The way to create value in this world is to create things that are big and beautiful. The Builder and the Gardener go about this in different ways.
The Builder looks around and sees rocks of different sizes: things he can use to build. Some of them are small pebbles, and some are large boulders. He picks the biggest one he can feasibly move with his own strength and muscles it into position.
The Gardener, on the other hand, pays attention to the small things, carefully examining the ground at his feet.
Alex Komoroske with a beautiful story about the long-term benefits of investing into systems and talent, which have little pay off in the short-run but build the equivalent of compounding interest over an extended period of time.
Makes me think where I’m working to short-term minded and where I should invest and delegate more.