Most people are addicted to distraction. Not because they want to be — but because the world profits when you scatter your attention. And your 20s are wasted if you can’t focus on One Thing. If you want mastery and real results, pick one thing and focus on it until it works. Period. That’s it. That’s the lever you’re ignoring.

We all have a threshold for the amount of success, love, or joy we allow ourselves to hold. The moment we flirt with a life beyond that threshold, our nervous system protests, and we find ways to sabotage the excess.