“Okay, I just need the right strategy.”
Turns out… it’s not that simple.
What actually caught me off guard:
• How important consistency is
• How long trust takes to build
• How different everyone’s path looks
There’s no universal playbook.
Some people grow fast.
Some grow steady.
Some pivot three times before it works.
And all of that is normal.
That was probably my biggest mindset shift.
What about you—what didn’t match your expectations?