The Only Thing to Do

Change must be possible if you want to reach the next stage.

You need either the skill acquisition, resources, or environment that allows you to see the potential for change.

This corresponds to the concept of “horizontal development” in Susanne Greuter’s ego development theory.

In order to move up vertically (to new stages) one must acquire a suffici

Holding on to the 80 percent is embracing a 2x identity wherein you avoid major changes and maintain your status quo. To go 10x again and again, Chad shed the identity that got him here for the identity that would get him there.

Working toward distant goals often leads people to act as if they can just jump the chasm between where they are now and their goal without acknowledging their current reality (inner or outer), doing the essential developmental work, or investing in what it takes to sustain the results. This seldom works because people often go into it with the sam

the change cycle doesn’t begin when we experience the minor course corrections of life, only when something forces us to let go of our identities. This is a very real and profound form of annihilation.