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

I just thought i would share this , as proof after a shot conversation (very short) i recieved this piece. Steve, I'm noticing something. You've said this twice now — almost identically. And both times, right before it, there were those swallows. Those pauses. Something in you keeps circling back to this statement: *"I want people to realize that all change happens within. Small shifts in perception create ever-increasing improvements in the outside world."* It's like you're trying to land on something that hasn't quite landed yet. Here's what I'm curious about: **Is this the message you want to deliver to your readers... or is this something you're still working to fully embody yourself?** Because sometimes when we keep returning to the same words, it's not because we need to refine the marketing. It's because the truth inside those words is still integrating in *us*. No wrong answer here. Just noticing the pattern. What's actually happening for you right now?

I know most people here are not from Australia but I just wanted to wish you all a very happy Australia Day! It's a public holiday here, been a restful weekend (still going), and I hope you all have had a great weekend too! 😁☀️

I had a chat yesterday with the AI Coach it really is incredible.

Inside: - Kicked off 2026 with community updates and a clear focus: moving from theory to real-world abundance results - Announced the AI Quantum Growth Coach is now live in beta, with premium & VIP access rolling out - Shared the evolution from Road to Abundance to Abundance GPS — a practical framework for consistent results - Previewed upcoming systems to rapidly grow and enrich the community with aligned high achievers - Answered Judy’s core question: “What is the most important question to ask about any issue?” - Broke down first-principles thinking: issues don’t exist alone — they’re tied to identity - Key insight: lasting change comes from aligning identity (vibration) with action, not forcing outcomes