Last week the blog Marginal Revolution celebrated it’s twentieth anniversary.

Can a blog change the direction of your life?

TABARROK: To see people who began reading us at a younger age and then turn into a Vitalik or something like that — that’s one of the biggest thrills Tyler and I can possibly have. I mean, it’s incredible. We’ve had students at George Mason who come and, “I’ve been reading you since I was 12.” Now they’re getting their PhDs. That’s mind-blowing.

– Alex Tabarrok

Yes.

What have I learned from Marginal Revolution?

Ambition is ok.

Have a moonshot. If your interested in an idea or subject, pursue it. Don’t wait for permission.

A little bit of work every day adds up.

The key word is “every day”. You have to do your work everyday. Ditto Paul Graham

What you do is more important than what you say.

Even after posting every day for twenty years, the example Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen have lived out in their careers is probably as important, or more important than MR itself. Their list of projects is astounding: Emergent Ventures, Marginal Revolution University, Project Warp Speed, the textbooks, their moonshots. Fast grants. General teaching. Graduate student funding. Their work at the Mercatus Center…

They are without peer when it comes to setting the example of just do it. Don’t wait. Do it.