Been thinking about this lately and wanted to share in case it helps anyone here... so for the longest time i was consuming everything. podcasts, courses, mentorship calls, books... learning constantly. but my actual business results? barely moved for several years, just stayed stagnated. took me way too long to realize i was treating an internal problem like an external one. heres what i mean... theres basically two types of stuck. i call them BOULDERS and FOG. boulders are external obstacles. real barriers. you push harder, you get results. more effort = more progress. fog is internal. limiting beliefs, fear, mindset stuff. and heres the thing... you cant push through fog. pushing harder just exhausts you. the trap most of us fall into is we keep adding more tactics, more strategies, more hours when the actual problem is we cant see clearly the symptom that tells you its fog? effort isnt producing proportional results. youre working 60+ hours but people with seemingly less effort are getting better outcomes. thats usually a sign. for me it was the belief that i was "smaller" than I am - long story short, I grew up in a third world country run by a dictator for 24 years, couple with an overly critical and punitive father, and that gave me a shame-based self identity of smallness for a very long time. I wasnt even aware it was running my decisions until i really looked at it once i spotted that the issue wasnt more information or better tactics but something i couldnt see because i was IN it... everything shifted what actually helped: stopped and asked is this fog or boulder? if effort isnt working its probably fog got external perspective. others can see what you cant see when youre inside the fog. this community is good for that tbh traced the belief back. where did i first learn this? usually childhood. does that source deserve to run my business decisions today? usually no lol gave myself permission to try the easier path. sounds dumb but some of us literally cant let ourselves succeed without suffering first

Wishing you all a most wonderful Xmas! 🙏💜😁

Merry Christmas David and everyone else in this community Have a wonderful holiday and lets all get stuck into the Abundance GPS challenge in the New Year ,

If I sit with it, I can see a swarm of bees in my brain, and there is a real resistance to being idle and exploring it. I think if I were to explore it maybe inside it would be avoiding a sense of emptiness and this might relate to a lack of fulfilling deep and meaningful relationships. Perhaps it covers up anxiety too. There is a comfort in not having enough time, I know that all the running around for mum who is ill and needs help has alleviated that sense of emptiness/lack of purpose (since I moved back into my own house after renting with friends) as I have a role (rescuer) to fulfil however it is not getting to the heart of what I value for myself (selfish v service). This relates to an earlier post about stress and belly fat. I see that stress with running around for mum and dealing with her belief systems has me not eating well and also reaching for a drink, and that with no specific plan it is easy to grab something quick when I run between appointments with her and my clients. There is also an element of not wanting to be perceived as a bad daughter by ensuring I am doing all I can to be responsible about getting her the best healthcare. I guess I have been reluctant to look into exploring the ins and outs of deep and meaningful relationships because I also identify as a loner. I guess the identity of loner doesn't need to exclude close relationships. I am comfortable 121 with people, but find crowds stressful and also due to a hearing issue, can't hear well when there is alot of noise. I hope in sharing this, perhaps AI *when available, can help me get more specific and reframe this. One does see how there are several layers to unpack with all this. I am really just thinking out loud, and if anyone has insights please share.

We will start the live challenge in week 1 of January, but thought I should share the materials here meanwhile. Here is Day 2 - The Iceberg Is YOU! Let me know what you think.