I'm Paul Muldoon, a poet who over the past several years has had the good fortune to record

ours of conversations with one of the world's greatest songwriters, Sir Paul McCartney.

The result is our new podcast, McCartney, A Life in lyrics.

Listen to McCartney, A Life in lyrics on the iHeart radio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever

you get your podcasts.

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Good morning.

This is Laura.

Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

Today's tip is to look for raindrops.

After a while, small signs of success will show themselves, if you are paying attention.

Today's tip, like others this week, comes from my friend Dory Clark's new book, The

Long Game, How to Be a Long-Term thinker in a short-term world.

Dory teaches strategic patience.

Most people aren't willing to stick with things for any length of time.

If you are, your small wins will eventually add up, and you will be far ahead of the

competition.

But of course, the reason most people aren't willing to stick with things for any length

of time is that it is really, really hard to keep doing things without obvious signs of

progress.

We love the story of the overnight success, but no one is an overnight success.

That breakthrough pop hit likely came after years of playing in smaller clubs, two bigger

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