What goes wrong when you ignore that the compounding effect of consistent output?

The most common reason fails: Waiting to produce output until you feel ready, which means the compounding clock never starts and you accumulate zero surface area for luck to find you.

The fix: Catalog every piece of output you have published or shipped in the past twelve months, count the total, identify the one piece that generated the most unexpected consequence, and write a one-paragraph analysis of why that particular piece — and not the one you expected — was the one that compounded.

The underlying principle is straightforward: Regular output builds a body of work that creates opportunities you cannot predict.