% at week 94. I'll see if I can get back to 1% :)

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Rick Lewis's avatar

Well, in the end, it obviously ain't about the vagaries of how they are keeping score, it's about what Michelle said, you're already in the 1%, and if it takes the rest of the world time to take notice, that's ok.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

Well done you legend!

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

Thank you!

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Rick McClelland's avatar

Turned out great, Becky! Congrats again on the milestone.

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Becky Isjwara's avatar

Thanks so much Rick and for taking a look at this!

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