Santiago’s journey works as a story because it refuses shortcuts. Every stage of the trip costs him something he would rather keep, and the treasure stays theoretical until the work is done.
That is every worthwhile project I have touched. The novel I am writing, the builds I commission, the degree I am finishing at night: none of them reward intensity in bursts. All of them reward returning.
Read it as a fable about talent and you will argue with it. Read it as a fable about discipline and it is hard to put down.
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