This is something I realized just in general. Whenever I’m on the verge of a big breakthrough in business, it’s always way more work and harder than it seems. Right before things click, everything feels like it’s breaking. More problems. More resistance. More random issues that weren’t there before. At first I thought it meant I was doing something wrong. But it’s actually the opposite. When you’re about to level up, your current systems, habits, and environment can’t support where you’re going anymore. So they start to break. Your schedule stops working. Your old ways of getting clients slow down. People around you might not align anymore. Even your own mindset starts fighting you. It’s not bad luck. It’s pressure. You’re forcing a new reality, and the old one doesn’t go quietly. And this is exactly what Reality Transurfing explains with “excess potential” and “balancing forces.” When you get close to something big, you start placing too much importance on it. “This has to work.” “This is the breakthrough.” “This changes everything.” That creates excess potential. And when that happens, balancing forces kick in to reduce it. That’s why things suddenly feel harder, more delays, obstacles, and friction out of nowhere Most people misread this phase. They think: “This is too messy” "This isn’t working” So they pull off right when they’re closest. But the real move is this: Don’t increase effort emotionally. Decrease importance. You still execute at a high level… But you stop treating the outcome like it’s life or death. “I’ll do the work, and the result will come.” When you move like that, resistance drops, and progress suddenly seems to speed up? So that last stretch where everything feels chaotic? It’s not a red flag, rather it’s a transition phase. This is what I had to realize to my journey towards the 10k, and now I know why it failed so bad. It’s about becoming someone who can operate at that next level… Without folding when things get heavy.

This tea, why? Cause it tastes good and I’m grateful. I haven’t touched my work, wayy too burnt out honestly. That’s why I want to take a step back and reflect, and I urge you do the same wherever ya are on the journey.

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