Most successes aren't big bangs, they're rolling thunder that builds in momentum.

Starts small, but then grows incrementally but quickly to something amazing.

If you're judging the quality based on the instantaneous response, then you'll think a big bang that then rapidly evaporates is better.

What matters is the absolute area under the curve; slow and steady (and ideally compounding) is way better than fast and loud without momentum.

Momentum is a second order phenomena.

It's not visible at any one instant, but it's more important than any one instant.