I think consistency makes things quicker. Like if I write 1 article a day for 1 year. That would show results out of compounding. But if I do post 1 comment or 1 article a week, those results would take me nowhere. So the consistent effort after some time would lead to results.

Another thing is that once you get hang of things to save time one has to outsource or automate or do somethings like content creation in advance. That's the only way to reduce the gravity of "taking too long".

If one just writes 1 article or does 1 thing and waits for years, they will quit easily. Consistent efforts for long time gives overnight success. Again that feeling of overnight is for others, we know how hard we worked below.